Trends: Explore

The google_trends_explore source is designed to retrieve Google Trends results.

Due to ongoing issues, the scraped data may not be 100% accurate compared to direct usage on Google Trends via web browsers. Please use it with caution and be aware of potential discrepancies.

Request samples

In this example, we make a request to get trends results for a search term adidas between the 1st of January, 2021 and the 2nd of February, 2022, and set the category to "Arts & Entertainment" (category id: 3).

cURL

curl 'https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries' \
--user 'USERNAME:PASSWORD' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
        "source": "google_trends_explore",
        "query": "adidas",
        "context": [
            {"key": "date_from", "value": "2021-01-01"},
            {"key": "date_to", "value": "2022-02-02"},
            {"key": "category_id", "value": 3}
        ]
    }'

Python

import requests
from pprint import pprint


# Structure payload.
payload = {
    'source': 'google_trends_explore',
    'query': 'adidas',
    'context': [
        {'key': 'date_from', 'value': '2021-01-01'},
        {'key': 'date_to', 'value': '2022-02-02'},
        {'key': 'category_id', 'value': 3},
    ],
}


# Get response.
response = requests.request(
    'POST',
    'https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries',
    auth=('USERNAME', 'PASSWORD'),
    json=payload,
)

# Print prettified response to stdout.
pprint(response.json())

Node.js

const https = require("https");

const username = "USERNAME";
const password = "PASSWORD";
const body = {
    source: "google_trends_explore",
    query: "adidas",
    context: [
        { key: "date_from", value: "2021-01-01" },
        { key: "date_to", value: "2022-02-02" },
        { key: "category_id", value: 3 },
    ],
};

const options = {
    hostname: "realtime.oxylabs.io",
    path: "/v1/queries",
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        Authorization:
            "Basic " + Buffer.from(`${username}:${password}`).toString("base64"),
    },
};

const request = https.request(options, (response) => {
    let data = "";

    response.on("data", (chunk) => {
        data += chunk;
    });

    response.on("end", () => {
        const responseData = JSON.parse(data);
        console.log(JSON.stringify(responseData, null, 2));
    });
});

request.on("error", (error) => {
    console.error("Error:", error);
});

request.write(JSON.stringify(body));
request.end();

HTTP

https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries?source=google_trends_explore&query=adidas&context[0][key]=date_from&context[0][value]=2021-01-01&&context[1][key]=date_to&context[1][value]=2022-02-02&context[2][key]=category_id&context[0][value]=3&access_token=12345abcde

PHP

<?php

$params = array(
    'source' => 'google_trends_explore',
    'query' => 'adidas',
    'context' => [
        ['key' => 'date_from', 'value' => '2021-01-01'],
        ['key' => 'date_to', 'value' => '2022-02-02'],
        ['key' => 'category_id', 'value' => 3]
    ]
);

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($params));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "USERNAME" . ":" . "PASSWORD");


$headers = array();
$headers[] = "Content-Type: application/json";
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
echo $result;

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}
curl_close($ch);

Golang

package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	const Username = "USERNAME"
	const Password = "PASSWORD"

	payload := map[string]interface{}{
		"source": "google_trends_explore",
		"query":  "adidas",
		"context": []map[string]interface{}{
			{"key": "date_from", "value": "2021-01-01"},
			{"key": "date_to", "value": "2022-02-02"},
			{"key": "category_id", "value": 3},
		},
	}

	jsonValue, _ := json.Marshal(payload)

	client := &http.Client{}
	request, _ := http.NewRequest("POST",
		"https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries",
		bytes.NewBuffer(jsonValue),
	)

	request.SetBasicAuth(Username, Password)
	response, _ := client.Do(request)

	responseText, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(responseText))
}

C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace OxyApi
{
    class Program
    {
        static async Task Main()
        {
            const string Username = "USERNAME";
            const string Password = "PASSWORD";

            var parameters = new {
                source = "google_trends_explore",
                query = "adidas",
                context = new dynamic [] {
                    new { key = "date_from", value = "2021-01-01" },
                    new { key = "date_to", value = "2022-02-02" },
                    new { key = "category_id", value = 3 }
                }
            };

            var client = new HttpClient();

            Uri baseUri = new Uri("https://realtime.oxylabs.io");
            client.BaseAddress = baseUri;

            var requestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "/v1/queries");
            requestMessage.Content = JsonContent.Create(parameters);

            var authenticationString = $"{Username}:{Password}";
            var base64EncodedAuthenticationString = Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(authenticationString));
            requestMessage.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic " + base64EncodedAuthenticationString);

            var response = await client.SendAsync(requestMessage);
            var contents = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

