Google Search API that returns structured search results including web pages, news, images, and places. Best for real-time web research, fact-checking, and gathering current information from Google’s index. Unlike Brave or Exa, returns Google-specific result formats including knowledge panels and related searches.
6 endpoints available through Lava’s AI Gateway. See the Serper API docs for full documentation.
Supports both managed (Lava’s API keys) and unmanaged (bring your own credentials) mode.
Endpoints Search the web via Google POST https://google.serper.dev/search — $0.001 / requestconst data = await lava . gateway ( 'https://google.serper.dev/search' , { body: { "q" : "your search query" } });
curl -X POST "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fgoogle.serper.dev%2Fsearch" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY " \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"q":"your search query"}'
Search for images POST https://google.serper.dev/images — $0.001 / requestconst data = await lava . gateway ( 'https://google.serper.dev/images' , { body: { "q" : "your search query" } });
curl -X POST "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fgoogle.serper.dev%2Fimages" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY " \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"q":"your search query"}'
Search for news articles POST https://google.serper.dev/news — $0.001 / requestconst data = await lava . gateway ( 'https://google.serper.dev/news' , { body: { "q" : "your search query" } });
curl -X POST "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fgoogle.serper.dev%2Fnews" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY " \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"q":"your search query"}'
Search for places and businesses POST https://google.serper.dev/places — $0.001 / requestconst data = await lava . gateway ( 'https://google.serper.dev/places' , { body: { "q" : "restaurants near me" } });
curl -X POST "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fgoogle.serper.dev%2Fplaces" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY " \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"q":"restaurants near me"}'
Search Google Scholar POST https://google.serper.dev/scholar — $0.001 / requestconst data = await lava . gateway ( 'https://google.serper.dev/scholar' , { body: { "q" : "machine learning" } });
curl -X POST "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fgoogle.serper.dev%2Fscholar" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY " \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"q":"machine learning"}'
Get search autocomplete suggestions POST https://google.serper.dev/autocomplete — $0.001 / requestconst data = await lava . gateway ( 'https://google.serper.dev/autocomplete' , { body: { "q" : "how to" } });
curl -X POST "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fgoogle.serper.dev%2Fautocomplete" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY " \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"q":"how to"}'
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