---
title: "Live Keyword Search Volume AI Keyword Data"
url: "https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/ai_optimization/ai_keyword_data/keywords_search_volume/live/"
date: "2026-06-06"
---

## Live Keyword Search Volume AI Keyword Data

   
This endpoint provides search volume data for your target keywords, reflecting their estimated usage in AI tools.

For each specified keyword, you will get AI search volume rate for the last month and AI search volume trend for the previous 12 months. The AI Search Volume values are calculated using statistical data from questions in the ‘People Also Ask’ SERP element. Learn more about this metric [here.](https://dataforseo.com/help-center/what-is-ai-search-volume-in-dataforseo)

 

 

 ![checked](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/wp-content/themes/dataforseo/assets/img/icons/checked-circle.svg) POST  https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/ai\_optimization/ai\_keyword\_data/keywords\_search\_volume/live     

      

Pricing

  Your account will be charged for each request.  
The cost can be calculated on the [Pricing](https://dataforseo.com/pricing/ai-optimization/ai-keyword-search-volume "Pricing") page.

 

 All POST data should be sent in the [JSON](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON) format (UTF-8 encoding). The task setting is done using the POST method. When setting a task, you should send all task parameters in the task array of the generic POST array. You can send up to 2000 API calls per minute. The maximum number of requests that can be sent simultaneously is limited to 30.

Below you will find a detailed description of the fields you can use for setting a task.

**Description of the fields for setting a task:**  


| Field name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `keywords` | array | *keywords*   **required field**   UTF-8 encoding   The maximum number of keywords you can specify: 1000;   The maximum number of characters in a single keyword: 250;   The keywords will be converted to lowercase format;  learn more about rules and limitations of `keyword` and `keywords` fields in DataForSEO APIs in this [Help Center article](https://dataforseo.com/help-center/rules-and-limitations-of-keyword-and-keywords-fields-in-dataforseo-apis) |
| `location_name` | string | *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/ai_optimization/ai_keyword_data/locations_and_languages`   example:   `United Kingdom` |
| `location_code` | integer | *unique location identifier*   **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/ai_optimization/ai_keyword_data/locations_and_languages`   example:   `2840` |
| `language_name` | string | *full name of the 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 with their `language_name` by making a separate request to the   `https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/ai_optimization/ai_keyword_data/locations_and_languages`   example:   `English` |
| `language_code` | string | *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 with their `language_code` by making a separate request to the   `https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/ai_optimization/ai_keyword_data/locations_and_languages`   example:   `en` |
| `tag` | string | *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 |



As a response of the API server, you will receive [JSON](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON)-encoded data containing a `tasks` array with the information specific to the set tasks.

**Description of the fields in the results array:**

| Field name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `version` | string | *the current version of the API* |
| `status_code` | integer | *general status code*   you can find the full list of the response codes [here](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors.md)   **Note:** we strongly recommend designing a necessary system for handling related exceptional or error conditions |
| `status_message` | string | *general informational message*   you can find the full list of general informational messages [here](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors.md) |
| `time` | string | *execution time, seconds* |
| `cost` | float | *total tasks cost, USD* |
| `tasks_count` | integer | *the number of tasks in the **`tasks`** array* |
| `tasks_error` | integer | *the number of tasks in the **`tasks`** array returned with an error* |
| **`tasks`** | array | *array of tasks* |
| `id` | string | *task identifier*   **unique task identifier in our system in the [UUID](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier) format** |
| `status_code` | integer | *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](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors.md) |
| `status_message` | string | *informational message of the task*   you can find the full list of general informational messages [here](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix-errors.md) |
| `time` | string | *execution time, seconds* |
| `cost` | float | *cost of the task, USD* |
| `result_count` | integer | *number of elements in the `result` array* |
| `path` | array | *URL path* |
| `data` | object | *contains the same parameters that you specified in the POST request* |
| **`result`** | array | *array of results* |
| `location_code` | integer | *location code in a POST array* |
| `language_code` | string | *language code in a POST array* |
| `items_count` | integer | *number of results returned in the `items` array* |
| **`items`** | array | *contains specified keywords with their AI search volume rates* |
| `keyword` | string | *specified keyword* |
| `ai_search_volume` | integer | *current AI search volume rate of a keyword*   learn more about this metric [here](https://dataforseo.com/help-center/what-is-ai-search-volume-in-dataforseo) |
| **`ai_monthly_searches`** | array | *monthly AI search volume rates*   array of objects with AI search volume rates in a certain month of a year |
| `year` | integer | *year* |
| `month` | integer | *month* |
| `ai_search_volume` | integer | *AI search volume rate in a certain month of a year*   learn more about this metric [here](https://dataforseo.com/help-center/what-is-ai-search-volume-in-dataforseo) |







