Libraries and Samples

Stay organized with collections Save and categorize content based on your preferences.

The Google API client libraries, which are available in a number of popular programming languages, make it easy to use the Custom Search JSON API.

In the following tables, the first column shows each library's stage of development (note that some are in early stages), and links to documentation for the library. The second column links to available samples for each library.

Documentation Samples
Google API Client Library for Java Java samples
Google API Client Library for JavaScript JavaScript samples
Google API Client Library for .NET .NET samples
Google API Client Library for Objective-C for REST Objective-C samples
Google API Client Library for PHP (beta) PHP samples
Google API Client Library for Python Python samples

These early-stage libraries are also available:

Documentation Samples
Google APIs Client Libraries for Dart (beta) Dart samples
Google API Client Library for Go (alpha) Go samples
Google API Client Library for Node.js (alpha) Node.js samples
Google API Client Library for Ruby (alpha) Ruby samples

Featured samples for this API

Often, the easiest way to learn how to use an API can be to look at sample code. The table above provides links to some basic samples for each of the languages shown. Currently, there are no additional featured samples available for the Custom Search JSON API.