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Microlink Search turns public search surfaces into structured JSON through the search method of the Microlink SDK.
No 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.io package handles the API call, pagination, and lazy content expansion for you:
npm install microlink.io

Your first query

Create a client with your API key, then query any surface:
import createClient from 'microlink.io'

const microlink = createClient({
  apiKey: process.env.MICROLINK_API_KEY
})

const page = await microlink.search('technical seo checklist')

console.log(page.results[0])
// { title: '...', url: '...', description: '...' }
When you omit type, the client defaults to web search. The same microlink.search(query, options) shape works for every surface, and every example in these guides assumes the microlink client above.

Choose the right surface

Use type to route the query to the surface that best matches your workflow:
If you needUse
Broad web retrieval, knowledge graph, related questionssearch (default)
Recent articles with publisher and datenews
Image URLs with dimensionsimages
Video metadata with durationvideos
Local listings with coordinatesplaces
Rich place data with hours and ratingsmaps
Product prices and merchant comparisonshopping
Academic papers and citationsscholar
Patent filings and prior artpatents
Query expansion and suggestionsautocomplete
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.