Bright Data – Google Search

Search Google and get structured JSON results using Bright Data’s SERP API.

Setup

1. Get your API Key: Get a key from Bright Data Dashboard.

2. Create a Web Unlocker zone: Create a zone at brightdata.com/cp by clicking “Add” (top-right), selecting “Unlocker zone”.

3. Set environment variables:

export BRIGHTDATA_API_KEY="your-api-key"
export BRIGHTDATA_UNLOCKER_ZONE="your-zone-name"

Usage

bash scripts/search.sh "query" [cursor]

Parameters:

• query (required): Search term
• cursor (optional): Page number for pagination (0-indexed, default: 0)

Examples:

# Basic search
bash scripts/search.sh "climate change"

# Get page 2 of results
bash scripts/search.sh "climate change" 1

Output Format

Returns JSON with structured organic array:

{
  "organic": [
    {
      "link": "https://example.com/article",
      "title": "Article Title",
      "description": "Brief description of the page..."
    }
  ]
}

Dependencies

• curl – For API requests
• jq – For JSON processing