  
 

 









> Instead of ‘login’ and ‘password’ use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access

```
# Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access 
login="login" 
password="password" 
cred="$(printf ${login}:${password} | base64)" 
curl --location --request POST "https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/ai_optimization/ai_keyword_data/keywords_search_volume/live" 
--header "Authorization: Basic ${cred}"  
--header "Content-Type: application/json" 
--data-raw '[
  {
    "language_name": "English",
    "location_code": 2840,
    "keywords": [
      "iphone",
      "seo"
    ]
  }
]'
```





```php
<?php
// You can download this file from here https://cdn.dataforseo.com/v3/examples/php/php_RestClient.zip
require('RestClient.php');
$api_url = 'https://api.dataforseo.com/';
// Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access
$client = new RestClient($api_url, null, 'login', 'password');

$post_array = array();
// simple way to set a task
$post_array[] = array(
    "language_name" => "English",
    "location_code" => 2840,
    "keywords" => [
        "iphone",
        "seo"
    ]
);
try {
   // POST /v3/ai_optimization/ai_keyword_data/keywords_search_volume/live
   $result = $client->post('/v3/ai_optimization/ai_keyword_data/keywords_search_volume/live', $post_array);
   print_r($result);
   // do something with post result
} catch (RestClientException $e) {
   echo "n";
   print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}n";
   print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}n";
   print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}n";
   print  $e->getTraceAsString();
   echo "n";
}
$client = null;
?>
```





```js
const post_array = [];

post_array.push({
  "language_name": "English",
  "location_code": 2840,
  "keywords": [
    "iphone",
    "seo"
  ]
});

const axios = require('axios');

axios({
  method: 'post',
  url: 'https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/ai_optimization/ai_keyword_data/keywords_search_volume/live',
  auth: {
    username: 'login',
    password: 'password'
  },
  data: post_array,
  headers: {
    'content-type': 'application/json'
  }
}).then(function (response) {
  var result = response['data']['tasks'];
  // Result data
  console.log(result);
}).catch(function (error) {
  console.log(error);
});
```





```python
from client import RestClient
# You can download this file from here https://cdn.dataforseo.com/v3/examples/python/python_Client.zip
client = RestClient("login", "password")
post_data = dict()
# simple way to set a task
post_data[len(post_data)] = dict(
    language_name="English",
    location_code=2840,
    keywords=[
        "iphone",
        "seo"
    ]
)
# POST /v3/ai_optimization/ai_keyword_data/keywords_search_volume/live
response = client.post("/v3/ai_optimization/ai_keyword_data/keywords_search_volume/live", post_data)
# you can find the full list of the response codes here https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors
if response["status_code"] == 20000:
    print(response)
    # do something with result
else:
    print("error. Code: %d Message: %s" % (response["status_code"], response["status_message"]))
```





```csharp
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace DataForSeoDemos
{
    public static partial class Demos
    {
        public static async Task dataforseo_labs_google_keyword_ideas_live()
        {
            var httpClient = new HttpClient
            {
                BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.dataforseo.com/"),
                // Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access
                DefaultRequestHeaders = { Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("login:password"))) }                
            };
            var postData = new List<object>();
            postData.Add(new
            {
                language_name = "English",
                location_code = 2840,
                keywords = new[]
                {
                    "iphone",
                    "seo"
                }
            });
            // POST /v3/ai_optimization/ai_keyword_data/keywords_search_volume/live
            // the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
            var taskPostResponse = await httpClient.PostAsync("/v3/ai_optimization/ai_keyword_data/keywords_search_volume/live", new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(postData)));
            var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(await taskPostResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
            // you can find the full list of the response codes here https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors
            if (result.status_code == 20000)
            {
                // do something with result
                Console.WriteLine(result);
            }
            else
                Console.WriteLine($"error. Code: {result.status_code} Message: {result.status_message}");
        }
    }
}
```





