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Bright Data offers a fast SERP service, for selected enterprise customers only. This SERP service responds with a compact JSON, to power real-time applications in need of search results. To gain access to this service, please contact your Bright Data account manager.

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Before You Start

Fast SERP supports multiple Google verticals — web search, news, shopping, images, and more. This page covers standard web search (google.com/search). If you need a different vertical, see the relevant page for that search type.
Consider both your POC/testing volume and your expected production volume before getting started. This helps ensure your zone is configured correctly for your workload. If you’re unsure, start with an estimate — your account manager can adjust your rate allocation as your usage grows.
If your system has internal rate-limiting or load control mechanisms, share those details with your account manager. This helps align your zone’s capacity with your infrastructure’s behavior and avoids unnecessary errors.
Fast SERP works best with the native proxy interface — it is slightly faster than the REST API. A REST API interface can be provided if required by your architecture.
Fast SERP supports multiple deployment regions: US East, US West, EU, and APAC. Knowing your scraper region(s) in advance helps optimize routing and latency. If your production traffic is distributed across multiple regions, let your account manager know.

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Fast SERP Request

Fast SERP works best with the native proxy interface. If you need a REST API interface for your architecture, one can be provided.
For Fast SERP, both the x-unblock-data-format: parsed_lightrequest header and the brd_json=1 URL parameter are required. Omitting either will result in an unexpected response format.

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Native proxy request

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Organic results

Use header value x-unblock-data-format: parsed_fast — this request header will return organic results. 
curl -i --proxy fserp.brd.superproxy.io:33335 \
  --proxy-user brd-customer-<CUSTOMER>-zone-<ZONE>:<PASSWORD> \
  -k \
  -H 'x-unblock-data-format: parsed_fast' \
  "https://www.google.com/search?q=pizza&brd_json=1" \
  > output.json

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Organic results with with Google’s “Top Stories”

Use header value x-unblock-data-format: parsed_light — this request header will return Google’s “Top Stories” in the response alongside organic results. 
curl -i --proxy fserp.brd.superproxy.io:33335 \
  --proxy-user brd-customer-<CUSTOMER>-zone-<ZONE>:<PASSWORD> \
  -k \
  -H 'x-unblock-data-format: parsed_light' \
  "https://www.google.com/search?q=pizza&brd_json=1" \
  > output.json

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Response Format

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organic array

The primary array of web search results, present in both parsed_light and parsed_fast responses.
FieldTypeDescription
linkstringURL of the result page
titlestringTitle of the result
descriptionstringSnippet/summary shown in the search result
global_rankintegerRank position of the result on the page
extensionsarrayOptional list of site links associated with the result (see below)

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extensions items

FieldTypeDescription
typestringType of extension, e.g. site_link
linkstringURL of the site link
textstringAnchor text of the site link

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top_stories array

Returned only when using x-unblock-data-format: parsed_light. Contains Google’s “Top Stories” news carousel results.
FieldTypeDescription
linkstringURL of the news article
titlestringHeadline of the article
sourcestringName of the news publisher
datestringPublication date/time of the article
imagestringURL of the article’s thumbnail image

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Example response — parsed_fast (organic results)

{
  "organic": [
    {
      "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza",
      "title": "Pizza - Wikipedia",
      "description": "Pizza is an Italian dish consisting of a flat base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomato, cheese, and other ingredients.",
      "global_rank": 1,
      "extensions": [
        {
          "type": "site_link",
          "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neapolitan_pizza",
          "text": "Neapolitan pizza"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "link": "https://www.example-pizza.com/best-pizza-nyc",
      "title": "Best Pizza in NYC - Joe's Pizza",
      "description": "Family-owned pizzeria serving authentic New York slices since 1975.",
      "global_rank": 2
    },
    {
      "link": "https://www.pizza-guide.com/top-10",
      "title": "Top 10 Pizza Places in NYC",
      "description": "Discover the highest-rated pizza restaurants across all five boroughs.",
      "global_rank": 3
    }
  ]
}

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Example response — parsed_light (with Top Stories)

{
  "organic": [
    {
      "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza",
      "title": "Pizza - Wikipedia",
      "description": "Pizza is an Italian dish consisting of a flat base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomato, cheese, and other ingredients.",
      "global_rank": 1,
      "extensions": [
        {
          "type": "site_link",
          "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neapolitan_pizza",
          "text": "Neapolitan pizza"
        },
        {
          "type": "site_link",
          "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzeria",
          "text": "Pizzeria"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "link": "https://www.example-pizza.com/best-pizza-nyc",
      "title": "Best Pizza in NYC - Joe's Pizza",
      "description": "Family-owned pizzeria serving authentic New York slices since 1975.",
      "global_rank": 2
    }
  ],
  "top_stories": [
    {
      "link": "https://www.example-news.com/pizza-festival",
      "title": "NYC Pizza Festival Returns This Summer",
      "source": "Example News",
      "date": "3 hours ago",
      "image": "https://www.example-news.com/images/pizza-fest.jpg"
    },
    {
      "link": "https://www.another-outlet.com/pizza-record",
      "title": "World Record Pizza Baked in Naples",
      "source": "Another Outlet",
      "date": "5 hours ago",
      "image": "https://www.another-outlet.com/images/pizza-record.jpg"
    }
  ]
}
Response schema — with Top Stories: https://api.brightdata.com/data_schemas/fast_serp/google_search.schema.json Response schema — without Top Stories: https://api.brightdata.com/data_schemas/fast_serp/google_search_web.schema.json