PageSpeed Insights API
googleapis · Analytics
The PageSpeed Insights API lets you analyze the performance of your website with a simple API. It offers tailored suggestions for how you can optimize your site, and lets you easily integrate PageSpeed Insights analysis into your development tools and workflow.
Authentication
Sample Requests
Runs PageSpeed analysis on the page at the specified URL, and returns PageSpeed scores, a list of suggestions to make that page faster, and other information.
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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/pagespeedonline/v5/pagespeedonline/v5/runPagespeed?alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com&fields=example&locale=en-US&$.xgafv=1&callback=example&category=example&strategy=STRATEGY_UNSPECIFIED"aUser=example&uploadType=example&utm_source=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&access_token=example&captchaToken=example&utm_campaign=example&upload_protocol=example"
import requests
params = {
"alt": "json",
"key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"url": "https://example.com",
"fields": "example",
"locale": "en-US",
"$.xgafv": "1",
"callback": "example",
"category": "example",
"strategy": "STRATEGY_UNSPECIFIED",
"quotaUser": "example",
"uploadType": "example",
"utm_source": "example",
"oauth_token": "example",
"prettyPrint": "true",
"access_token": "example",
"captchaToken": "example",
"utm_campaign": "example",
"upload_protocol": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
"https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/pagespeedonline/v5/pagespeedonline/v5/runPagespeed",
params=params,
)
print(response.json())const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/pagespeedonline/v5/pagespeedonline/v5/runPagespeed');
url.searchParams.set('alt', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
url.searchParams.set('url', 'https://example.com');
url.searchParams.set('fields', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('locale', 'en-US');
url.searchParams.set('$.xgafv', '1');
url.searchParams.set('callback', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('category', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('strategy', 'STRATEGY_UNSPECIFIED');
url.searchParams.set('quotaUser', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('uploadType', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('utm_source', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('oauth_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('prettyPrint', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('access_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('captchaToken', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('utm_campaign', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('upload_protocol', 'example');
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"net/url"
)
func main() {
baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/pagespeedonline/v5/pagespeedonline/v5/runPagespeed")
q := baseURL.Query()
q.Set("alt", "json")
q.Set("key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
q.Set("url", "https://example.com")
q.Set("fields", "example")
q.Set("locale", "en-US")
q.Set("$.xgafv", "1")
q.Set("callback", "example")
q.Set("category", "example")
q.Set("strategy", "STRATEGY_UNSPECIFIED")
q.Set("quotaUser", "example")
q.Set("uploadType", "example")
q.Set("utm_source", "example")
q.Set("oauth_token", "example")
q.Set("prettyPrint", "true")
q.Set("access_token", "example")
q.Set("captchaToken", "example")
q.Set("utm_campaign", "example")
q.Set("upload_protocol", "example")
baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
targetURL := baseURL.String()
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)
client := &http.Client{}
resp, _ := client.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}require "net/http"
require "json"
uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/pagespeedonline/v5/pagespeedonline/v5/runPagespeed")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
"alt" => "json",
"key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
"url" => "https://example.com",
"fields" => "example",
"locale" => "en-US",
"$.xgafv" => "1",
"callback" => "example",
"category" => "example",
"strategy" => "STRATEGY_UNSPECIFIED",
"quotaUser" => "example",
"uploadType" => "example",
"utm_source" => "example",
"oauth_token" => "example",
"prettyPrint" => "true",
"access_token" => "example",
"captchaToken" => "example",
"utm_campaign" => "example",
"upload_protocol" => "example"
})
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/pagespeedonline/v5/pagespeedonline/v5/runPagespeed?" . http_build_query([
"alt" => "json",
"key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
"url" => "https://example.com",
"fields" => "example",
"locale" => "en-US",
"$.xgafv" => "1",
"callback" => "example",
"category" => "example",
"strategy" => "STRATEGY_UNSPECIFIED",
"quotaUser" => "example",
"uploadType" => "example",
"utm_source" => "example",
"oauth_token" => "example",
"prettyPrint" => "true",
"access_token" => "example",
"captchaToken" => "example",
"utm_campaign" => "example",
"upload_protocol" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
"method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));Postman Setup Guide
- See official documentation for authentication and setup.
What can you build with PageSpeed Insights API?
PageSpeed Insights API is a Analytics API. Developers commonly use analytics APIs for:
- tracking product usage and user behaviour
- building custom reporting and BI dashboards
- measuring marketing and campaign performance
- running funnel, retention, and cohort analysis
- aggregating metrics from multiple data sources
No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. PageSpeed Insights API is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.
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