# Google Languages Finder

## Overview

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| **Status** | active |
| **Method** | `GET` |
| **Endpoint** | `/v2/finder/google-languages` |
| **Base URL** | `https://api.autom.dev` |
| **Credit Cost** | 0 credits per call |
| **Documentation** | https://www.piloterr.com/library/finder-google-languages |

## Description

Search the list of Google-supported languages by name to retrieve language codes for use in Google Search API requests.

## Authentication

- **Key Name:** `x-api-key`
- **Location:** HTTP Header
- **Get an API key:** https://app.autom.dev/register

## Example Request

```bash
curl --location --request GET 'https://api.autom.dev/v2/finder/google-languages' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'
```

## Example Response

### Search by query 'french'

```json
[
  {
    "language_code": "fr",
    "language_name": "French"
  },
  {
    "language_code": "fy",
    "language_name": "Frisian"
  }
]
```

## Documentation

## Overview
The Google Languages Finder endpoint allows you to search for Piloterr-supported languages for use in Google Search API parameters. Results are ordered by reach: languages spoken by the most people appear first. This endpoint is free to use.

## Quickstart
```
GET https://api.piloterr.com/v2/finder/google-languages?query=french
```

## Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `query` | string | yes | Case-insensitive search string to filter languages by name |

## Response fields
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `language_code` | string | Language code (e.g. `fr`, `en`, `es`) |
| `language_name` | string | Full language name (e.g. `French`) |

## Notes
- Results are ordered by global reach
- Use the `language_code` value as the `hl` parameter in Google Search API calls
- Searching for "FR" returns French, Frisian, etc.

## Main use cases
- Resolve language names to codes before making localized Google Search requests
- Build language pickers for multilingual SERP scraping tools
- Validate language inputs before passing them to Google Search API calls
- Enumerate all supported languages for international search automation workflows