# Programmable Search Engine

Google service for creating a search engine over chosen websites, served as a Google results page or embedded in a web page.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/google-programmable-search/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://programmablesearchengine.google.com
- docs: https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/overview

### Identity

- status: hosted-service
- maintainer: Google LLC
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: search
- hosting: unknown
- language: unknown
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: rest
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: unknown

### License

- licenseModel: saas
- license: unknown

### Releases

- currentMajor: unknown
- latestReleaseDate: unknown

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: unknown
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://programmablesearchengine.google.com/about/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/overview (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://programmablesearchengine.google.com/about/ (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en (read 2026-10-28)
- adminUi: https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/overview (read 2026-10-28)
- headlessApi: https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/overview (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Programmable Search Engine is a Google service for creating a search engine over chosen websites. The search engine is configured in the Control Panel, and its results are shown either on a Google-hosted results page or through a search element embedded in a web page. The [developer overview](https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/overview) describes the Custom Search JSON API, which offers a free daily query allowance.

## Worth knowing

The Custom Search JSON API is closed to new customers, and Google's own pages state a discontinuation date for it. The Custom Search Site Restricted JSON API has stopped serving traffic, and Google's pages name Agent Search as the replacement for site search.

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