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What is SerpApi, and why I built LearnBeacon on it

🚀 How I Built LearnBeacon with SerpApi

Students often search across multiple websites for colleges, scholarships, careers and study resources.

I built LearnBeacon to bring this research into one place using SerpApi + an AI research agent.

🔎 What I learned:
• Live search data instead of outdated datasets
• One API for Web, Maps, News, YouTube, Jobs & more
• 30-minute caching to reduce API usage
• Source links for better trust
• Fallback data when the API is unavailable
• Not every query needs AI — a simple router decides when to use the agent

🎥 2-minute demo: https://youtu.be/Mkzj8lA4yRc
💻 GitHub: https://github.com/vrush1588/LearnBeacon
📝 What is SerpApi & why I built LearnBeacon: https://medium.com/@vrushalidev/what-is-serpapi-and-why-i-built-learnbeacon-on-it-e1b93bf9ecd4

If you're building an AI app that needs real-time web research, SerpApi is worth exploring.

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