Top Searches
The Top Searches endpoint of DataForSEO Labs API can provide you with over 7 billion keywords from the [DataForSEO Keyword Database](https://dataforseo.
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Authorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Body
full name of the location required field if you don’t specify location_code Note: it is required to specify either location_name or location_code you can receive the list of available locations with their location_name by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/dataforseo_labs/locations_and_languages example: United Kingdom
location code required field if you don’t specify location_name Note: it is required to specify either location_name or location_code you can receive the list of available locations with their location_code by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/dataforseo_labs/locations_and_languages example: 2840
full name of the language required field if you don’t specify language_code Note: it is required to specify either language_name or language_code you can receive the list of available locations with their language_name by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/dataforseo_labs/locations_and_languages example: English
language code required field if you don’t specify language_name Note: it is required to specify either language_name or language_code you can receive the list of available locations with their language_code by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/dataforseo_labs/locations_and_languages example: en
include data from SERP for each keyword optional field if set to true, we will return a serp_info array containing SERP data (number of search results, relevant URL, and SERP features) for every keyword in the response default value: false
include or exclude data from clickstream-based metrics in the result optional field if the parameter is set to true, you will receive clickstream_keyword_info, keyword_info_normalized_with_clickstream, and keyword_info_normalized_with_bing fields in the response default value: false with this parameter enabled, you will be charged double the price for the request learn more about how clickstream-based metrics are calculated in this help center article
ignore highly similar keywords optional field if set to true only core keywords will be returned, all highly similar keywords will be excluded; default value: false
array of results filtering parameters optional field you can add several filters at once (8 filters maximum) you should set a logical operator and, or between the conditions the following operators are supported: regex, not_regex, , , >, >=, =, , in, not_in, match, not_match, ilike, not_ilike, like,not_like you can use the % operator with like and not_like,as well as ilike and not_ilike to match any string of zero or more characters example: ["keyword_info.search_volume",">",0] [["keyword_info.search_volume","in",[0,1000]], "and", ["keyword_info.competition_level","=","LOW"]] [["keyword_info.search_volume",">",100], "and", [["keyword_info.cpc"," for more information about filters, please refer to Dataforseo Labs – Filters or this help center guide
results sorting rules optional field you can use the same values as in the filters array to sort the results possible sorting types: asc – results will be sorted in the ascending order desc – results will be sorted in the descending order you should use a comma to set up a sorting type example: ["keyword_info.competition,desc"] default rule: ["keyword_info.search_volume,desc"] note that you can set no more than three sorting rules in a single request you should use a comma to separate several sorting rules example: ["keyword_info.search_volume,desc","keyword_info.cpc,desc"]
user-defined task identifier optional field the character limit is 255 you can use this parameter to identify the task and match it with the result you will find the specified tag value in the data object of the response
the maximum number of returned keywords optional field note: you can get more than 1000 results by using the offset_token provided in the response to each subsequent request default value: 1000 maximum value: 1000
offset in the results array of returned keywords optional field default value: 0 if you specify the 10 value, the first ten keywords in the results array will be omitted and the data will be provided for the successive keywords Note: we recommend using this parameter only when retrieving up to 10,000 results for retrieving over 10,000 results, use the offset_token instead.
offset token for subsequent requests optional field provided in the identical filed of the response to each request; use this parameter to avoid timeouts while trying to obtain over 10,000 results in a single request; by specifying the unique offset_token value from the response array, you will get the subsequent results of the initial task; offset_token values are unique for each subsequent task Note: if the offset_token is specified in the request, all other parameters except limit will not be taken into account when processing a task. learn more about this parameter on our Help Center
Response
Successful response
the current version of the API
general status code you can find the full list of the response codes here Note: we strongly recommend designing a necessary system for handling related exceptional or error conditions
general informational message you can find the full list of general informational messages here
execution time, seconds
total tasks cost, USD
the number of tasks in the tasks array
the number of tasks in the tasks array returned with an error
array of tasks
task identifier unique task identifier in our system in the UUID format
status code of the task generated by DataForSEO; can be within the following range: 10000-60000 you can find the full list of the response codes here
informational message of the task you can find the full list of general informational messages here
execution time, seconds
cost of the task, USD
number of elements in the result array
URL path
contains the same parameters that you specified in the POST request
array of results
search engine type
location code in a POST array
language code in a POST array
total amount of results in our database relevant to your request
the number of results returned in the items array
current offset value
offset token for subsequent requests you can use the string provided in this field to get the subsequent results of the initial task; note: offset_token values are unique for each subsequent task
contains keywords and related data
search engine type
keyword
location code in a POST array
language code in a POST array
keyword data for the returned keyword
search engine type
date and time when keyword data was updated in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00” example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
competition represents the relative amount of competition associated with the given keyword; the value is based on Google Ads data and can be between 0 and 1 (inclusive)
competition level represents the relative level of competition associated with the given keyword in paid SERP only; possible values: LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH if competition level is unknown, the value is null; learn more about the metric in this help center article
cost-per-click represents the average cost per click (USD) historically paid for the keyword
