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Imported from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace (skills/.curated/serpapi-install-auth/SKILL.md). Install upstream with npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill serpapi-install-auth. Copyright stays with the author (MIT).

SerpApi Install & Auth

Name: serpapi-install-auth
Author: jeremylongshore

Overview

Install the SerpApi client library and configure API key authentication. SerpApi provides structured JSON results from Google, Bing, YouTube, and 15+ search engines. Auth is API-key-based via the api_key parameter or SERPAPI_API_KEY env var.

Prerequisites

SerpApi account at serpapi.com
API key from serpapi.com/manage-api-key
Node.js 18+ or Python 3.8+

Instructions

Step 1: Install Client

# Python (official)
pip install serpapi

# Node.js (official)
npm install serpapi

# Alternative Python package (legacy but widely used)
pip install google-search-results

Step 2: Configure API Key

# .env
SERPAPI_API_KEY=your-api-key-here

Step 3: Verify Connection (Python)

import serpapi, os

client = serpapi.Client(api_key=os.environ["SERPAPI_API_KEY"])
result = client.search(engine="google", q="test", num=1)
print(f"Connected! Search ID: {result['search_metadata']['id']}")

Step 4: Verify Connection (Node.js)

import { getJson } from 'serpapi';

const result = await getJson({
  engine: 'google', q: 'test', num: 1,
  api_key: process.env.SERPAPI_API_KEY,
});
console.log(`Connected! Search ID: ${result.search_metadata.id}`);

Step 5: Check Account

curl "https://serpapi.com/account.json?api_key=$SERPAPI_API_KEY" | jq '{
  plan: .plan_name, used: .this_month_usage, remaining: .plan_searches_left
}'

Output

Connected! Search ID: 64a1b2c3d4e5f6
{ plan: "Developer", used: 42, remaining: 4958 }

Error Handling

Error	Cause	Solution
`Invalid API key`	Wrong or missing key	Check serpapi.com/manage-api-key
`Your account is disabled`	Exceeded limits	Upgrade or wait for monthly reset
`ModuleNotFoundError`	Not installed	`pip install serpapi`

Resources

Next Steps

Proceed to serpapi-hello-world for your first search.

Use it

Copy one of these into your project. Installing also returns the manifest and these snippets.

yaml

targets:
  - https://api.opensmartroute.ai/api/v1/registry/jeremylongshore-tons-of-skills-marketplace-serpapi-install-auth/manifest   # or paste the manifest below

Manifest

An Open Capability Manifest: the router reads it to know what this does, what it costs and when to pick it.

jeremylongshore-tons-of-skills-marketplace-serpapi-install-auth.ocm.jsonjson

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  "description": "Install SerpApi client and configure API key authentication. Use when setting up SerpApi for search result scraping, configuring API keys, or initializing the serpapi Python/Node package. Trigger: \"install serpapi\", \"setup serpapi\", \"serpapi auth\", \"serpapi API key\".",
  "publisher": "jeremylongshore",
  "version": "1.0.0",
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    "tags": [
      "skill-md",
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  ],
  "primary": false,
  "metadata": {
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Fetch it by URL: GET /api/v1/registry/jeremylongshore-tons-of-skills-marketplace-serpapi-install-auth/manifest?version=1.0.0

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