SearchApi · Authentication Profile

Searchapi Authentication

Authentication

SearchApi secures its APIs with apiKey and http across 3 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: apiKey, http Schemes: 3 OAuth flows: API key in: query, header

Security Schemes

ApiKeyQuery apiKey

· in: query (api_key)

BearerAuth http

scheme: bearer

McpToken apiKey

· in: header (X-MCP-Token)

Source

Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-07-23'
method: searched
source: https://www.searchapi.io/docs/google
docs: https://www.searchapi.io/docs/google
summary:
  types: [apiKey, http]
  api_key_in: [query, header]
  oauth2_flows: []
  note: >-
    SearchApi uses a single API key. It may be supplied either as an `api_key`
    query parameter or as an HTTP `Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>` header. There
    is no OAuth surface for the REST API. The hosted MCP server authenticates the
    same key via a `?token=` query parameter or an `X-MCP-Token` request header.
schemes:
  - name: ApiKeyQuery
    type: apiKey
    in: query
    parameter: api_key
    description: API key supplied as the `api_key` query-string parameter.
    sources: [https://www.searchapi.io/docs/google]
  - name: BearerAuth
    type: http
    scheme: bearer
    bearerFormat: opaque
    description: "API key supplied as an `Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>` header."
    sources: [https://www.searchapi.io/docs/google]
  - name: McpToken
    type: apiKey
    in: header
    parameter: X-MCP-Token
    description: >-
      Hosted MCP server token (the same account API key); also accepted as a
      `?token=` query parameter. Obtain from the dashboard MCP integrations page.
    sources: [https://www.searchapi.io/mcp]

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