Google Autocomplete Scraper

suggestion	coffee near me
normalizedSuggestion	coffee near me
seed	coffee

How to use it: 3 steps

Make a free Apify accountApify is the cloud platform where our tools run. The free plan gives you $5 of usage every month, no credit card needed. You pay Apify, not us.
Paste your input and press StartNo code needed: you fill in a form (the input). It already has a working example. For example: coffee in Seed keywords. Each start is one run.
Download the resultsWhen the run ends, the results are in a table (the dataset). Open Output, press Export and pick Excel or CSV. JSON and the API are there too.

This tool is an Apify Actor: a small program that runs on Apify. You can also run it on a schedule, for example every Monday. New to it? Read how it works, step by step and the 8 words you need first.

Made by Cliqto Media, an independent digital media company. We made this tool and keep it working. About us

What it does

Collect live Google Autocomplete suggestions for your seed keywords. Choose a language and country preference. Each saved row shows the suggestion, the Google query that returned it and its position in that response.

Good for

Find phrases to review when you plan an article or product page.
Compare suggestion lists for the same seed with different language and country preferences.
Export suggestions with their seed and query for your own search interface research.

Who uses it

Content writers

Find real phrases to use in article titles and headings.

SEO teams

Grow a keyword list from a few seed words.

Product marketers

See how people describe a product in other languages.

Price

Pay per event: you pay for each result the tool saves, plus a small start fee for each run. The price includes Apify platform costs. Apify bills you, not us. Prices below are for the Apify free plan.

What you pay for	Price	When
Saved suggestion	$0.00005	One unique useful Google Autocomplete suggestion saved to the default Dataset.
Start fee	$0.001	Charged once per run. This tool uses 1 GB of memory or less by default; more memory costs more.

Examples

One suggestion: about $0.001.
1,000 suggestions: about $0.05.
Every day 100 suggestions, for 30 days: about $0.18 a month.

Free to try: the Apify free plan gives you $5 of usage every month, no credit card needed. That is enough for about 98,000 suggestions.

Prices checked on 24 October 2026. See the current price on Apify.

Questions

Does it show search volume?

No. You get suggestions and their position in the list. Search volume, CPC and competition are not included.

Does it work for non-English keywords?

Yes. Cyrillic, accented and other Unicode text is kept. Google may still answer in another language.

Are country results the same as a local user sees?

Not exactly. The country setting is sent to Google, but the IP location does not change.

Do I need a Google API key?

No. You only need an Apify account to start the tool.

Are these search volumes or Google Search rankings?

No. googleRank is a position inside an Autocomplete response. Metadata does not provide verified search volume, CPC or competition.

Are country results exact local results?

No. country sends gl; it does not change IP location. Results can also depend on Google's current behavior.

Will a repeat run have the same IDs and order?

The same saved text and first query/context have the same synthetic ID. Query-plan grouping is deterministic. Google's suggestion text and order can change, and a different first expansion path can change an ID.

Why did a low row limit still make several requests?

The Actor fetches its bounded query plan before saving rows. Lower maxGeneratedQueries when you also need fewer source requests.

Can it monitor changes or expand recursively?

It can export repeated snapshots, but it has no built-in delta state, unchanged-result filter or recursive expansion. Compare exported snapshots in your own workflow.

Details

Step by step on Apify

Open Input in Apify Console.
For a new form, keep the small prefill: keywords: ["coffee"], language: "en", country: "us", client: "chrome", and expansionModes: ["exact"].
Keep maxResults: 100 for the demo. Set a maximum cost per run in Apify if you need a platform charge cap.
Click Start.
Open Output → Suggestions or the default Dataset. Check suggestion, seed, generatedQuery and googleRank. Open Run summary for empty responses, errors and limits.

Use cases

Task	Settings	Fields to use	Next step
Content ideas	`keywords`, `expansionModes: ["exact", "questions"]`	`suggestion`, `generatedQuery`, `expansionToken`	Review phrases in your content plan.
Locale comparison	Repeat the same `keywords` with different `language` / `country`	`seed`, `language`, `country`, `googleRank`, `fetchedAt`	Compare snapshots; differences are not search-volume measurements.
Search interface research	`expansionModes: ["exact"]`	`suggestion`, `seed`, `googleRank`	Use the exported list in your own analysis or prototype.

Tips for better results

Turn on question prefixes to get what, how and why phrases.
Run the same seeds with two countries to compare lists.
Set a maximum charge if you use many expansion modes.

Limits and good to know

Troubleshooting

Symptom	What to check	Safe next action
Empty Dataset	`status`, `emptyResponses`, `technicalFailures`, `outcomes`	Try a clear public seed only when the summary confirms a valid empty response.
`invalid_input`	Seed count/length and allowed settings	Correct the input; do not add a login or token.
`blocked_or_consent`, `rate_limited`	Access denial, HTML or redirects	Stop repeated runs. Retry later with a small query plan and lower concurrency.
`malformed_response`	Unexpected JSON, suggestion types or a different echoed query	Share the run ID with support. Do not treat it as an empty suggestion list.
`retry_exhausted`	Timeout/network/server failure after bounded attempts	Use fewer queries or lower concurrency; check the summary before retrying.
`response_too_large`	Response size exceeded `maxResponseBytes`	Check for source drift; increase the byte cap only within the documented range.
`stopped` with useful rows	`limits` and `outcomes`	Export the rows already saved. Increase only the specific limit you need.
`resource_error`	Memory outside 256–1,024 MB	Choose supported memory. This is separate from invalid input.

