Connect SerpApi
You need API key. About two minutes.
1Get your API key
API key
Paste the private API key- Sign in to SerpApi and open the API key page under Your Account.
- Copy the private API key. Use Regenerate API Key only if the old one has leaked.
The account endpoint is free and does not consume a search.
Open the pagehttps://serpapi.com/manage-api-key
2Add it to CreditBar
- Open CreditBar from the menu bar and choose Settings, then Accounts.
- Click Add account and pick SerpApi.
- Paste the API key into the matching field, and give the account a label you will recognise.
- Click Test connection, then Add. Numbers appear in the menu bar within a minute.
Keys are stored in your Mac's Keychain and only ever sent to SerpApi. Nothing passes through a CreditBar server.
3What it reads
- Reports
- plan, searches left this cycle and the renewal date
- Calls
- https://serpapi.com/account
- Refreshes
- At most every 5 minutes
- API docs
- SerpApi reference, checked 2026-09-16