# Real-Time Lens Data - Google Lens: Visual Match, OCR & More

> Fast and reliable Google Lens API - search by image and get visual matches, exact matches, object detection, and image to text (OCR) in real-time.

## Overview

Real-Time Lens Data is a fast and reliable Google Lens API for searching by image in real-time. It returns visual matches, OCR text, and object data as structured JSON via REST.

Who is this API for: developers building visual search, product identification, reverse image lookup, OCR, and content moderation tools.

What it returns: image search and visual matches, exact matches, object detection, and image-to-text (OCR).

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## Endpoints

### GET /search - Image Search
Search image by url and get visual matches, knowledge graph, and products found on the web.
Parameters: **url**, query, language, country
Full URL: `https://api.openwebninja.com/realtime-lens-data/search`

### GET /visual-matches - Visual Matches
Get visual matches from the web for an image and optionally a query.
Parameters: **url**, query, language, country
Full URL: `https://api.openwebninja.com/realtime-lens-data/visual-matches`

### GET /exact-matches - Exact Matches
Send an image URL and get the top 500 web pages with the same image (reverse image search).
Parameters: **url**, limit, safe_search
Full URL: `https://api.openwebninja.com/realtime-lens-data/exact-matches`

### GET /object-detection - Object Detection
Detect landmarks, places, plants, animals, products, and other objects in an image, including bounding boxes, labels / types and confidence score.
Parameters: **url**
Full URL: `https://api.openwebninja.com/realtime-lens-data/object-detection`

### GET /ocr - Image to Text (OCR)
Extract text from an image and get paragraph, sentence and word level text detections from Google Lens.
Parameters: **url**, language
Full URL: `https://api.openwebninja.com/realtime-lens-data/ocr`

## Base URL and Authentication

- Base URL: `https://api.openwebninja.com/realtime-lens-data`
- Auth: API key in the `x-api-key` header. Get a key by subscribing (free tier available) at https://app.openwebninja.com/api/realtime-lens-data

## Topics

google lens api, visual search api, reverse image search api, ocr api, image to text api, object detection api, visual matches api, product identification api, image recognition api

## Links

- API page: https://www.openwebninja.com/api/real-time-lens-data
- Get an API key / subscribe: https://app.openwebninja.com/api/realtime-lens-data
- Pricing & plans: https://app.openwebninja.com/api/realtime-lens-data/pricing
- Website: https://www.openwebninja.com
- OpenAPI spec: https://openwebninja.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/portal/openapi/realtime_lens_data.yaml
- Support: support@openwebninja.com

_Last updated: 2026-05-27_