BrightDataSERP

Bright Data provides a powerful SERP API that allows you to query search engines (Google,Bing.DuckDuckGo,Yandex) with geo-targeting and advanced customization options, particularly useful for AI agents requiring real-time web information.

Overview

Integration details

Class	Package	Serializable	JS support	Package latest
BrightDataSERP	langchain-brightdata	✅	❌

Tool features

Native async	Returns artifact	Return data	Pricing
❌	❌	Title, URL, snippet, position, and other search result data	Requires Bright Data account

Setup

The integration lives in the langchain-brightdata package. pip install langchain-brightdata

Credentials

You'll need a Bright Data API key to use this tool. You can set it as an environment variable:

import os

os.environ["BRIGHT_DATA_API_KEY"] = "your-api-key"

Or pass it directly when initializing the tool:

from langchain_brightdata import BrightDataSERP

serp_tool = BrightDataSERP(bright_data_api_key="your-api-key")

Instantiation

Here we show how to instantiate an instance of the BrightDataSERP tool. This tool allows you to perform search engine queries with various customization options including geo-targeting, language preferences, device type simulation, and specific search types using Bright Data's SERP API.

The tool accepts various parameters during instantiation:

• bright_data_api_key (required, str): Your Bright Data API key for authentication.
• search_engine (optional, str): Search engine to use for queries. Default is "google". Other options include "bing", "yahoo", "yandex", "DuckDuckGo" etc.
• country (optional, str): Two-letter country code for localized search results (e.g., "us", "gb", "de", "jp"). Default is "us".
• language (optional, str): Two-letter language code for the search results (e.g., "en", "es", "fr", "de"). Default is "en".
• results_count (optional, int): Number of search results to return. Default is 10. Maximum value is typically 100.
• search_type (optional, str): Type of search to perform. Options include:
  • None (default): Regular web search
  • "isch": Images search
  • "shop": Shopping search
  • "nws": News search
  • "jobs": Jobs search
• device_type (optional, str): Device type to simulate for the search. Options include:
  • None (default): Desktop device
  • "mobile": Generic mobile device
  • "ios": iOS device (iPhone)
  • "android": Android device
• parse_results (optional, bool): Whether to return parsed JSON results. Default is False, which returns raw HTML response.

Invocation

Basic Usage

from langchain_brightdata import BrightDataSERP

# Initialize the tool
serp_tool = BrightDataSERP(
    bright_data_api_key="your-api-key"  # Optional if set in environment variables
)

# Run a basic search
results = serp_tool.invoke("latest AI research papers")

print(results)

Advanced Usage with Parameters

from langchain_brightdata import BrightDataSERP

# Initialize with default parameters
serp_tool = BrightDataSERP(
    bright_data_api_key="your-api-key",
    search_engine="google",  # Default
    country="us",  # Default
    language="en",  # Default
    results_count=10,  # Default
    parse_results=True,  # Get structured JSON results
)

# Use with specific parameters for this search
results = serp_tool.invoke(
    {
        "query": "best electric vehicles",
        "country": "de",  # Get results as if searching from Germany
        "language": "de",  # Get results in German
        "search_type": "shop",  # Get shopping results
        "device_type": "mobile",  # Simulate a mobile device
        "results_count": 15,
    }
)

print(results)

Customization Options

The BrightDataSERP tool accepts several parameters for customization:

Parameter	Type	Description
query	str	The search query to perform
search_engine	str	Search engine to use (default: "google")
country	str	Two-letter country code for localized results (default: "us")
language	str	Two-letter language code (default: "en")
results_count	int	Number of results to return (default: 10)
search_type	str	Type of search: None (web), "isch" (images), "shop", "nws" (news), "jobs"
device_type	str	Device type: None (desktop), "mobile", "ios", "android"
parse_results	bool	Whether to return structured JSON (default: False)

Use within an agent

from langchain_brightdata import BrightDataSERP
from langchain_google_genai import ChatGoogleGenerativeAI
from langgraph.prebuilt import create_react_agent

# Initialize the LLM
llm = ChatGoogleGenerativeAI(model="gemini-2.5-flash", google_api_key="your-api-key")

# Initialize the Bright Data SERP tool
serp_tool = BrightDataSERP(
    bright_data_api_key="your-api-key",
    search_engine="google",
    country="us",
    language="en",
    results_count=10,
    parse_results=True,
)

# Create the agent
agent = create_react_agent(llm, [serp_tool])

# Provide a user query
user_input = "Search for 'best electric vehicles' shopping results in Germany in German using mobile."

# Stream the agent's output step-by-step
for step in agent.stream(
    {"messages": user_input},
    stream_mode="values",
):
    step["messages"][-1].pretty_print()

API Reference:ChatGoogleGenerativeAI | create_react_agent

API reference

• Bright Data API Documentation

Related

• Tool conceptual guide
• Tool how-to guides