SearchPRO
Microlink Search turns public search surfaces into structured JSON through the Node.js client.
@microlink/googleNo HTML parsing, no browser, no proxy fleet to manage. Send a query, get normalized results back. Microlink handles the infrastructure, rotation, and result extraction so your code stays focused on what to do with the data.
Install
The
@microlink/google
library handles the API call, pagination, and lazy content expansion for you:npm install @microlink/googleYour first query
Create a client with your
API key
, then query any surface:import createGoogleClient from '@microlink/google'
const google = createGoogleClient({
apiKey: process.env.MICROLINK_API_KEY
})
const page = await google('technical seo checklist')
console.log(page.results[0])
// { title: '...', url: '...', description: '...' }When you omit
type, the client defaults to web search. The same google(query, options) shape works for every surface.Choose the right surface
Use
type to route the query to the surface that best matches your workflow:| If you need | Use |
|---|---|
| Broad web retrieval, knowledge graph, related questions | search (default) |
| Recent articles with publisher and date | news |
| Image URLs with dimensions | images |
| Video metadata with duration | videos |
| Local listings with coordinates | places |
| Rich place data with hours and ratings | maps |
| Product prices and merchant comparison | shopping |
| Academic papers and citations | scholar |
| Patent filings and prior art | patents |
| Query expansion and suggestions | autocomplete |
Start with the lightest surface that answers the question. Each surface has its own result shape — see the individual pages below for field references and examples.
What's next
- Web Search — knowledge graph, related questions, and related searches.
- News — articles with publisher, date, and thumbnail.
- Images — full-resolution URLs with dimensions.
- Videos — metadata with duration and channel.
- Places — local listings with coordinates and contact info.
- Maps — rich place data with hours, ratings, and pricing.
- Shopping — parsed prices and structured ratings.
- Scholar — papers, citations, and PDF links.
- Patents — filings with dates, figures, and PDF links.
- Autocomplete — search suggestions for query expansion.
- Content expansion — fetch HTML or Markdown for the results worth reading more deeply.
- Integration patterns — agent tool calling, RAG pipelines, news monitoring, and more.