Thread → Search
AI-generatedSummary
Search forum discussion threads on Google Forums using a specified query and optional parameters to customize search locale, language, device emulation, and safety filters. Returns a list of forum threads matching the search criteria with configurable output detail levels.
Inputs
- Search Query (required) — The query string to search forum discussions for.
- Location — Optional location name from which to run the search.
- Country Code — Optional two-letter country code specifying the origin country of the search.
- Language Code — Optional two-letter language code to localize the search results.
- Device — Select device profile (desktop, mobile, tablet) to emulate for the search.
- Safe Search — Toggle safe search filtering to exclude explicit content (active or off).
- Maximum Pages — Number of result pages to fetch, minimum 1.
- Output — Level of detail for returned thread data: raw full data, selected fields, or simplified set.
- Fields to Include — When Output is 'Selected Fields', choose specific thread fields to return from title, source, snippet, links, position, and metadata.
- Authentication — Select authentication method to authorize the API request, either API Key or OAuth2.
Output shape
a list of items where each item represents a forum thread matching the search query
Result items can be returned in one of three modes: 'raw' returns every field from the API; 'selected' returns only specified fields; 'simplified' returns a compact set of common useful fields including position, title, source, snippet, displayed meta, and link. Pagination is controlled by the Maximum Pages input. Errors during execution return error messages per item if Continue On Fail is enabled.