# Search api AI integration on Definable

> Your real-time SERP API solution.

## What this connects

Your real-time SERP API solution. Mastering proxy management, CAPTCHAs, and JSON parsing for seamless web data extraction.

Vendor: https://www.searchapi.io/

## Tools available

**5** tools available. First 5:

- `SEARCH_API_GET_ACCOUNT_INFO` — Get Account Info — Tool to retrieve account usage statistics including monthly usage, remaining credits, hourly limits, and subscription period information. Use when you need to check current account status or usage limits.
- `SEARCH_API_GET_CACHED_SEARCH_BY_ID` — Get Cached Search by ID — Tool to retrieve cached search results by search ID in JSON format. Use when you need to access previously executed search results without re-running the query. The search ID is found in the search_metadata.id or search_metadata.json_url field from initial search responses. Cached results are available for 90 days.
- `SEARCH_API_GET_CACHED_SEARCH_HTML_BY_ID` — Get Cached Search HTML by ID — Tool to retrieve cached search results by search ID in HTML format. Use when you need to access the raw HTML snapshot of a previous search execution. The search ID is available in the search_metadata.id or search_metadata.html_url field from initial search responses.
- `SEARCH_API_GET_LOCATIONS` — Get Locations — Tool to get available locations for geo-localized search queries. Use when you need to find location identifiers for targeting Google searches to specific geographic areas. Returns location metadata including identifiers, names, coordinates, and population reach.
- `SEARCH_API_SEARCH` — Search — Tool to perform unified search across 40+ search engines including Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, YouTube, Amazon, and more. Use when you need to retrieve search results with rich structured data including organic results, ads, knowledge graphs, local listings, images, videos, and related searches. Supports advanced filtering by location, language, date, device type, and SafeSearch settings.

## Auth

Auth schemes: `API_KEY`.

## How agents use Search api

Inside a Definable workflow, Search api is one of the tools the **Distributor specialist** can call. Example coordination patterns:

- **Researcher → Search api** — the Researcher (GPT-5.5) pulls context from Search api (records, threads, documents), synthesises findings, and briefs the rest of the team.
- **Writer → Distributor → Search api** — the Writer (Claude Opus 4.7) drafts copy in brand voice, the Verifier passes it, then the Distributor writes the result into Search api (create record, post message, draft email).
- **Designer / Engineer → Distributor → Search api** — the Designer ships an asset or the Engineer ships a code change, the Distributor delivers it via Search api (attach file, open PR comment, post status).

The Verifier checks every Search api call. On rate limit, schema drift, or auth refresh it self-heals and retries — the workflow completes without manual intervention.

## Categories

- developer tools — https://definable.ai/apps/category/developer-tools/
- ai web scraping — https://definable.ai/apps/category/ai-web-scraping/

## Related

- HTML page: https://definable.ai/apps/search_api/
- Same category (developer tools): https://definable.ai/apps/category/developer-tools/
- All integrations: https://definable.ai/apps/
- Workflow (multi-agent loop): https://definable.ai/workflow/
- Apps llms.txt index: https://definable.ai/llms-apps.txt