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Returns the ranked results for a keyword on Yahoo, synchronously. The lighter parse: measured at 4.8 KB against 57 KB for advanced, carrying the ranked list without the surrounding SERP features. Returns keyword, type, se_domain, location_code, language_code, check_url, datetime, spell, refinement_chips, item_types, items_count and items. Wrapped in DataForSEO’s envelope: data in tasks[0].result, outcome in tasks[0].status_code - a rejected request still returns HTTP 200.

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Cost and request rules

Published reference values are not an account-specific quote or a settled charge. For endpoints supporting X-AISA-Cost-Mode: quote, obtain a free quote for your exact request before execution; reconcile the settled cost with response metadata and Usage Logs. USD amounts use 1,000,000 integer micro-USD per dollar.
  • Default request reference estimate (USD): 0.02
  • Cost contract: response_usd
  • Published reference multiplier: 1.0
  • Settlement evidence source: response_body

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json
url
string | null

direct URL of the search query
optional field
you can specify a direct URL and we will sort it out to the necessary fields. Note that this method is the most difficult for our API to process and also requires you to specify the exact language and location in the URL. In most cases, we wouldn’t recommend using this method.
example:
https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=rank+checker&amp;n=100&amp;vl=lang_en&amp;vc=us&amp;ei=UTF-8

keyword
string

keyword
required field
you can specify up to 700 characters in the keyword field
all %## will be decoded (plus character '+' will be decoded to a space character)
if you need to use the "%" character for your keyword, please specify it as "%25";
if you need to use the “+” character for your keyword, please specify it as “%2B”

learn more about rules and limitations of keyword and keywords fields in DataForSEO APIs in this Help Center article

location_name
string

full name of search engine location
required field if you don't specify location_code or location_coordinate
if you use this field, you don't need to specify location_code or location_coordinate
you can receive the list of available locations of the search engine with their location_name by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/{{low_se_name}}/locations
example:
London,England,United Kingdom

location_code
integer

search engine location code
required field if you don't specify location_name_or location_coordinate
if you use this field, you don't need to specify location_name or location_coordinate
you can receive the list of available locations of the search engines with their location_code by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/{{low_se_name}}/locations
example:
2840n

location_coordinate
string

GPS coordinates of a location
required field if you don't specify location_name_or location_code
if you use this field, you don't need to specify location_name or location_code
location_coordinate parameter should be specified in the "latitude,longitude,radius" format
the maximum number of decimal digits for "latitude" and "longitude": 7
the minimum value for "radius": 199.9 (mm)
the maximum value for "radius": 199999 (mm)
example:
53.476225,-2.243572,200n

language_name
string

full name of search engine language
required field if you don't specify language_code
if you use this field, you don't need to specify language_code
you can receive the list of available languages of the search engine with their language_name by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/{{low_se_name}}/languages
example:
English

language_code
string

search engine language code
required field if you don't specify language_name
if you use this field, you don't need to specify language_name
you can receive the list of available languages of the search engine with their language_code_by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/{{low_se_name}}/languages
example:
enn

device
string | null

device type
optional field
can take the values:desktop, mobile
default value: desktop

os
string | null

device operating system
optional field
if you specify desktop in the device field, choose from the following values: windows, macos
default value: windows
if you specify mobile in the device field, choose from the following values: android, ios
default value: android

se_domain
string | null

search engine domain
optional field
we choose the relevant search engine domain automatically according to the location and language you specify
however, you can set a custom search engine domain in this field
example:
au.search.yahoo.com, uk.search.yahoo.com, ca.search.yahoo.com, etc.

depth
integer | null

parsing depth
optional field
number of results in SERP
default value: 6
max value: 200
Your account will be billed per each SERP;
Each Yahoo SERP can contain fewer than 10 results, so setting depth above the default value may result in additional charges ;
The cost can be calculated on the Pricing page.

max_crawl_pages
integer | null

page crawl limit
optional field
number of search results pages to crawl
default value: 1
max value: 100
Note: the max_crawl_pages and depth parameters complement each other;
learn more at our help center

target
string | null

target domain, subdomain, or webpage to get results for
optional field
a domain or a subdomain should be specified without https:// and www.
note that the results of target-specific tasks will only include SERP elements that contain a url string;
you can also use a wildcard (‘’) character to specify the search pattern in SERP and narrow down the results;
examples:
example.com - returns results for the website's home page with URLs, such as https://example.com, or https://www.example.com/, or https://example.com/;
example.com
- returns results for the domain, including all its pages;
example.com - returns results for the entire domain, including all its pages and subdomains;
example.com - returns results for the home page regardless of the subdomain, such as https://en.example.com;
example.com/example-page - returns results for the exact URL;
example.com/example-page
- returns results for all domain's URLs that start with the specified string

search_param
string | null

additional parameters of the search query
optional field
get the list of available parameters and additional details here

stop_crawl_on_match
(object | null)[] | null

array of targets to stop crawling optional field if specified, the response will contain SERP results up to and including the specified match_value; you can specify up to 10 target values in this array example: "stop_crawl_on_match":[{"match_value":"dataforseo.com","match_type":"with_subdomains"}] learn more about this parameter on our Help Center - https://dataforseo.com/help-center/using-the-stop_crawl_on_match-parameter-in-serp-api Your account will be billed per each SERP crawled through the specified targets

tag
string | null

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

Example:

Response

object | null

Successful operation

version
string | null

the current version of the API

status_code
integer | null

general status code you can find the full list of the response codes here

status_message
string | null

general informational message you can find the full list of general informational messages here

time
string | null

total execution time, seconds

cost
number<double> | null

total tasks cost, USD

tasks_count
integer<int64> | null

the number of tasks in the tasks array

tasks_error
integer<int64> | null

the number of tasks in the tasks array returned with an error

tasks
(object | null)[] | null

array of tasks