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# SerperApi

**SerperApiTools** enable an Agent to search Google for a query.

## Prerequisites

The following example requires an API key from [SerperApi](https://serper.dev/).

```shell theme={null}
export SERPER_API_KEY=***
```

## Example

The following agent will search Google for the query: "Whats happening in the USA" and share results.

```python cookbook/14_tools/serper_tools.py theme={null}
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.tools.serper import SerperTools

agent = Agent(tools=[SerperTools(location="us")])
agent.print_response("Whats happening in the USA?", markdown=True)
```

## Toolkit Params

| Parameter               | Type   | Default | Description                               |
| ----------------------- | ------ | ------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| `api_key`               | `str`  | -       | API key for authentication purposes.      |
| `location`              | `str`  | `"us"`  | Location to search from.                  |
| `enable_search`         | `bool` | `True`  | Enable the search functionality.          |
| `enable_search_news`    | `bool` | `True`  | Enable the search\_news functionality.    |
| `enable_search_scholar` | `bool` | `True`  | Enable the search\_scholar functionality. |
| `enable_scrape_webpage` | `bool` | `True`  | Enable the scrape\_webpage functionality. |
| `all`                   | `bool` | `False` | Enable all functionality.                 |

## Toolkit Functions

| Function         | Description                                        |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| `search_google`  | This function searches Google for a query.         |
| `search_news`    | This function searches Google News for a query.    |
| `search_scholar` | This function searches Google Scholar for a query. |
| `scrape_webpage` | This function scrapes a webpage for a query.       |

## Developer Resources

* View [Tools](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno/blob/main/libs/agno/agno/tools/serper.py)