Google AJAX Search API - Developer's Guide
The Google AJAX Search API is a Javascript library that allows you to embed Google Search in your web pages and other web applications. For Flash, and other Non-Javascript environments, the API exposes a raw RESTful interface that returns JSON encoded results that are easily processed by most languages and runtimes.
The Google AJAX Search API provides simple web objects that perform inline searches over a number of Google services (Web Search, Local Search, Video Search, Blog Search, News Search, Book Search (experimental), Image Search, and Patent Search). If your web page is designed to help users create content (e.g. message boards, blogs, etc.), the API is designed to support these activities by allowing them to copy search results directly into their messages.
This API is new, and its feature set is largely determined by active involvement of its customers. Please join us in helping to shape the API and features by participating in the Google AJAX Search API discussion group to give feedback and discuss the API.
The AJAX Search API now makes use of the AJAX API loader. This loader makes it easier to use multiple Google AJAX APIs on the same page and unifies the namespaces across them. If you don't want to change your code, that's fine -- it won't break and the old namespace will continue to work. For more information:
Using the Google AJAX API loader to load the Google Search API.
Google AJAX API loader documentation
Table of Contents
Audience
Introduction
The Hello World of Google AJAX Search API
Using the Google AJAX API Loader
Browser Compatibility
API Updates
Examples
The Basics
SearchControl Modes
Searcher Objects
Searcher Options
Keeping a Search Result
Setting Site Restrictions
Search Control Callbacks
Custom Search Form
Advanced Branding
Advanced Samples
API Overview
Styling Search Results
Flash and other Non-Javascript Environments
Code Snippets
Class Reference
Troubleshooting
Audience
This documentation is designed for people familiar with Javascript programming and object-oriented programming concepts. There are many Javascript tutorials available on the Web
