[Google Lens API] Sometimes Google Lens returned `no results for this query`

[hilmanski]

A customer reported that Google Lens often returns, "Google Lens hasn't returned any results for this query." Using no_cache=true sometimes can solve it. But I think we still need to investigate the root cause since I'm able to see the results directly on Google's side.

Internal links: Front | Search Inspect 1

It might be similar to this case: #1717

[cgmoffitt]

Hi, I am facing this same error. Here is an example response:

{
"search_metadata": {
"id": "6760f8f87d84dd21e90f4395",
"status": "Success",
"json_endpoint": "https://serpapi.com/searches/d30734b00c06c24f/6760f8f87d84dd21e90f4395.json",
"created_at": "2024-12-17 04:07:20 UTC",
"processed_at": "2024-12-17 04:07:20 UTC",
"google_lens_url": "https://lens.google.com/uploadbyurl?url=https%3A%2F%2Firisai-generatedimages.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1734408419_fd98c537-1395-495d-9bca-6668d8618b5b.png",
"raw_html_file": "https://serpapi.com/searches/d30734b00c06c24f/6760f8f87d84dd21e90f4395.html",
"prettify_html_file": "https://serpapi.com/searches/d30734b00c06c24f/6760f8f87d84dd21e90f4395.prettify",
"total_time_taken": 2.73
},
"search_parameters": {
"engine": "google_lens",
"url": "https://irisai-generatedimages.s3.amazonaws.com/1734408419_fd98c537-1395-495d-9bca-6668d8618b5b.png",
"country": "US"
},
"search_information": {
"images_results_state": "Fully empty"
},
"error": "Google Lens hasn't returned any results for this query."
}

[hilmanski]

Hi @cgmoffitt . Thank you very much for your report, and we apologize for this issue. We'll let you know in this thread once we have any updates.

[hilmanski]

Another user reported this:

Front | Search Inspect

[martin-serpapi]

A high-volume customer reported this:

Intercom

[hilmanski]

Another customer reported this.

Intercom

[andypple83]

I'm working on this issue. Will notify when I released the fix. Thanks

[marm123]

More examples from the customer @martin-serpapi mentioned yesterday:

Successful | Failed | Failed

[marm123]

We addressed the issue. Valid queries should now return results instead of an error message.

@cgmoffitt tagging for visibility.