ScaleSERP image search needs search_type=images, or you get web results

TL;DR

To get Google Images results from ScaleSERP you must pass search_type=images; the default search type returns web results no matter how image-flavored your query is. A custom uule overwrites the generated location, so pass one or the other, not both.

Steps

1. To get Google Images results from ScaleSERP you must pass searchtype=images; the default search type returns web results no matter how image-flavored your query is. Combine it with a location or with gl and hl for localized image results. A custom uule overwrites the generated location, so pass one or the other, not both. If results look like the wrong country, check that locationauto is not rewriting your gl and hl; set location_auto=false to keep manual control.

When to use

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When not to use

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Versions

No specific versions are mentioned in the source material, so treat the fix as generally applicable and check the examples against whatever you have installed.

Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

Source: Official docs (ScaleSERP Google Images): documents the required-param gotcha: image results need search_type=images, and a custom uule can overwrite the location the API generates.

Verified resolution: To get Google Images results from ScaleSERP you must pass searchtype=images; the default search type returns web results no matter how image-flavored your query is. Combine it with a location or with gl and hl for localized image results. A custom uule overwrites the generated location, so pass one or the other, not both. If results look like the wrong country, check that locationauto is not rewriting your gl and hl; set location_auto=false to keep manual control.

Source URL: https://docs.trajectdata.com/scaleserp/search-api/searches/google/images