Recent updates

Update · 8 October 2026
- Enforce documented batch and Unicode length limits.
- Redact transport/internal error diagnostics and reject mismatched query payloads.
- Preserve full request/failure/byte accounting at row limits and bound source retries by the run deadline.
Version 0.1.4
- Uploaded the release candidate to Apify as latest.
- Added PPE-aware Dataset writes for the suggestion-saved event.
- Reduced public hard caps to 500 generated Google requests and 5,000 saved suggestions.
Version 0.1.1
- Hardened local npm start so a clean checkout builds before execution.
- Added a deterministic regression for stable row order when concurrent responses finish out of order.
- Recorded independent technical acceptance evidence for private build 0.1.3.

For developers

Sample result

One result from a real test run, in JSON. Real values change from run to run. In Excel or CSV each field is a column.

one result · JSON

{
  "id": "sug_ea5550cf9d7b9437389da039680feb79",
  "suggestion": "coffee near me",
  "normalizedSuggestion": "coffee near me",
  "seed": "coffee",
  "normalizedSeed": "coffee",
  "generatedQuery": "coffee",
  "expansionMode": "exact",
  "expansionToken": null,
  "language": "en",
  "country": "us",
  "client": "firefox",
  "surface": "web",
  "googleRank": 1,
  "sourceUrl": "https://suggestqueries.google.com/complete/search?client=firefox&q=%3Credacted%3E&hl=en&gl=us",
  "sourceRequestId": "req_a11bd8afbabbaa481657418166b901ac",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-10-08T16:49:44.091Z",
  "metadata": {
    "suggestsubtypes": [
      512,
      433
    ]
  },
  "duplicateOf": null
}

Use it from code

Actor ID: cliqtomedia/google-autocomplete-scraper. You need your Apify API token from Apify Console → Settings → API & Integrations.

Python · apify-client

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("cliqtomedia/google-autocomplete-scraper").call(run_input={
    "keywords": [
        "coffee"
    ],
    "language": "en"
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/cliqtomedia~google-autocomplete-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"keywords": ["coffee"], "language": "en"}'

LangChain · langchain-apify

# pip install langchain-apify
# set APIFY_TOKEN in your environment
from langchain_apify import ApifyActorsTool

tool = ApifyActorsTool("cliqtomedia/google-autocomplete-scraper")
result = tool.invoke({"run_input": {"keywords": ["coffee"], "language": "en"}})
print(result)

The cURL call waits for the results, up to 300 seconds. For longer runs, start a run (/runs) and get the results with a webhook or by checking the run. Apify API docs. LlamaIndex, MCP for AI agents and the JavaScript client: AI agents & MCP.

Data fields (18)

Field	Type
`id`	string
`suggestion`	string
`normalizedSuggestion`	string
`seed`	string
`normalizedSeed`	string
`generatedQuery`	string
`expansionMode`	string
`expansionToken`	string
`language`	string
`country`	string
`client`	string
`surface`	string
`googleRank`	integer
`sourceUrl`	string
`sourceRequestId`	string
`fetchedAt`	string
`metadata`	object
`duplicateOf`	string

Input settings (15)

The main fields of the input form. With the API you send them as JSON.

Setting	Name in the API	Type	Example value
Seed keywords required	`keywords`	array	`["coffee"]`
Language	`language`	string	`"en"`
Country	`country`	string	`"us"`
Google client	`client`	string	`"chrome"`
Expansion modes	`expansionModes`	array	`["exact"]`
Question prefixes	`questionPrefixes`	array	`["how", "what", "where", "why", "when", "which"]`
Maximum Google requests	`maxGeneratedQueries`	integer	`50`
Maximum saved suggestions	`maxResults`	integer	`100`
Maximum concurrency	`maxConcurrency`	integer	`4`
Request timeout	`requestTimeoutMillis`	integer	`8000`
Maximum retries	`maxRetries`	integer	`1`
Maximum response size	`maxResponseBytes`	integer	`65536`
Maximum run time	`maxRunTimeSeconds`	integer	`240`
Include Google metadata	`includeRawMetadata`	boolean	`true`
Maximum estimated charge	`maxChargeUsd`	number

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Who uses it

Content writers

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Price

Examples

Questions

Details

Troubleshooting

For developers

Sample result

Use it from code

Use cases with this tool

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How to use it: 3 steps

What it does

Good for

Who uses it

Content writers

SEO teams

Product marketers

Price

Examples

Questions

Details

Troubleshooting

For developers

Sample result

Use it from code

Use cases with this tool

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