---
title: "Google Scholar API: Search | Perceptlayer"
description: "Search from Google Scholar as JSON. 1 credit per successful call."
url: https://perceptlayer.com/apis/google-scholar/search
---

[APIs](https://perceptlayer.com/apis) / [Google Scholar](https://perceptlayer.com/apis/google-scholar) / Search

# Google Scholar: Search

Search from Google Scholar as JSON. 1 credit per successful call.

GET `/v1/google-scholar/search`

## Parameters

Send parameters in the query string.

| Parameter | Type | Required | Allowed values |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `q` | string | Optional | Up to 500 characters |
| `hl` | string | Optional | Any |
| `start` | integer | Optional | Any |
| `num` | integer | Optional | Any |
| `as_ylo` | integer | Optional | Any |
| `as_yhi` | integer | Optional | Any |
| `scisbd` | integer | Optional | 0, 1, 2 |
| `cites` | string | Optional | Any |
| `cluster` | string | Optional | Any |

## Example request

cURL shell 

```
curl "https://api.perceptlayer.com/v1/google-scholar/search?q=machine+learning&hl=en&num=10&as_ylo=2020" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $API_KEY"
```

[Run this endpoint in the playground](https://perceptlayer.com/apis/google-scholar?try=search#playground) with your own parameters. 1 credit per successful call; failed calls are free.