# Serper API

**Provider:** Serper.dev
**Category:** search
**Base URL:** `https://google.serper.dev`
**Auth:** api-key — `X-API-KEY: your-api-key`
**Rate Limit:** 2,500 requests/month (free)
**Free Tier:** Yes — [object Object]
**Pricing:** from $50/mo (pay-as-you-go)
**Docs:** https://serper.dev/api-reference

## Description

Serper provides real-time Google Search results via a simple REST API. Retrieve organic results, featured snippets, knowledge graphs, People Also Ask, images, videos, news, and shopping results. Ideal for giving AI agents access to current web information.

## Endpoints

| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|--------|----------|-------------|
| POST | `https://google.serper.dev/search` | Google Web Search results |
| POST | `https://google.serper.dev/news` | Google News results |
| POST | `https://google.serper.dev/images` | Google Image Search results |
| POST | `https://google.serper.dev/videos` | Google Video Search results |
| POST | `https://google.serper.dev/places` | Google Maps / local business results |
| POST | `https://google.serper.dev/shopping` | Google Shopping results |

## Authentication

Pass your API key in the X-API-KEY header.

```
X-API-KEY: your-api-key
```

## Sample Request

```bash
curl https://google.serper.dev/search \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $SERPER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"q": "latest AI news 2024", "num": 5, "gl": "us"}'
```

## Sample Response

```json
{
  "organic": [{
    "title": "Google DeepMind announces Gemini 2.0",
    "link": "https://deepmind.google/...",
    "snippet": "Google DeepMind has unveiled...",
    "position": 1
  }],
  "searchParameters": {"q": "latest AI news 2024", "gl": "us"},
  "credits": 1
}
```

## Pricing Details

50K queries: $50 ($1/1K). 100K: $90. 500K: $350. 1M: $600. Custom enterprise plans available. Credits never expire.

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