SerpApi · Authentication Profile

Serpapi Authentication

Authentication

SerpApi 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

apiKey apiKey
· in: query (api_key)
mcpBearer http
scheme: bearer
imageUploadKey apiKey
· in: formData (api_key)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-11-05'
method: searched
source:
- https://serpapi.com/search-api
- https://serpapi.com/account-api
- https://github.com/serpapi/serpapi-mcp#authentication
- openapi/serpapi-search-api-openapi.yml
- openapi/serpapi-account-api-openapi.yml
docs: https://serpapi.com/search-api
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  api_key_in:
  - query
  - header
  oauth: false
schemes:
- name: apiKey
  type: apiKey
  in: query
  parameter: api_key
  description: '"Parameter defines the SerpApi private key to use." Required on /search, /searches/{id}, /account;
    the key is issued at https://serpapi.com/manage-api-key after sign-up. /locations.json needs no API key.'
  sources:
  - openapi/serpapi-search-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/serpapi-account-api-openapi.yml
  - https://serpapi.com/search-api
- name: mcpBearer
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: 'MCP server: `Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY` (recommended) or path-based `https://mcp.serpapi.com/YOUR_API_KEY/mcp`
    for clients that cannot set headers. The same SerpApi API key is used.'
  sources:
  - https://github.com/serpapi/serpapi-mcp#authentication
  - https://serpapi.com/integrations/mcp
- name: imageUploadKey
  type: apiKey
  in: formData
  parameter: api_key
  description: 'Image API: multipart/form-data POST https://serpapi.com/image with fields image=@file and api_key.'
  sources:
  - https://serpapi.com/image-api
key_management:
  portal: https://serpapi.com/manage-api-key
  signup: https://serpapi.com/users/sign_up
  sso:
  - GitHub
  - Google
  notes: Sign-up page offers "Sign up with Github" and "Sign up with Google" (rendered 2026-11-05). One private
    API key per account.

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