Google Shopping API skill
Read public Google Shopping results as clean JSON. This Google Shopping API skill is a single endpoint: search products by keyword and get back listings with merchants and prices, at 3 credits per product — useful for price comparison, market research and competitive monitoring.
This skill wraps 1 live Google Shopping endpoint from the ScraperSocial API. Public data only, returned as clean JSON.
When to use this skill
- You are comparing prices for a product across merchants.
- You need to see how a product is listed and priced in the shopping index.
- A user asks where to buy something and at what price.
Do not use this skill when
- You need a single merchant's catalogue. Go to that merchant —
amazon-apiandtiktok-shop-apicover theirs. - You need guaranteed live prices. Results may be cached and merchant prices move; pass
--freshwhen accuracy matters more than speed. - You need Merchant Center data for your own store. That is account-scoped; use Google's own API.
Setup
export SCRAPERSOCIAL_KEY=sk_live_... # https://scrapersocial.com/app/keys
Signing up at scrapersocial.com/signup includes 100 free credits, no card required.
Permissions and scope
These scripts do exactly three things and nothing else: read one environment variable (SCRAPERSOCIAL_KEY), send HTTPS requests to https://api.scrapersocial.com (the host is a constant in the code, not configurable), and print JSON. They run as node scripts/<name>.js with no other shell use, no file writes and no persistence. call_endpoint.js accepts only the 1 documented /v1/google_shopping/ paths in the table below and refuses anything else before a request is made.
Scripts
| Script | What it does | Input | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
product_search.js |
List Google Shopping product search. | query | 3 credits per product |
call_endpoint.js |
Call any /v1/google_shopping/ endpoint directly |
path + params | varies |
Every script also accepts --limit, --cursor, --fields, --format and --fresh. --limit is clamped to 50: above that the API returns an async job instead of data.
Example
node skills/google-shopping-api/scripts/product_search.js "mechanical keyboard"
Every response uses the same envelope:
{ "data": {}, "meta": { "count": 20, "next_cursor": "..." }, "request_id": "a18e4ef88ad4b00b" }
meta appears on paginated endpoints only. Keep request_id — support traces calls with it.
Endpoints
| Endpoint | Input | Returns | Credits | Paginated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
/v1/google_shopping/product-search |
query | product | 3 credits per product | yes |
Costs shown per item for paginated endpoints, per call otherwise. Failed calls are not charged.
FAQ
How do I search Google Shopping as JSON?
product_search.js with a query, 3 credits per product returned. Use --limit to bound the cost.
Are the prices live?
They reflect what the shopping index published when the page was read, and may be cached. Use --fresh to bypass the cache at the same credit cost.
Is this an official Google API?
No. ScraperSocial is independent and not affiliated with Google. It returns publicly available data only.
Links
Disclaimer
ScraperSocial is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any platform named in this repository. All product names, logos and brands are property of their respective owners. These skills return only publicly available data.