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Search Google from any n8n workflow or AI Agent with the built-in HTTP Request node: one header credential, one JSON body. An official SerpKite node is on the way.

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Official n8n node coming soon

A SerpKite community node (and verification after) is on our roadmap. The HTTP Request setup below keeps working after it ships.

Overview

What n8n is, and where SerpKite fits

n8n is a workflow automation tool with a strong AI agent story. Until the SerpKite community node ships, the built-in HTTP Request node does everything: it can call any SerpKite endpoint, and the HTTP Request Tool variant plugs into an AI Agent node.

Save your key once as a Header Auth credential (Authorization: Bearer …) so it never appears in the workflow JSON.

Setup

Set it up in 5 steps

  1. 1

    Get an API key

    Sign up (no card), create a key in the dashboard and export it as SERPKITE_API_KEY. New accounts get 2,500 free credits, then 1,000 every month.

    export SERPKITE_API_KEY=skt_live_…
  2. 2

    Create a Header Auth credential

    In n8n go to Credentials → Add credential → Header Auth. Name: Authorization. Value: Bearer skt_live_… (your key after Bearer ).

  3. 3

    Add an HTTP Request node

    Method POST, URL https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search. Authentication: Generic Credential Type → Header Auth, and pick the credential.

  4. 4

    Send a JSON body

    Turn on Send Body, choose JSON, and use an expression for the query, e.g. {"q": "{{ $json.query }}", "country": "us"}.

  5. 5

    Use the results

    The output has results, people_also_ask, related_searches and more. Add a Split Out node on results to get one item per result.

Code

Importable workflow

Copy this JSON and paste it into an n8n canvas (Ctrl/Cmd+V). Then select your Header Auth credential on the HTTP Request node.

workflow.json 
{
  "name": "SerpKite Google search",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {},
      "name": "When clicking 'Execute workflow'",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [0, 0]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "https://api.serpkite.com/v1/search",
        "authentication": "genericCredentialType",
        "genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth",
        "sendBody": true,
        "specifyBody": "json",
        "jsonBody": "={\"q\": \"best crm for startups\", \"country\": \"us\", \"num\": 10}",
        "options": {}
      },
      "name": "SerpKite search",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [220, 0]
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "When clicking 'Execute workflow'": {
      "main": [[{ "node": "SerpKite search", "type": "main", "index": 0 }]]
    }
  }
}

AI Agent node

Give an n8n AI Agent Google search

Attach an HTTP Request Tool to the AI Agent's Tool input. Use the same URL and Header Auth credential, and set the tool description to tell the model when to search.

In the JSON body, let the model fill the query with {{ $fromAI('query', 'what to search Google for') }}. Add "format": "markdown" so the agent gets compact text instead of a large JSON object.

JSON body 
{
  "q": "{{ $fromAI('query', 'what to search Google for') }}",
  "country": "us",
  "format": "markdown"
}

Recipes

Workflows people build

Local market map: Schedule → HTTP Request to /v1/maps with {"q": "plumbers", "location": "Leeds, England, United Kingdom"} → Split Out results → Google Sheets.

News monitor: Schedule (hourly) → /v1/news with time: "hour" → Filter new links → Slack.

Rank tracking: Schedule (daily) → /v1/rank with q and domain → the response's position → Sheets.

FAQ

n8n and SerpKite: common questions

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