            Console.WriteLine(contents);
        }
    }
}

Java

package org.example;

import okhttp3.*;
import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class Main implements Runnable {
    private static final String AUTHORIZATION_HEADER = "Authorization";
    public static final String USERNAME = "USERNAME";
    public static final String PASSWORD = "PASSWORD";

    public void run() {
        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
        jsonObject.put("source", "google_trends_explore");
        jsonObject.put("query", "adidas");
        jsonObject.put("context", new JSONArray()
                .put(new JSONObject().put("key", "date_from").put("value", "2021-01-01"))
                .put(new JSONObject().put("key", "date_to").put("value", "2022-02-02"))
                .put(new JSONObject().put("key", "category_id").put("value", 3))
        );

        Authenticator authenticator = (route, response) -> {
            String credential = Credentials.basic(USERNAME, PASSWORD);
            return response
                    .request()
                    .newBuilder()
                    .header(AUTHORIZATION_HEADER, credential)
                    .build();
        };

        var client = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
                .authenticator(authenticator)
                .readTimeout(180, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                .build();

        var mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json; charset=utf-8");
        var body = RequestBody.create(jsonObject.toString(), mediaType);
        var request = new Request.Builder()
                .url("https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries")
                .post(body)
                .build();

        try (var response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.body() != null) {
                try (var responseBody = response.body()) {
                    System.out.println(responseBody.string());
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception exception) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + exception.getMessage());
        }

        System.exit(0);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Thread(new Main()).start();
    }
}

JSON

{
    "source": "google_trends_explore",
    "query": "adidas",
    "context": [
        {"key": "date_from", "value": "2021-01-01"},
        {"key": "date_to", "value": "2022-02-02"},
        {"key": "category_id", "value": 3}
    ]
}

We use synchronous Realtime integration method in our examples. If you would like to use Proxy Endpoint or asynchronous Push-Pull integration, refer to the integration methods section.

Request parameter values

Generic

Basic setup and customization options for scraping Google Trends results.

Parameter	Description	Default Value
source	Sets the scraper.	google_trends_explore
query	UTF-encoded keyword.	-
callback_url	URL to your callback endpoint. More info.	-
user_agent_type	Device type and browser. The full list can be found here.	desktop
geo_location	The geographical location that the result should be adapted for. With Google Trends: Explore, we accept 2-letter ISO country codes as geo_location parameter values.	-

- mandatory parameter

Filtering

Advanced options for tailoring and refining the search context.

Parameter	Description	Default Value
context: search_type	Lets you set the search type (one of the options on Google Trends GUI). Possible values: web_search, image_search, google_shopping, youtube_search.	web_search
context: date_from	The lower date bracket. Format: YYYY-MM-DD. Oldest possible date: 2004-01-01.	-
context: date_to	The upper date bracket. Format: YYYY-MM-DD. Oldest possible date: 2004-01-01.	-
context: category_id	Category ID. Please refer to this file in story for a list of valid values.	-

Context parameters

All context parameters should be added to the context array as objects with key and value pairs, e.g.:

...
"context": [
    {
        "key": "filter",
        "value": "0"
    }
]
...

NOTE: This service always delivers structured data - so there is no need to utilize the parse parameter with this source.

Output example

{
    "results": [
        {
            "content":"{\"interest_over_time\": [{\"keyword\": \"adidas\", \"items\": [{\"time\": \"Jan 3\ \–\ 9, 2021\", \"value\": 75}, {\"time\": \"Jan 10\ \–\ 16, 2021\", \"value\": 79}...{\"query\": \"adidas zx\", \"value\": 10, \"formatted_value\": \"10\", \"link\": \"/trends/explore?q=adidas+zx&date=2021-01-01+2022-02-02\"}]}]}",
            "created_at": "2024-02-13 11:33:21",
            "updated_at": "2024-02-13 11:33:27",
            "page": 1,
            "url": "https://trends.google.com/trends/api/explore?hl=en-US&tz=0&req=%7B%22comparisonItem%22%3A+%5B%7B%22keyword%22%3A+%22adidas%22%2C+%22geo%22%3A+%22%22%2C+%22time%22%3A+%222021-01-01+2022-02-02%22%7D%5D%2C+%22category%22%3A+0%2C+%22property%22%3A+%22%22%7D",
            "job_id": "7163133042662350849",
            "status_code": 200
        }
    ]
}