Google Scholar

Search scholarly articles with publication details, citation counts, and full-text links.

GET/api/v1/google/scholar

Costs 1 credit per request; failed requests are refunded. Authentication, the search_metadata envelope and error codes are the same as for every endpoint (see the API reference). Try it in the playground.

Parameters

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`q`required	string	Scholar search query, up to 256 characters. Supports quoted phrases and author filters.Up to 256 characters.
`hl`	string	Interface language, such as en, de, or fr.Default: en.
`sort`	"relevance" \| "date"	Order by relevance or newest additions.Default: relevance.
`page`	integer	One-based results page. Scholar exposes at most the first 1,000 results.Default: 1.Range: 1 to 1000.
`limit`	integer	Maximum articles per page, from 1 to 20.Default: 10.Range: 1 to 20.

Response

A JSON object with search_metadata (request id, credits used and remaining) and the result groups the page returns. Groups and fields depend on the content of each page, so treat every field as optional.

Examples

cURL

curl "https://serpfast.com/api/v1/google/scholar?q=large+language+models&limit=2" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SERPFAST_KEY"

Node.js 18+

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  "q": "large language models",
  "limit": 2
});
const res = await fetch(`https://serpfast.com/api/v1/google/scholar?${params}`, {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SERPFAST_KEY}` },
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import os, requests

params = {
  "q": "large language models",
  "limit": 2
}
res = requests.get(
    "https://serpfast.com/api/v1/google/scholar",
    params=params,
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SERPFAST_KEY']}"},
    timeout=120,
)
print(res.json())