> The above command returns JSON structured like this:

```
{
  "version": "0.1.20250526",
  "status_code": 20000,
  "status_message": "Ok.",
  "time": "0.3281 sec.",
  "cost": 0,
  "tasks_count": 1,
  "tasks_error": 0,
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "07091646-1535-0619-0000-34aa8225bd23",
      "status_code": 20000,
      "status_message": "Ok.",
      "time": "0.2683 sec.",
      "cost": 0,
      "result_count": 1,
      "path": [
        "v3",
        "ai_optimization",
        "ai_keyword_data",
        "keywords_search_volume",
        "live"
      ],
      "data": {
        "api": "ai_optimization",
        "function": "keywords_search_volume",
        "language_name": "English",
        "location_code": 2840,
        "keywords": [
          "iphone",
          "seo"
        ]
      },
      "result": [
        {
          "location_code": 2840,
          "language_code": "en",
          "items_count": 2,
          "items": [
            {
              "keyword": "iphone",
              "ai_search_volume": 407838,
              "ai_monthly_searches": [
                {
                  "year": 2025,
                  "month": 5,
                  "ai_search_volume": 407838
                },
                {
                  "year": 2025,
                  "month": 4,
                  "ai_search_volume": 413611
                },
                {
                  "year": 2025,
                  "month": 3,
                  "ai_search_volume": 641232
                },
                {
                  "year": 2025,
                  "month": 2,
                  "ai_search_volume": 634043
                },
                {
                  "year": 2025,
                  "month": 1,
                  "ai_search_volume": 650448
                },
                {
                  "year": 2024,
                  "month": 12,
                  "ai_search_volume": 420931
                },
                {
                  "year": 2024,
                  "month": 11,
                  "ai_search_volume": 466601
                },
                {
                  "year": 2024,
                  "month": 10,
                  "ai_search_volume": 460579
                },
                {
                  "year": 2024,
                  "month": 9,
                  "ai_search_volume": 439763
                },
                {
                  "year": 2024,
                  "month": 8,
                  "ai_search_volume": 0
                },
                {
                  "year": 2024,
                  "month": 7,
                  "ai_search_volume": 0
                },
                {
                  "year": 2024,
                  "month": 6,
                  "ai_search_volume": 0
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "keyword": "seo",
              "ai_search_volume": 13881,
              "ai_monthly_searches": [
                {
                  "year": 2025,
                  "month": 5,
                  "ai_search_volume": 13881
                },
                {
                  "year": 2025,
                  "month": 4,
                  "ai_search_volume": 13560
                },
                {
                  "year": 2025,
                  "month": 3,
                  "ai_search_volume": 14628
                },
                {
                  "year": 2025,
                  "month": 2,
                  "ai_search_volume": 13789
                },
                {
                  "year": 2025,
                  "month": 1,
                  "ai_search_volume": 14339
                },
                {
                  "year": 2024,
                  "month": 12,
                  "ai_search_volume": 13520
                },
                {
                  "year": 2024,
                  "month": 11,
                  "ai_search_volume": 14802
                },
                {
                  "year": 2024,
                  "month": 10,
                  "ai_search_volume": 14640
                },
                {
                  "year": 2024,
                  "month": 9,
                  "ai_search_volume": 13564
                },
                {
                  "year": 2024,
                  "month": 8,
                  "ai_search_volume": 0
                },
                {
                  "year": 2024,
                  "month": 7,
                  "ai_search_volume": 0
                },
                {
                  "year": 2024,
                  "month": 6,
                  "ai_search_volume": 0
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```









 

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