average monthly search volume rate represents the (approximate) number of searches for the given keyword idea on google.com
minimum bid for the ad to be displayed at the top of the first page indicates the value greater than about 20% of the lowest bids for which ads were displayed (based on Google Ads statistics for advertisers) the value may differ depending on the location specified in a POST request
maximum bid for the ad to be displayed at the top of the first page indicates the value greater than about 80% of the lowest bids for which ads were displayed (based on Google Ads statistics for advertisers) the value may differ depending on the location specified in a POST request
product and service categories you can download the full list of possible categories
monthly searches represents the (approximate) number of searches on this keyword idea (as available for the past twelve months), targeted to the specified geographic locations
year
month
monthly average search volume rate
search volume trend changes represents search volume change in percent compared to the previous period
search volume change in percent compared to the previous month
search volume change in percent compared to the previous quarter
search volume change in percent compared to the previous year
clickstream data for the returned keyword to retrieve results for this field, the parameter include_clickstream_data must be set to true
monthly average clickstream search volume rate
date and time when the clickstream dataset was updated in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00”
distribution of estimated clickstream-based metrics by gender learn more about how the metric is calculated in this help center article
number of female users in the relevant clickstream dataset
number of male users in the relevant clickstream dataset
distribution of clickstream-based metrics by age learn more about how the metric is calculated in this help center article
number of users in the relevant clickstream dataset that fall within the 18-24 age range
number of users in the relevant clickstream dataset that fall within the 25-34 age range
number of users in the relevant clickstream dataset that fall within the 35-44 age range
number of users in the relevant clickstream dataset that fall within the 45-54 age range
number of users in the relevant clickstream dataset that fall within the 55-64 age range
monthly clickstream search volume rates array of objects with clickstream search volume rates in a certain month of a year
year
month
clickstream-based search volume rate in a certain month of a year
additional information about the keyword
search engine type
main keyword in a group contains the main keyword in a group determined by the synonym clustering algorithm if the value is null, our database does not contain any keywords the corresponding algorithm could identify as synonymous with keyword
the algorithm used to identify synonyms possible values: keyword_metrics – indicates the algorithm based on keyword_info parameters text_processing – indicates the text-based algorithm if the value is null, our database does not contain any keywords the corresponding algorithm could identify as synonymous with keyword
difficulty of ranking in the first top-10 organic results for a keyword indicates the chance of getting in top-10 organic results for a keyword on a logarithmic scale from 0 to 100; calculated by analysing, among other parameters, link profiles of the first 10 pages in SERP; learn more about the metric in this help center guide
detected language of the keyword indicates the language of the keyword as identified by our system
detected language of the keyword is different from the set language if true, the language set in the request does not match the language determined by our system for a given keyword
number of words in the keyword indicates how many words the keyword consists of
Google SERP data the value will be null if you didn’t set the field include_serp_info to true in the POST array or if there is no SERP data for this keyword in our database
search engine type
direct URL to search engine results you can use it to make sure that we provided accurate results
types of search results in SERP contains types of search results (items) found in SERP possible item types: answer_box, app, carousel, multi_carousel, featured_snippet, google_flights, google_reviews, third_party_reviews, google_posts, images, jobs, knowledge_graph, local_pack, hotels_pack, map, organic, paid, people_also_ask, related_searches, people_also_search, shopping, top_stories, twitter, video, events, mention_carousel, recipes, top_sights, scholarly_articles, popular_products, podcasts, questions_and_answers, find_results_on, stocks_box, visual_stories, commercial_units, local_services, google_hotels, math_solver, currency_box, product_considerations, found_on_web, short_videos, refine_products, explore_brands, perspectives, discussions_and_forums, compare_sites, courses, ai_overview; note that the actual results will be returned only for organic, paid, featured_snippet, and local_pack elements
number of search results for the returned keyword
date and time when SERP data was updated in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00” example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
backlink data for the returned keyword this object provides the average number of backlinks, referring pages and domains, as well as the average rank values among the top-10 webpages ranking organically for the keyword
search engine type
average number of backlinks
average number of dofollow links
average number of referring pages
average number of referring domains
average number of referring main domains
average rank learn more about the metric and its calculation formula in this help center article
average main domain rank learn more about the metric and its calculation formula in this help center article
date and time when backlink data was updated in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00” example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
search intent info for the returned keyword learn about search intent in this help center article
search engine type possible values: google
main search intent possible values: informational, navigational, commercial, transactional
supplementary search intents possible values: informational, navigational, commercial, transactional
date and time when search intent data was last updated in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00” example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
contains keyword search volume normalized with Bing search volume
date and time when the dataset was updated in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00” example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
current search volume rate of a keyword
keyword info is normalized if true, values are normalized with Bing data
monthly search volume rates array of objects with search volume rates in a certain month of a year
year
month
search volume rate in a certain month of a year
contains keyword search volume normalized with clickstream data
date and time when the dataset was updated in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00” example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
current search volume rate of a keyword
keyword info is normalized if true, values are normalized with clickstream data
monthly search volume rates array of objects with search volume rates in a certain month of a year
year
month
search volume rate in a certain month of a year