Search Google Trends

Retrieve Google Trends keyword results in a MindStudio workflow

Configuration

Query

Type in the text queries you want to send. Make sure each query is separated by a comma. Example: coffee,pizza,dark chocolate.

The search query can include variables.

Output Variable

Specify the name of the output variable that will store the results. Example: Trends_result

Advanced Settings

Data Type

Specify the type of search you want to make. The following options are:

• Interest over time (TIMESERIES)

• Breakdown by Region

• Interest by Region (GEO_MAP_0)

• Related Topics

• Related Queries

Category

This parameter is used to define the search category. By default this parameter is set to 0 which defines All Categories. You can see the full list of parameters here.

Language

Define the language parameter. The default is set to en for English. See the full list of parameters here.

Location

This parameter defines the location from where you want the search to originate. The default is set to Worldwide. You can see the full list of parameters here.

Date

Specify the date range of the trends you are searching. Available parameters to define a date include:

• now 1-H - Past hour

• now 4-H - Past 4 hours

• now 1-d - Past day

• now 7-d - Past 7 days

• today 1-m - Past 30 days

• today 3-m - Past 90 days

• today 12-m - Past 12 months

• today 5-y - Past 5 years

• all - 2004 - present

You can also pass custom values by using yyyy-mm-dd yyyy-mm-dd

Time Offset

This parameter is used to define the timezone. The default timezone is set to 420 (Pacific Day Time (PDT): -07:00). Value is shown in minutes and can span from -1439 to 1439.

Other Timezone examples: 420 - PDT 600 - Pacific/Tahiti -540 - Asia/Tokyo -480 - Canada/Pacific.

Sample Output

{
  "search_metadata": {
    "id": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "status": "Success",
    "json_endpoint": "https://example.com/search/sample.json",
    "created_at": "2025-03-06 20:15:25 UTC",
    "processed_at": "2025-03-06 20:15:25 UTC",
    "google_trends_url": "https://example.com/trends",
    "raw_html_file": "https://example.com/search/sample.html",
    "prettify_html_file": "https://example.com/search/sample.prettify",
    "total_time_taken": 16.09
  },
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "google_trends",
    "q": "example_query",
    "hl": "en",
    "date": "today 12-m",
    "tz": "420",
    "data_type": "TIMESERIES"
  },
  "interest_over_time": {
    "timeline_data": [
      {
        "date": "Sample Date Range",
        "timestamp": "0000000000",
        "values": [
          {
            "query": "example_query",
            "value": "80",
            "extracted_value": 80
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}