Get the target of a Google redirect link

POST https://api.answerline.dev/v1/monitor/google/goto

Returns the destination URL of a single Google redirect link. Pass the redirectLink value that accompanies each resolved link in a Google Search or AI Mode response; the reply contains the URL it leads to.

Free of charge. One link is resolved per request, and Google is given up to 10 seconds to respond.

Body

url string required: Absolute URL of a Google redirect link that you want resolved. It must point to google.com or www.google.com and use a path of /goto or /url, which is the form returned as redirectLink alongside each resolved link in AI Mode, Google Search and Google News responses.

Returns

url string required: Target URL that the redirect link leads to

Responses

200: Target URL that the redirect link leads to
400: Bad Request - url is absent, badly formed, or not a /goto or /url link on google.com
401: Unauthorized - API key absent or not valid
429: Too Many Requests - the call could not start now (CONCURRENT_LIMIT_EXCEEDED), or the service dropped the request because it was overloaded (SERVICE_OVERLOADED); that case returns Retry-After without any limit headers. RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED, with Retry-After, is sent only when one address presented too many unknown keys
500: Internal Server Error
502: Bad Gateway - Google's reply was not a redirect, or calling Google failed

Error codes and retries

curl -X POST "https://api.answerline.dev/v1/monitor/google/goto" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"url":"https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESaQHrOzAVqzmLoOGwx_6OnzSPRKSyqmXD3yEDa0VIkUCfa5RKEaB9eIJOYz_M1y_VwKrr5jrSlrFlZlBUbe9DQXMPRUiSOrjBMQ78vpRZtXEhawDDabM58DDRHnv2f-XOQAWw-nwkup9ptQ"}'

{ "error": { "code": "EXTERNAL_SERVICE_ERROR", "message": "External service error: the service failed", "details": { "service": "CHATGPT" }, "timestamp": "2025-01-15T12:00:00.000Z" } }