---
title: "Autocomplete an inventor or assignee name for Google Patents search"
method: GET
path: "/googlepatents/suggest"
tags: ["Google Patents"]
---

# Autocomplete an inventor or assignee name for Google Patents search

`GET /googlepatents/suggest`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/googlepatents/suggest`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Returns Google Patents' own autocomplete suggestions for an inventor or assignee name as the user types, the same suggestions shown by the Inventor/Assignee fields on Google Patents' advanced search page. Public data, sourced from Google Patents' own search API.

## Query parameters

- `field` 'inventor' | 'assignee', required
- `value` string, required

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- GooglepatentsSuggestResponseDoc
  - `code` integer
  - `data` GooglepatentsSuggestResponse
    - `fetched_at` string
    - `field` string
    - `source_url` string
    - `suggestions` GooglepatentsSuggestEntry[]
      - `description` string
      - `value` string
    - `value` string
  - `msg` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `429`: Too Many Requests
- `500`: Internal Server Error
- `503`: Service Unavailable

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