Google Answer Box Scraper API extracts a visible direct-answer region from one public Google Search results page and returns it as a predictable structured response. Configure a query, country, interface language, and Safe Search option, then run the Bot for search-data workflows, monitoring, enrichment, or downstream automation.
What Does BrowserAct Google Answer Box Scraper API Do?
The Bot opens one internally constructed public Google Search URL and extracts only the answer region that directly responds to the query. It supports the answer families verified in the current Live Version: direct answers, weather, local time, calculator results, and flight duration.
Atomic Capability
One run opens one public Google Search results page and returns one answer-box response.
The Bot reads the visible answer region without opening cited sources or destination pages. It stops after the answer is extracted or its absence is confirmed and does not mix in organic results, AI Overview, knowledge panels, People also ask, ads, local listings, shopping results, news modules, or related searches.
Key Features
- Extracts a single public Google answer-box capability.
- Accepts any valid search query up to 300 characters.
- Uses dropdowns for country, interface language, and Safe Search.
- Builds the Google Search URL internally; users never enter a URL or locale code.
- Returns the same response envelope whether an answer box appears or not.
- Preserves additional visible values from the same answer region in
unclassified_fields.
Capability Availability
| State | Output behavior |
|---|---|
| Target answer region is present | available is true; data contains the detected answer family. |
| Valid result page without the target region | available is false; data is null. |
| Additional fields appear inside the answer region | Values are preserved in unclassified_fields. |
Quick Start
- Open Run task.
- Enter a search query, such as
weather Dallas. - Choose the search country, interface language, and Safe Search mode.
- Run the Bot.
- Review the structured response or call the published template from the API Tab.
Input Parameters
| Parameter | Configuration |
|---|---|
query |
String · Required Default: weather DallasOpen-ended Google search text; 1-300 characters after trimming. |
search_country |
Dropdown · Required Default: United StatesCountry context mapped to Google's internal gl value. |
interface_language |
Dropdown · Required Default: EnglishInterface language mapped to Google's internal hl value. |
safe_search |
Dropdown · Required Default: ActiveMaps to Google's supported Safe Search value. |
See the Inputs Tab for all supported labels, mappings, constraints, and the default request JSON.
Output Structure
Each run returns one fixed response envelope:
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
capability |
String | Fixed value google_answer_box. |
available |
Boolean | Whether a supported answer region appeared on the valid source page. |
request_metadata |
Object | Normalized public inputs and the internally constructed source URL. |
data |
Object or null | The detected answer family and its structured fields. |
unclassified_fields |
Object | Additional visible fields from the same answer region. |
See the Output Tab for the complete schema and the full response from a current Live Version run.
Example Output
This preview contains one result from the default Live Version run.
| Field | Result |
|---|---|
capability |
google_answer_box |
available |
true |
request_metadata |
query: weather Dallas; country: United States; language: English; Safe Search: Active |
data |
type: weather; location: Dallas, TX; temperature: 79 F; condition: Clear with periodic clouds; humidity: 81%; wind: 6 mph |
unclassified_fields |
{} |
How Does It Work?
- BrowserAct validates the query and maps the selected country, language, and Safe Search labels.
- The Bot URL-encodes the query, constructs the Google Search URL internally, and opens one public results page.
- It identifies the visible direct-answer region and determines whether it is a direct answer, weather, local time, calculator, or flight-duration result.
- It populates only the detected answer family and normalizes it into the fixed response envelope.
- It returns one structured object, or
available=falsewithdata=nullwhen the valid page contains no answer region.
Response Behavior and Limits
- Answer absent:
available=falseanddata=nullis a valid response. - Variant fields: Only the detected answer-family object is populated; the other family objects remain
null. - Dynamic fields: Additional visible values inside the same answer region appear in
unclassified_fields. - Public access: The Bot uses public Google Search pages and requires no account login.
- Execution boundary: One run reads one search results page and does not paginate.
- Destination pages: Returned links are not opened.
Use Cases
- Retrieve direct search answers for internal tools and agent workflows.
- Monitor localized weather or time responses across supported country and language settings.
- Normalize calculator and flight-duration answers for downstream processing.
- Compose this capability with other BrowserAct Bots through API, n8n, Make, Zapier, or MCP.
How to Build a New API-Ready Bot with Agent Built
Step 1: Define One Atomic Capability
Describe one public-web action, its user inputs, allowed navigation, output contract, and exact stopping point. Keep fixed target URLs internal and give every visible input a working default.
Step 2: Let BrowserAct Explore the Capability Variants
Build the Bot against the live website and check multiple positive triggers, one valid negative trigger, and at least one non-default dropdown path.
Step 3: Validate the Stable Contract
Publish the validated version, run it again with the default inputs, and confirm the response envelope, actual output, execution time, credits, and API call before listing the template.
Automation and Export
BrowserAct produces structured data first. Use the completed result through Run Task, the JSON API, n8n, Make, Zapier, MCP-based agents, or an available export flow.
Need Help?
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