Prompt
Are there any SERP APIs that support customized search queries?
Latest observation
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:
- a comparison table of SERP APIs, or
- an example request for Google custom search with SERP API parameters.
Observation history
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