How to enable image search in Google Custom Search API

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Please help me with GET request parameters.

The problem: How to enable image search in Google Custom Search API?

The manual is here, but it woks only for web search.

For example doing a web search with text flowers returns:

{https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?key={MY-KEY}&cx=013036536707430787589:_pqjad5hr1a&q=flowers&alt=json}

Image search should have the extra parameter searchType=image

{https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?key={MY-KEY}&cx=013036536707430787589:_pqjad5hr1a&q=flowers&searchType=image&alt=json}

But it returns JSON with 0 search results.

Please tell me what I’m doing wrong. Thanks in advance.

Youri Thielen · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-04 12:24:20Z

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This should be enabled in the search engine configuration (disabled by default). I also spent some time on why it wouldn't work.

answered Sep 4, 2012 at 12:24

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Dijkgraaf · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-04 01:36:22Z

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I had the same situation, then I tried to configure the search engine and it worked afterwards

Go to "programmablesearchengine.google.com/controlpanel/all"
FInd your using engine and click
The website will navigate to the control panel
"Overview -> Search function"
Turn on "image search" and "search the entire web

Refer to the image below:

Like this, you maybe need to turn on "image search" and "Search the entire web" option

edited Oct 4, 2022 at 1:36

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answered Sep 18, 2022 at 13:11

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Dijkgraaf Over a year ago

Could you add in text the configuration settings to change, as images aren't accessible to everyone.

VastOcean Over a year ago

My pologize 1. Go to "programmablesearchengine.google.com/controlpanel/all" 2. FInd your using engine and click 3. The website will navigate to the control panel 4. "Overview -> Search function" 5. Turn on "image search" and "search the entire web"

Abandoned Cart · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-01 09:17:33Z

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I used the API Explorer to emulate a search and got the corrected URL that way

https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?q={QUERY}&cx={CX}&{OPTIONS}={VALUES}&key={YOUR_API_KEY}&searchType=image&alt=json

As silly as it sounds, apparently the exact order matters for it to work.

edited May 1, 2017 at 9:17

answered May 1, 2017 at 8:31

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