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Overview

Linkup is powered by a proprietary, AI-native web index, which provides swift and relevant retrieval of web results. This is a fundamentally different approach than SerpAPI’s, which scrapes Google’s results page.

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Quick start

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Get your API key

Get your API key

Create a Linkup account for free to get your API key.

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Install the SDK

pip install linkup-sdk

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Replace your API calls

SerpAPI 
curl "https://serpapi.com/search?engine=google&q=latest%20AI%20news&num=10&api_key=YOUR_SERPAPI_KEY"
Linkup 
curl "https://api.linkup.so/v1/search" \
  -G \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LINKUP_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "q=latest AI news" \
  --data-urlencode "depth=standard" \
  --data-urlencode "outputType=searchResults" \
  --data-urlencode "maxResults=10"

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Parameter mapping

SerpAPI parameterLinkup parameterNotes
qqueryRequired parameter
engineN/ALinkup uses its own AI-native search engine
nummaxResultsTotal number of results returned. Default: 10
tbs (time-based)fromDate, toDateUse ISO 8601 date format (YYYY-MM-DD)
as_dt, as_eqincludeDomains, excludeDomainsUse arrays of domain strings
N/AdepthChoose "fast" (beta), "standard", or "deep"
N/AoutputTypeChoose "searchResults", "sourcedAnswer", or "structured"
N/AstructuredOutputSchemaDefine custom JSON schema for structured data extraction

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Response format differences

SerpAPI response structure 
{
  "organic_results": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "title": "Page Title",
      "link": "https://example.com",
      "snippet": "Description...",
      "date": "2 days ago"
    }
  ],
  "search_metadata": {
    "status": "Success",
    "total_time_taken": 1.23
  }
}
Linkup response structure ("searchResults") 
{
  "results": [
    {
      "name": "Page Title",
      "url": "https://example.com",
      "content": "Full content text...",
      "type": "html"
    }
  ]
}
Linkup response structure ("sourcedAnswer") 
{
  "answer": "Generated answer with citations...",
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "Page Title",
      "url": "https://example.com",
      "snippet": "Relevant excerpt..."
    }
  ]
}
Linkup response structure ("structured") 
{
  "output": {
    "customField1": "Extracted data following your schema...",
    "customField2": ["Array", "of", "values"]
  }
}

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Examples

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Fresh content search

SerpAPI 
curl "https://serpapi.com/search?engine=google&q=AI+news&tbs=qdr:w&api_key=YOUR_KEY"
Linkup 
curl "https://api.linkup.so/v1/search" \
  -G \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "q=AI news" \
  --data-urlencode "depth=standard" \
  --data-urlencode "outputType=sourcedAnswer" \
  --data-urlencode "fromDate=2026-03-05"
SerpAPI 
curl "https://serpapi.com/search?engine=google&q=transformers&as_dt=arxiv.org&api_key=YOUR_KEY"
Linkup 
curl "https://api.linkup.so/v1/search" \
  -G \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "q=transformers" \
  --data-urlencode "depth=standard" \
  --data-urlencode "outputType=searchResults" \
  --data-urlencode "includeDomains=arxiv.org"

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Excluding domains

SerpAPI 
curl "https://serpapi.com/search?engine=google&q=python+tutorial&as_eq=w3schools.com&api_key=YOUR_KEY"
Linkup 
curl "https://api.linkup.so/v1/search" \
  -G \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "q=python tutorial" \
  --data-urlencode "depth=standard" \
  --data-urlencode "outputType=searchResults" \
  --data-urlencode "excludeDomains=w3schools.com"

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