## TL;DR

serpapi.Client(api\_key value...) raises AttributeError: module 'serpapi' has no attribute 'Client' even though the package is installed (serpapi 1.0.2).

```text
AttributeError: module 'serpapi' has no attribute 'Client'
```

## Steps

1. `serpapi.Client(api_key value ...)` raises `AttributeError: module 'serpapi' has no attribute 'Client'` even though the package is installed (serpapi 1.0.2). The same request works via cURL. The environment also had `google-search-results==2.4.2` in requirements.txt.

2. SerpApi ships two Python packages that collide: the old deprecated `google-search-results` and the new recommended `serpapi`. Having both installed shadows the new `Client` class. Fix: `pip uninstall google-search-results`, remove `google-search-results==2.4.2` from requirements.txt, and keep only `serpapi==1.0.2` (install with `pip install serpapi`). The reporter confirmed the code runs correctly after removing the old package.

## When to use

You are seeing this: The same request works via cURL. Use this skill when you run into "AttributeError: module 'serpapi' has no attribute 'Client'".

## When not to use

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## Versions

Versions mentioned in the source: serpapi 1.0.2, google-search-results 2.4.2. If you are on something much newer or older, the details may have shifted.

## Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.