---
title: SerpApi Google Search Tool
description: The `SerpApiGoogleSearchTool` performs Google searches using the SerpApi service.
icon: google
---

# `SerpApiGoogleSearchTool`

## Description

Use the `SerpApiGoogleSearchTool` to run Google searches with SerpApi and retrieve structured results. Requires a SerpApi API key.

## Installation

```shell
uv add crewai-tools[serpapi]
```

## Environment Variables

- `SERPAPI_API_KEY` (required): API key for SerpApi. Create one at https://serpapi.com/ (free tier available).

## Example

```python Code
from crewai import Agent, Task, Crew
from crewai_tools import SerpApiGoogleSearchTool

tool = SerpApiGoogleSearchTool()

agent = Agent(
    role="Researcher",
    goal="Answer questions using Google search",
    backstory="Search specialist",
    tools=[tool],
    verbose=True,
)

task = Task(
    description="Search for the latest CrewAI releases",
    expected_output="A concise list of relevant results with titles and links",
    agent=agent,
)

crew = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task])
result = crew.kickoff()
```

## Notes

- Set `SERPAPI_API_KEY` in the environment. Create a key at https://serpapi.com/
- See also Google Shopping via SerpApi: `/en/tools/search-research/serpapi-googleshoppingtool`

## Parameters

### Run Parameters

- `search_query` (str, required): The Google query.
- `location` (str, optional): Geographic location parameter.

## Notes

- This tool wraps SerpApi and returns structured search results.


