# Serper

```json
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  "name": "Serper",
  "slug": "serper",
  "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/serper",
  "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/serper.md",
  "logo_url": "https://logos.composio.dev/api/serper",
  "categories": [
    "developer tools & devops"
  ],
  "is_composio_managed": false,
  "updated_at": "2026-09-24T15:46:56.309Z"
}
```

![Serper logo](https://logos.composio.dev/api/serper)

## Description

Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Serper MCP or direct API to perform web searches, fetch place details, suggest autocompletions, and extract webpage content through natural language.

## Summary

Serper is a search API that returns Google search results, place data, autocomplete, and webpage extraction.
It provides structured, up-to-date web and place information for programmatic use.

## Categories

- developer tools & devops

## Toolkit Details

- Tools: 11

## Images

- Logo: https://logos.composio.dev/api/serper

## Authentication

- **Api Key**
  - Type: `api_key`
  - Description: Api Key authentication for Serper.
  - Setup:
    - Configure Api Key credentials for Serper.
    - Use the credentials when creating an auth config in Composio.

## Suggested Prompts

- Get top Google results for AI regulation
- Extract main content from example.com article
- List nearby coffee shops with ratings

## Supported Tools

| Tool slug | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `SERPER_BATCH_SEARCH_WEB` | Batch Search the Web | Run 1-10 independent first-page Google web searches in one native Serper request. Each query consumes one credit, and result envelopes preserve input order. Use SERPER_SEARCH_WEB separately when page continuation is needed. |
| `SERPER_GET_SEARCH_SUGGESTIONS` | Get Search Suggestions | Return Google autocomplete suggestions for a partial search query without running a full search. |
| `SERPER_LIST_LOCATIONS` | List Locations | Find canonical Serper location names and country codes for localizing search requests; this lookup consumes no search credits. |
| `SERPER_LIST_PLACE_REVIEWS` | List Place Reviews | Return paginated Google reviews for one place identified by Place ID, feature ID, or CID, with optional sorting and topic filtering. |
| `SERPER_SCRAPE_WEBPAGE` | Scrape Webpage | Ask Serper to fetch one webpage and return extracted text, metadata, and optionally markdown, links, images, and videos. Difficult pages may cost 6 or 10 credits instead of 2. |
| `SERPER_SEARCH_IMAGES` | Search Images | Search Google Images and return one page of source pages, full image URLs, thumbnails, dimensions, and positions. Requesting 100 results costs 2 credits instead of 1. |
| `SERPER_SEARCH_MAPS` | Search Maps | Search Google Maps by text, Place ID, or CID, optionally constrained to a viewport, and return one page of rich place identifiers and contact details. Each page costs 3 Serper credits. |
| `SERPER_SEARCH_NEWS` | Search News | Search recent Google News coverage and return one page of article titles, links, sources, publication times, snippets, and images when available. |
| `SERPER_SEARCH_SCHOLAR` | Search Scholar | Search Google Scholar and return one page of academic publications with citation counts, publication metadata, snippets, and PDF links when available. |
| `SERPER_SEARCH_SHOPPING` | Search Shopping | Search Google Shopping and return one page of products, prices, merchants, offers, ratings, images, and product IDs. Each page costs 2 credits. |
| `SERPER_SEARCH_WEB` | Search the Web | Search Google web results and return one page of organic links plus available answer, knowledge, question, related-search, and top-story sections. |

## Supported Triggers

None listed.

## Installation and MCP Setup

### Path 1: SDK Installation

#### Path 1, Step 1: Install Composio

Install the Composio SDK, the OpenAI provider, and the OpenAI SDK
```python
pip install composio composio_openai openai
```

```typescript
npm install @composio/core @composio/openai openai
```

#### Path 1, Step 2: Create a Composio session

Initialize Composio with the OpenAI Responses provider and create a session scoped to Serper
```python
import json
from openai import OpenAI
from composio import Composio
from composio_openai import OpenAIResponsesProvider

composio = Composio(provider=OpenAIResponsesProvider())
client = OpenAI()

session = composio.create(user_id="your-user-id", toolkits=["serper"])
tools = session.tools()
```

```typescript
import OpenAI from "openai";
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";
import { OpenAIResponsesProvider } from "@composio/openai";

const composio = new Composio({ provider: new OpenAIResponsesProvider() });
const client = new OpenAI();

const session = await composio.create("your-user-id", { toolkits: ["serper"] });
const tools = await session.tools();
```

