Google AI Overview

Read AI Overview data from Google Search results or fetch it with a page token.

Google AI Overview data can appear directly inside Google Search results. Sometimes Google requires an extra request using ai_overview.page_token; in that case, use the Google AI Overview API immediately because the token expires quickly.

Search and Fetch AI Overview

import os
import serpapi


client = serpapi.Client(api_key=os.environ["SERPAPI_KEY"], timeout=20)

search = client.search(
    engine="google",
    q="how do noise cancelling headphones work",
    location="Austin, Texas",
    gl="us",
    hl="en",
)

ai_overview = search.get("ai_overview", {})

if ai_overview.get("page_token"):
    response = client.search(
        engine="google_ai_overview",
        page_token=ai_overview["page_token"],
    )
    ai_overview = response.get("ai_overview", {})

for block in ai_overview.get("text_blocks", [])[:3]:
    print(block.get("snippet") or block.get("text"))

What to Read

Use ai_overview.text_blocks for the generated answer and ai_overview.references for cited sources when present. If the first Google Search response already includes the AI Overview content, you can read it directly without the second request.

See the Google Search API AI Overview docs and the Google AI Overview API documentation. Use the SerpApi Playground to find queries that currently return AI Overview data.