Google AI Mode API — answers, Markdown and sources - querying.ai

AIMODE asks Google AI Mode and returns its answer, always with Markdown, and the sources behind it.


taskType	`AIMODE`
Aliases	`GOOGLE_AIMODE`
Reads	`query` (falls back to `prompt`)
Credits	1.25
Country	Optional, default `US`. `CN` asks Google’s China market directly, without the US substitution AI Overviews makes.
Location	Accepts `payload.location`. See Regions and location.

Request

curl -X POST https://api.querying.ai/v1/async/task \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $QUERYING_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "taskType": "AIMODE", "payload": { "query": "best CRM for a small team", "country": "US" } }'

Response

Unlike Google AI Overviews, AI Mode returns a bare answer, not a results-page envelope.

Field	Type	Description
`text`	string	The answer. Always present.
`markdown`	string	The answer as Markdown. Returned without any flag.
`sources`	array	`position`, `url`, `label`, `description`.
`shoppingCards`, `inlineProducts`	array	Products in the answer, with the same fields as in AI Overviews.
`citationPills`	array	The sources behind each citation chip, with the same fields as in AI Overviews.
`videos`	array	Videos the answer shows.
`rawContent`	string	The rendered page HTML. Only with `include.rawResponse`.

Product, chip and video fields appear only when the answer shows them. For example:

{
  "text": "For a small team, start with HubSpot CRM or Pipedrive ...",
  "markdown": "For a small team, start with **HubSpot CRM** or **Pipedrive** ...",
  "sources": [{ "position": 1, "url": "https://www.example.com/crm-guide", "label": "CRM guide for small teams" }]
}

When Google loads the page but returns no answer on two fresh sessions, the task fails with ENGINE_NO_RESULT instead of waiting.

Include flags

Flag	Effect
`rawResponse`	Adds `rawContent`.
`html`	Adds `html`, the page Google showed. See HTML pages.
`analysis`	Adds `analysis`, 1 credit. See Answer analysis.
`citationAnalysis`	Runs a Citation Analysis on the answer.

markdown needs no flag. searchQueries, ads and shopping have no effect. See Markdown and raw responses.