---
title: "Get the target of a Google redirect link"
method: POST
path: "/v1/monitor/google/goto"
---

# Get the target of a Google redirect link

`POST /v1/monitor/google/goto`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.answerline.dev`
- URL: `https://api.answerline.dev/v1/monitor/google/goto`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

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

Free of charge, but it counts toward the per-second rate limit the same way other calls do. One link is resolved per request, and Google is given up to 10 seconds to respond.

## Request body

- GoogleGotoRequest
  - `url` string, uri, 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.

## Response `200`

Target URL that the redirect link leads to

- GoogleGotoResponse
  - `url` string, uri, required: Target URL that the redirect link leads to

## Other responses

- `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 request went over a rate limit or concurrency limit, or the service dropped the request because it was overloaded (`SERVICE_OVERLOADED`); that case returns `Retry-After` without any limit headers
- `500`: Internal Server Error
- `502`: Bad Gateway - Google's reply was not a redirect, or calling Google failed

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