Can't declare a global api_key

[Mykhailo-Zub]

The documentation describes the possibility of declaring a global api_key.

Code that doesn't work:

import { config, getJson } from "serpapi";

config.api_key = process.env.API_KEY;

const engine = "apple_app_store";

const params = {
  term: "image viewer",
  country: "us",
  lang: "en-us",
  device: "desktop",
  num: "10",
  page: 0,
};

const json = await getJson(engine, params);
console.log("JSON: ", json);

Output:

JSON:  {
  error: 'Invalid API key. Your API key should be here: https://serpapi.com/manage-api-key'
}

Code that works:

import { getJson } from "serpapi";

const engine = "apple_app_store";

const params = {
  api_key: process.env.API_KEY,
  term: "image viewer",
  country: "us",
  lang: "en-us",
  device: "desktop",
  num: "10",
  page: 0,
};

const json = await getJson(engine, params);
console.log("JSON: ", json);

Output:

JSON:  {
  search_metadata: {
    id: '63971ad6e135088693c44f61',
    status: 'Success',
    json_endpoint: 'https://serpapi.com/searches/aaa6c13f6c0a76a0/63971ad6e135088693c44f61.json',
    created_at: '2022-12-12 12:13:10 UTC',
    processed_at: '2022-12-12 12:13:10 UTC',
    apple_app_store_url: 'https://itunes.apple.com/search?media=software&term=image+viewer&country=us&lang=en-us&entity=macSoftware&explicit=yes&limit=10&offset=0',
    raw_html_file: 'https://serpapi.com/searches/aaa6c13f6c0a76a0/63971ad6e135088693c44f61.html',
    prettify_html_file: 'https://serpapi.com/searches/aaa6c13f6c0a76a0/63971ad6e135088693c44f61.prettify',
    total_time_taken: 3.44
  },
  search_parameters: {
    engine: 'apple_app_store',
    term: 'image viewer',
    country: 'us',
    lang: 'en-us',
    device: 'desktop',
    num: '10',
    page: '0'
  },
      ...
}

P.S. my api_key was checked twice, it's valid.

Node version: 16.14.2

[sebastianquek]

Thanks @Mykhailo-Zub for reporting this, I'll look into it!

[sebastianquek]

@Mykhailo-Zub This has been fixed in 0.0.8, let me know if you still encounter issues! 🥂

[Mykhailo-Zub]

@sebastianquek Everything is fine now, thanks!