Prompt

Are there any SERP APIs that support customized search queries?

Latest observation

Aug 18, 2026 · OpenAI APIWeb search: off

Yes. Many SERP APIs let you customize search queries beyond a plain keyword, though the exact options depend on the provider.

Common customization options

Most SERP APIs support some mix of:

  • query terms: exact keywords/phrases
  • location / geo-targeting: country, city, ZIP, lat/long
  • language
  • device type: desktop vs mobile
  • search engine: Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc.
  • result type: web, images, news, shopping, videos, maps
  • advanced Google operators: things like site:, intitle:, inurl:, quotes, minus terms
  • date filters: recency, time range
  • page number / pagination
  • custom parameters: safe search, domain, country code, gl, hl, etc.

Examples of SERP API providers

Here are a few well-known ones that support query customization:

  • SerpApi – very flexible, supports many engines and advanced params
  • DataForSEO – strong on location/language/device customization
  • Zenserp – supports localized and parameterized search queries
  • Scale SERP – supports multiple query settings and SERP types
  • ScraperAPI SERP endpoints – more limited, but useful for basic customization

Example of customized query

A typical API call might let you specify something like:

  • query: "best running shoes"
  • location: "New York, NY"
  • language: "en"
  • device: "mobile"
  • engine: "google"
  • filters: site:amazon.com, -used, etc.

Important caveat

If you mean “customized search queries” as in:

  • combining multiple search terms dynamically,
  • using Google operators,
  • narrowing by region/language/device,
  • or retrieving only certain SERP features,

then yes, most serious SERP APIs support that.

If you mean fully custom ranking logic or searching your own indexed dataset, that’s usually not a SERP API—you’d want a custom search solution or an enterprise search engine API instead.

If you want, I can also give you:

  1. a comparison table of SERP APIs, or
  2. an example request for Google custom search with SERP API parameters.

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