hilmanski / serpapi-javascript-sample

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This is a simple example on how to use SerpApi in Node.js using the SerpApi Javascript Library

Run this repo locally

• Clone this repository
• Run npm install
• Create a new .env file
• Add this in the .env file

SERPAPI_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

• Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual SERPAPI API key.
• Run the server with node server
• Open your browser at http://localhost:3000/test

Using it in Frontend (Optional)

This is an additional guide, on how to access the endpoint from frontend (HTML).

Prerequisite
Run a local server for your HTML file. Options:

• Using VSCode Text Editor: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ritwickdey.LiveServer
• Using Python SimpleHTTPServer: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/python-simplehttpserver-http-server

Tutorial

You can find a simple index.html file example in this repository, that fetch a request from the server above.

• Once it's running, you can adjust the localhost and the port at server.js file > allowed_domain. We're setting the header to avoid CORS issue from this domain/localhost.
• Restart the node server (stop and run node server)
• Now, see the console.log results from your HTML file