Search the web

SerpApi

Scrapes Google, Bing and other search engines on request and returns the result pages as structured JSON or Markdown.

Methods

Method	Used for	How
API key in query	REST API	`api_key` parameter on every request
Bearer header	MCP server	`Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY`
Key in URL path	MCP clients that cannot set headers	`https://mcp.serpapi.com/YOUR_API_KEY/mcp`
None	Connecting to the MCP server, listing tools, reading resources	`search` and the app tools need a key

Source3MCP integration

Getting access

Who creates the account: A person signs up; no agent self-signup stated4
Where to get a key: Dashboard key page https://serpapi.com/manage-api-key3
Other requirements: Not published

Read from SerpApi, LLC’s own pages on 2026-11-04. Every number links to the page a value came from. For agents, the same facts as markdown: /tools/search-the-web/serpapi.md