title: Google API, or another search provider API, to get search result count in javascript
body: <p>I saw this <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2079871/google-api-to-find-the-search-count"><strong>Stack Overflow Question</strong></a> but I cannot find the answer to the following question: </p>
  
  <p>is there a way to use a <code>Google API</code>, or another search provider api, to get the count of a web search?</p>
  
  <p>i.e. get the number of results  given a search query?</p>
  
  <p>Note: I'm only interested in the count of results not the single results.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>