Google Programmable Search Engine Make integrationAutomate Google Programmable Search Engine with Make.
Need search results inside an automation instead of a browser tab? The Google Programmable Search Engine Make integration gives you 1 action, Query Google Search. This page shows builders how to connect the API key, then chain a first scenario around it.
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What does the Google Programmable Search Engine Make integration do?
It lets a Make scenario (the automation you build, a chain of modules) send a query to the Programmable Search Engine you set up in Google, then hand what comes back to the next step. There is one module, an action, so something else always starts the flow: another app or a schedule.
Lead research without copy and paste. A sales team gets a new company name from a form or a CRM. Query Google Search runs a search on that name, and the next module writes the answer where the rep will read it.
Topic watch for a content team. A scheduled scenario queries the search engine on the subjects the team follows and passes the results to a sheet or a chat app, so nobody has to repeat the same search by hand.
Fact checks inside a support flow. When a ticket mentions a product or a site, the scenario searches it first and attaches what it found before an agent opens the ticket.
What the integration does not do: it has no trigger, no search module besides this action, and no Make an API Call module for requests the action does not cover. Make's own documentation for this app also warns that it was generated with AI and may contain mistakes, so check anything important against Google's documentation. If you are new to Make, the Make training covers the editor from zero. Weighing another tool? Read n8n vs Make. And when a run fails, Make troubleshooting walks through the usual causes.
How do you connect Google Programmable Search Engine to Make?
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Collect your two keys in Google
Open the Programmable Search Engine control panel, create an engine or pick an existing one, and copy the Programmable Search Engine ID from the Basic section of its Overview page. Then copy an API key from the Custom Search JSON API documentation or the Google Cloud Console.
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Add the module and open the connection
In your scenario, add the Query Google Search module and click Create a connection. A connection is your Google account linked to Make once, then reused by every module of this app.
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Name it and paste the credentials
The Connection name field is optional, but a clear name helps when you run several engines. Paste the credentials you copied in Google, or follow the on-screen instructions, and save.
Your first scenario with Google Programmable Search Engine
GoalWhen a new company name shows up in another app, Make runs a Google Programmable Search Engine query on it and passes the result along.
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Create the scenario
On the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the + to add the first module. That first module comes from another app, such as the form or CRM where company names appear.
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Set up the starting module
Pick that app, create its connection, and fill its fields. Once connected, Make lists what it can read there, so you choose from a list instead of typing IDs.
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Add Query Google Search
Click the + on the right of the first module, search for Google Programmable Search Engine, pick Query Google Search, and select the connection you created earlier.
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Map the search terms
Map the company name from the first module into the search. Each bundle (one item passed between modules, here one company) runs its own query.
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Test with Run once
Click Run once. Make runs the scenario a single time and shows the bundles each module received, so you can read the search output before going further.
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Schedule and switch it on
Set the schedule on the first module (every 15 minutes by default) and switch the scenario on. Each module run counts as one operation on your Make plan.
What the Google Programmable Search Engine module does
Google Programmable Search Engine gives you 1 module. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.
Query Google Search
ActionIn the docs onlyThis action sends a search to the engine you configured in Google and returns the outcome to your scenario, so a later module can store it, filter it, or post it somewhere your team reads.
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