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+import httpx
+import json
+import os
+from config import SERPER_URL, USER_AGENT
+
+
+# Function: search docs via Google Serper API
+async def search_web(query: str) -> dict | None:
+    # search query, 2 results only
+    payload = json.dumps({"q": query, "num": 2})
+
+    headers = {
+        "X-API-KEY": os.getenv("SERPER_API_KEY"),
+        "Content-Type": "application/json",
+        "User-Agent": USER_AGENT,
+    }
+
+    # Send POST request to Serper API
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        try:
+            response = await client.post(
+                SERPER_URL,
+                headers=headers,
+                data=payload,
+                timeout=30.0
+            )
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            # return search results
+            return response.json()
+        except httpx.TimeoutException:
+            # return empty if timeout
+            return {
+                "organic": []
+            }