Google Images API

x402 pay per call

$0.01 per successful call, paid in USDC on Base. No account or API key required. The live PAYMENT-REQUIRED header quotes the authoritative price.

curl request

curl -i 'https://api.fastaf.co/x402/v1/images?query=espresso+machine'

Example 402 payment challenge

Illustrative recipient address, not a payment destination. Request a fresh challenge, sign it with an x402 v2 client and retry the same URL with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE. The header is base64 JSON v2; the compatibility body uses v1 aliases on Base. Only successful results settle.

HTTP/1.1 402 Payment Required
Content-Type: application/json
PAYMENT-REQUIRED: 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

{
  "error": "payment_required",
  "x402Version": 2,
  "resource": {
    "url": "https://api.fastaf.co/x402/v1/images?query=espresso+machine",
    "description": "Google Images search results",
    "mimeType": "application/json"
  },
  "accepts": [
    {
      "scheme": "exact",
      "network": "eip155:8453",
      "amount": "10000",
      "asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
      "payTo": "0x1111111111111111111111111111111111111111",
      "maxTimeoutSeconds": 300,
      "extra": {
        "name": "USD Coin",
        "version": "2"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Decoded PAYMENT-REQUIRED header

{
  "x402Version": 2,
  "resource": {
    "url": "https://api.fastaf.co/x402/v1/images?query=espresso+machine",
    "description": "Google Images search results",
    "mimeType": "application/json"
  },
  "accepts": [
    {
      "scheme": "exact",
      "network": "eip155:8453",
      "amount": "10000",
      "asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
      "payTo": "0x1111111111111111111111111111111111111111",
      "maxTimeoutSeconds": 300,
      "extra": {
        "name": "USD Coin",
        "version": "2"
      }
    }
  ]
}

JSON discovery response example

Google Images JSON with image results, thumbnails, original image URLs, source links and dimensions when available. Image rights remain with the source. This example is illustrative.

{
  "images_results": [
    {
      "title": "Espresso machine",
      "original": "https://example.com/espresso.jpg",
      "link": "https://example.com/espresso",
      "original_width": 1200,
      "original_height": 800,
      "image": "https://example.com/thumb.jpg"
    }
  ]
}

Response with an API key

The same data over REST with a prepaid key. The JSON body is the example above; failed requests are not charged.

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FASTAF_API_KEY" 'https://api.fastaf.co/v1/images?query=espresso+machine'

MCP tools

google_images MCP tool calls require an API key or OAuth; x402 payments apply to HTTP data calls.

Full endpoint reference for agents

Pricing

x402: $0.01 per successful call, USDC on Base, no account. API key: 10 credits per request from one-time credit packs, without expiry. Credit packs are shared by every endpoint and never renew.

Free: 500 credits every month after email verification, no card. See pricing. Alternatives: FastAF vs SerpApi, vs toll402, vs serp402, vs AgentBIT, vs Amazon PA-API.

Parameters

Response fields

• images_results
• image
• original
• link
• original_width
• original_height

Passing these fields to an LLM? See token-aware web scraping for agents.

Guides

• Add FastAF to Claude Code, Codex and Cursor

  One remote MCP server, three clients: the claude, codex and Cursor mcp.json setup for https://api.fastaf.co/mcp, with the API key auth it really uses.

• Detect poisoned or incomplete SERP results in AI agents

  A practical checklist for agents that read Google results: spot empty, partial, injected or lookalike results before they reach the model.

FAQ

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