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src/api/routes/serper.js

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import sharp from 'sharp';
 import * as dbCompanySetting from '../../db/companysetting.js';
-import env from '../../config/env.js';
 import { crawlAndProcessImage } from '../../services/imageCrop.js';
 
 const CONCURRENCY = 6;
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ export function register(app, basePath = '') {
      *     summary: Search images via Serper.dev and stream WebP thumbnails (SSE)
      *     description: |
      *       Queries Google Image search via `https://google.serper.dev/images` using the
-     *       company setting `keys.serper` (or server `SERPER_API_KEY`), and streams the
+     *       company setting `keys.serper`, and streams the
      *       results via Server-Sent Events (`text/event-stream`).
      *
      *       1. First emits an `images` event with the full search result list (including `imageUrl`).
@@ -204,10 +203,9 @@ export function register(app, basePath = '') {
         let apiKey = null;
         try {
             const setting = await dbCompanySetting.getByKey(req.user.id, 'keys.serper', { maskWriteonly: false });
-            apiKey = setting?.value || env.serperApiKey;
+            apiKey = setting?.value?.trim() || null;
         } catch (err) {
             console.warn('Serper images: failed to read company setting keys.serper:', err?.message || err);
-            apiKey = env.serperApiKey;
         }
 
         if (!apiKey) {