Get Google autocomplete suggestions for a keyword API

One call returns Google autocomplete suggestions for a partial keyword. Each item in the answer is one suggested search query with relevance score. The sample shows 15 autocomplete suggestions for "pokemon car", with "pokemon cards" being the top suggestion.

1 live route on DataForSEO, from $0.002 per call. Every route below answered our last live test on 2026-10-06; the gateway re-tests them daily.

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Provider	Endpoint	Price	Tested
DataForSEO	Google autocomplete suggestions`POST serp/google/autocomplete/live/advanced`	$0.002$2.00 / 1k calls	✓ 2026-10-06pricing ↗

What it returns

From a real call to the route: DataForSEO.

result[].items[].suggestionSuggested search queryresult[].items[].relevanceRelevance score of the suggestionresult[].items[].rank_absoluteRank position of the suggestionresult[].items[].suggestion_typeType of suggestion (QUERY, ENTITY, etc.)result[].items[].search_query_urlDirect link to search for this suggestionresult[].keywordThe partial keyword enteredresult[].items_countNumber of suggestions returned

Call it

HTTP with your key in x-api-key, or the call_endpoint tool of our MCP server.

POST /api/gw/dataforseo/serp/google/autocomplete/live/advanced$0.002 / call✓ working · tested 2026-10-061.55 s latency

Parameters

Parameter	Type		Notes
keyword	str · body	JSON body field	e.g. `"pokemon car"`
language_code	str · body	JSON body field	e.g. `"en"`
location_code	int · body	JSON body field	e.g. `2840`

HTTP

curl -X POST "https://fetchapi.co/api/gw/dataforseo/serp/google/autocomplete/live/advanced" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '[{"keyword": "pokemon car", "language_code": "en", "location_code": 2840}]'

MCP

call_endpoint("dataforseo.serp_google_autocomplete", {}, [{"keyword": "pokemon car", "language_code": "en", "location_code": 2840}])

Real example answer (trimmed) · 2026-10-04

{
  "cost": 0.002,
  "time": "1.4443 sec.",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "10040441-2697-0139-0000-6a0080606764",
      "cost": 0.002,
      "data": {
        "os": "windows",
        "se": "google",
        "api": "serp",
        "device": "desktop",
        "keyword": "pokemon car",
        "se_type": "autocomplete",
        "function": "live",
        "language_code": "en",
        "location_code": 2840
      },
      "path": [
        "v3",
        "serp",
        "… 2 more"
      ],
      "time": "1.3533 sec.",
      "result": [
        {
          "type": "autocomplete",
          "items": [
            {
              "type": "…",
              "relevance": "…",
              "rank_group": "…",
              "suggestion": "…",
              "highlighted": "…",
              "rank_absolute": "…",
              "thumbnail_url": "…",
              "suggestion_type": "…",
              "search_query_url": "…"
            },
            {
              "type": "…",
              "relevance": "…",
              "rank_group": "…",
              "suggestion": "…",
              "highlighted": "…",
              "rank_absolute": "…",
              "thumbnail_url": "…",
              "suggestion_type": "…",
              "search_query_url": "…"
            },
            "… 2 more"
          ],
          "spell": null,
          "keyword": "pokemon car",
          "datetime": "2026-10-04 04:41:29 +00:00",
          "check_url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=pokemon+car&hl=en&gl=US&uule=w+CAIQIFISCQs2MuSEtepUEUK33kOSuTsc",
          "se_domain": "google.com",
          "item_types": [
            "autocomplete"
          ],
          "items_count": 15,
          "language_code": "en",
          "location_code": 2840,
          "refinement_chips": null,
          "se_results_count": 0
        }
      ],
      "status_code": 20000,
      "result_count": 1,
      "status_message": "Ok."
    }
  ],
  "version": "0.1.20260917",
  "status_code": 20000,
  "tasks_count": 1,
  "tasks_error": 0,
  "status_message": "Ok."
}

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