# ScrapingBee Fast Search API

> Retrieve a lightweight Google result set optimized for sub-second responses.

## Endpoint and authentication

- Endpoint: `https://app.scrapingbee.com/api/v1/fast_search`
- Required input: `search`.
- Authentication: `Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY`.
- The `api_key` query parameter remains supported for backward compatibility but is deprecated for new integrations.
- URL-encode the search query, especially `:`, `&`, and `+`.

## Parameters and response

| Parameter | Default |
| --- | --- |
| `page` | `1` |
| `country_code` | `us` |
| `language` | `en` |
| `tag` | empty |

- Cost: 10 credits per successful request.
- The response contains `organic` results (`rank`, `title`, `link`, `description`, `extensions`), `top_stories`, `url`, and `status`.
- `country_code` is an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and localizes the results; `language` controls result language. Use the [premium country-code lookup](https://www.scrapingbee.com/llms/country-codes-premium.txt) for supported values.
- `tag` is returned in response headers and does not change scraping behavior.
- This API does not provide the full Google Search API's detailed SERP types, multi-page aggregation, browser/AI Overview mode, or advanced controls. Use [Google Search API](https://www.scrapingbee.com/llms/google-search-api.txt) when those are required.