#### Path 1, Step 3: Run Serper tools with your agent

Send a request, execute the Serper tool calls through the session, and print the final answer
```python
response = client.responses.create(
    model="gpt-5.6-sol",
    tools=tools,
    input=[{"role": "user", "content": "Get top Google results for AI regulation"}],
)

while True:
    tool_calls = [o for o in response.output if o.type == "function_call"]
    if not tool_calls:
        break
    results = composio.provider.handle_tool_calls(response=response, session=session)
    response = client.responses.create(
        model="gpt-5.6-sol",
        tools=tools,
        previous_response_id=response.id,
        input=[
            {"type": "function_call_output", "call_id": call.call_id, "output": json.dumps(results[i])}
            for i, call in enumerate(tool_calls)
        ],
    )

print(response.output_text)
```

```typescript
let response = await client.responses.create({
  model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
  tools,
  input: [{ role: "user", content: "Get top Google results for AI regulation" }],
});

while (response.output.some((o) => o.type === "function_call")) {
  const outputs = await composio.provider.handleToolCalls(session, response.output);
  response = await client.responses.create({
    model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
    tools,
    previous_response_id: response.id,
    input: outputs,
  });
}

console.log(response.output_text);
```

### Path 2: MCP Server Setup

#### Path 2, Step 1: Install Composio

Install the Composio SDK and your agent framework
```python
pip install composio claude-agent-sdk
```

```typescript
npm install @composio/core ai @ai-sdk/mcp @ai-sdk/openai
```

#### Path 2, Step 2: Create a session with MCP enabled

Create a session scoped to Serper and read its MCP URL and headers
```python
from composio import Composio

composio = Composio()
session = composio.create(user_id="your-user-id", toolkits=["serper"], mcp=True)
```

```typescript
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";

const composio = new Composio();
const { mcp } = await composio.create("your-user-id", {
  toolkits: ["serper"],
  mcp: true,
});
```

#### Path 2, Step 3: Connect your agent to the MCP server

Pass the session's MCP URL and headers to your agent and run a Serper request
```python
import asyncio
from claude_agent_sdk import ClaudeSDKClient, ClaudeAgentOptions, AssistantMessage, TextBlock

options = ClaudeAgentOptions(
    mcp_servers={
        "composio": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": session.mcp.url,
            "headers": session.mcp.headers,
        }
    },
    system_prompt="You are a helpful assistant with access to Serper tools.",
    tools=[],
    allowed_tools=["mcp__composio__*"],
)

async def main():
    async with ClaudeSDKClient(options=options) as client:
        await client.query("Get top Google results for AI regulation")
        async for message in client.receive_response():
            if isinstance(message, AssistantMessage):
                for block in message.content:
                    if isinstance(block, TextBlock):
                        print(block.text)

asyncio.run(main())
```

```typescript
import { createMCPClient } from "@ai-sdk/mcp";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
import { generateText, stepCountIs } from "ai";

const client = await createMCPClient({
  transport: { type: "http", url: mcp.url, headers: mcp.headers },
});

const { text } = await generateText({
  model: openai("gpt-5.6-sol"),
  tools: await client.tools(),
  prompt: "Get top Google results for AI regulation",
  stopWhen: stepCountIs(10),
});

console.log(text);
await client.close();
```

## Why Use Composio?

### 1. AI Native Serper Integration

- Supports both Serper MCP and direct API based integrations
- Structured, LLM-friendly schemas for reliable tool execution
- Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Serper data

### 2. Managed Auth

- Built-in OAuth handling with automatic token refresh and rotation
- Central place to manage, scope, and revoke Serper access
- Per user and per environment credentials instead of hard-coded keys

### 3. Agent Optimized Design

- Tools are tuned using real error and success rates to improve reliability over time
- Comprehensive execution logs so you always know what ran, when, and on whose behalf

### 4. Enterprise Grade Security

- Fine-grained RBAC so you control which agents and users can access Serper
- Scoped, least privilege access to Serper resources
- Full audit trail of agent actions to support review and compliance

## Use Serper with any AI Agent Framework

Choose a framework you want to connect Serper with:

- [ChatGPT](https://composio.dev/toolkits/serper/framework/chatgpt)
- [Claude Cowork](https://composio.dev/toolkits/serper/framework/claude-cowork)
- [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/serper/framework/hermes-agent)
- [Atomic Agent](https://composio.dev/toolkits/serper/framework/atomic-agent)

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## Frequently Asked Questions

### Do I need my own developer credentials to use Serper with Composio?

Yes, Serper requires you to configure your own API key credentials. Once set up, Composio handles secure credential storage and API request handling for you.

### Can I use multiple toolkits together?

Yes! Composio's Tool Router enables agents to use multiple toolkits. [Learn more](https://docs.composio.dev/tool-router/overview).

### Is Composio secure?

Composio is SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliant with all data encrypted in transit and at rest. [Learn more](https://trust.composio.dev).

### What if the API changes?

Composio maintains and updates all toolkit integrations automatically, so your agents always work with the latest API versions.

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