# serp402 Google Forums Search

> serp402 Google Forums Search is a paid API for AI agents from serp402.com, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-31).

Searches Google Forums and returns structured JSON with forum titles, dates, links, and metadata

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://serp402.com/api/v1/google-forums?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-31
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/serp402-google-forums-search-d02a336f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_iPDwP4lF94HIBXELeozaf

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability serp402-google-forums-search-d02a336f -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search Google Forums for discussions about 'Python asyncio best practices' in the US in English, starting from the first page of results on desktop.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need structured, machine-readable Google Forums data without managing a Google API key, subscription, or account. It is ideal for agents that need to monitor community discussions, research topics across forums, or paginate through forum results programmatically. Prefer it over general web search endpoints when the specific target is forum/community content surfaced by Google, and when pay-per-call USDC micropayment pricing (no commitment) is preferable to a subscription model.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or missing query parameter returns an error response
- Unsupported country code (gl) or language code (hl) may return empty or unexpected results
- Date range conflicts (end_date used alongside period_unit/period_value) cause parameter errors
- No results found for niche queries returns an empty results array
- Payment failure (insufficient USDC or x402 protocol issue) blocks the request
- Rate limiting or Google-side blocking may return empty or partial results

## How this service works

Google Forums: Forum titles, dates, links, and more. Structured JSON, USD 0.05 per call in USDC — no API key, no account, no subscription, no minimum. Not affiliated with, endorsed by or an official channel of any of the services the results come from. All trademarks and copyright remain the property of their respective owners.

## Output

A structured JSON object containing forum search results from Google Forums, including forum post titles, publication dates, source links, and additional metadata such as snippets or author information where available. Results are paginated and filterable by country, language, date range, and device type.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "q": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "gl": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "country to use for the Google Forums search. It's a two-letter country code. (e.g., us for the United States, uk for United Kingdom, or fr for France). Head…"
  },
  "hl": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "language to use for the Google Forums search. It's a two or three-letter language code. (e.g., en for English, es for Spanish, or fr for French), optionally…"
  },
  "tbs": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "(to be searched) parameter defines advanced search parameters that aren't possible in the regular query field. (e.g., advanced search for dates, time period,…"
  },
  "nfpr": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "exclusion of results from an auto-corrected query when the original query is spelled wrong. It can be set to 1 to exclude these results, or 0 to include them…"
  },
  "uule": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Parameter is the Google encoded location you want to use for the search. uule and location parameters can't be used together. For consistent results with…"
  },
  "start": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "result offset. It skips the given number of results. It's used for pagination. (e.g., 0 (default) is the first page of results, 10 is the 2nd page of results,…"
  },
  "device": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "device to use to get the results. It can be set to desktop (default) to use a regular browser, tablet to use a tablet browser (currently using iPads), or…"
  },
  "filter": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "if the filters for 'Similar Results' and 'Omitted Results' are on or off. It can be set to 1 (default) to enable these filters, or 0 to disable these filters."
  },
  "end_date": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "end date of time period you want to limit the image search to. Format: YYYYMMDD Example: 20251231 This parameter can't be used with period_unit / period_value…"
  },
  "location": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "from where you want the search to originate. If several locations match the location requested, we'll pick the most popular one. Head to the /locations.json…"
  },
  "start_date": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "start date of time period you want to limit the image search to. Format: YYYYMMDD Example: 20251201 This parameter can't be used with period_unit /…"
  },
  "period_unit": {
   "type": "string",
   "de
… (truncated)
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/serp402-google-forums-search-d02a336f/health.json
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