crust — the CrustAPI CLI

Google data from your terminal. Search, Maps, News, Shopping and 8 more surfaces, back as clean JSON or CSV in about a second. You only pay for results that come back; empty searches are free.

Install

npm install -g crustapi-cli

Then set your key (get one free, 3,000 credits a month, no card, at crustapi.com):

export CRUSTAPI_API_KEY=key_live_xxxx

Use

crust "dentists in miami"                              # web search, shorthand
crust search "best serp api" --type web --gl us
crust search coffee --type maps --location "Austin, TX" --limit 20
crust search openai --type news | jq '.news[0]'       # pipes clean JSON
crust search plumbers --type maps --csv > leads.csv    # CSV straight to a file
crust scrape https://example.com/pricing --markdown
crust types                                            # list the surfaces

Output is JSON by default (a status line prints to stderr, so pipes stay clean). Pass --csv for CSV.

Surfaces

web · maps · places · news · shopping · images · videos · scholar · patents · autocomplete · webpage · reviews

Flags

| flag | what it does | |---|---| | -t, --type | which Google surface (default web) | | -l, --location | where to search from, e.g. "Miami, FL" (maps/places) | | --gl / --hl | country / language code | | --limit | maps: how many businesses (max 100) | | -n, --num | reviews: per page (max 50) | | --page | results page | | --csv | output CSV instead of JSON | | -k, --key | API key (or set CRUSTAPI_API_KEY) |

Full docs at crustapi.com/docs.