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

<?php
// You can download this file from here https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/_examples/php/_php_RestClient.zip
require('RestClient.php');
$api_url = 'https://api.dataforseo.com/';
try {
	// Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard
	$client = new RestClient($api_url, null, 'login', 'password');
} 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";
	exit();
}
try {
	// using this method you can get a list of errors
	// GET /v3/appendix/errors
	$result = $client->get('/v3/appendix/errors');
	print_r($result);
	// do something with 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;
?>

The above command returns JSON structured like this:

{
    "version": "0.1.20221214",
    "status_code": 20000,
    "status_message": "Ok.",
    "time": "0.0806 sec.",
    "cost": 0,
    "tasks_count": 1,
    "tasks_error": 0,
    "tasks": [
        {
            "id": "03302011-1535-0161-0000-99c1c52351b3",
            "status_code": 20000,
            "status_message": "Ok.",
            "time": "0.0000 sec.",
            "cost": 0,
            "result_count": 46,
            "path": [
                "v3",
                "appendix",
                "errors"
            ],
            "data": {
                "api": "appendix",
                "function": "errors"
            },
            "result": [
                {
                    "code": 20000,
                    "message": "Ok."
                },
                {
                    "code": 20100,
                    "message": "Task Created."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40000,
                    "message": "You can set only one task at a time."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40001,
                    "message": "This id is used by another client, check the id."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40002,
                    "message": "This id is used by another search engine, check the Path."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40003,
                    "message": "This id is used by another search type, check the Path."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40004,
                    "message": "This id is used by another function, check the id."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40006,
                    "message": "You can set no more than 100 tasks at a time."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40100,
                    "message": "You are not authorized to access this resource. See your login details here: https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard ."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40101,
                    "message": "Internal SE Server Error."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40102,
                    "message": "No Search Results."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40103,
                    "message": "Task execution failed, please try to resubmit the task."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40200,
                    "message": "Payment Required."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40201,
                    "message": "Our algorithms found suspicious activity in your DataForSEO account. It has been temporarily blocked. For further details please contact our support team."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40202,
                    "message": "The rate-limit per minute has been exceeded."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40203,
                    "message": "The cost limit has been exceeded. You can modify your cost limit in the user panel https://app.dataforseo.com/api-settings ."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40204,
                    "message": "Access denied. Visit Plans and Subscriptions to activate your subscription and get access to this API: https://app.dataforseo.com/users/getrows ."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40205,
                    "message": "The duplicate task limit per hour has been exceeded. You can modify your limits in the user panel https://app.dataforseo.com/api-settings ."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40206,
                    "message": "The duplicate task limit per day has been exceeded. You can modify your limits in the user panel https://app.dataforseo.com/api-settings ."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40207,
                    "message": "Access denied. Your IP is not whitelisted. You can modify your IP whitelist in the user panel hhttps://app.dataforseo.com/api-access ."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40209,
                    "message": "Too many simultaneous queries."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40210,
                    "message": "Insufficient Funds. Your account's balance is too low to complete this request."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40400,
                    "message": "Not Found."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40401,
                    "message": "Task Not Found."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40402,
                    "message": "Invalid Path."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40403,
                    "message": "Results Expired."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40404,
                    "message": "No Prepared Data Found. Please Contact Our Support Team."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40405,
                    "message": "Textual content on the target page is insufficient."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40406,
                    "message": "Requested page was not submitted for crawling."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40501,
                    "message": "Invalid Field."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40502,
                    "message": "POST Data Is Empty."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40503,
                    "message": "POST Data Is Invalid."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40504,
                    "message": "The number of intersecting keywords for the specified domains exceeds 10 million. Try specifying different domains."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40505,
                    "message": "You are using old data."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40506,
                    "message": "Unknown Fields in POST Data."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40601,
                    "message": "Task Handed."
                },
                {
                    "code": 40602,
                    "message": "Task In Queue."
                },
                {
                    "code": 50000,
                    "message": "Internal Error."
                },
                {
                    "code": 50001,
                    "message": "Error While Checking the Balance."
                },
                {
                    "code": 50100,
                    "message": "Not Implemented."
                },
                {
                    "code": 50301,
                    "message": "3rd Party API Service Unavailable."
                },
                {
                    "code": 50303,
                    "message": "Update in progress. Please try after a few minutes."
                },
                {
                    "code": 50304,
                    "message": "This function temporarily unavailable. Please contact support for more information."
                },
                {
                    "code": 50401,
                    "message": "Internal Error - Timeout."
                },
                {
                    "code": 50402,
                    "message": "Target page took too long to respond."
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

This endpoint returns a list of possible DataForSEO API errors and general status codes. Below you will find a list of HTTP response codes and internal messages. We recommend storing the data connected to error codes in your application log and designing a necessary system for handling related exceptional or error conditions.

Note: DataForSEO API servers always return the 200 HTTP response code, except for the following cases.

HTTP response codes:

Code Message Description
401 Unauthorized You are not authorized to access this resource. See your login details here: https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard
402 Payment Required We had a problem billing your account. Please, check your account’s balance.
404 Not Found Requested endpoint not found
500 Internal Server Error Sorry, we could not process your request due to the internal server error. Please, try again later.

 

Alongside the 200 HTTP code, our system also generates internal status codes which you may find in status_code and status_message fields of the API response.

Note: status messages can be expanded in the API response and may vary depending on the event that triggered them.

Internal status codes and messages:

Code Message Description
20000 Ok. the request has been successfully completed
20100 Task Created. as a result of the successful request, the task has been created
40000 You can set only one task at a time. you cannot specify more than one task in the POST array
40001 This id is used by another client, check the id. the task identifier id is unique to the client used to send the request
40002 This id is used by another search engine, check the Path. the task identifier id is unique to the search engine used in the URL path of the request
40003 This id is used by another search type, check the Path. the task identifier id is unique to the search type used in the URL path of the request
40004 This id is used by another function, check the id. the task identifier id is unique to the function used in the URL path of the request
40006 You can set no more than 100 tasks at a time. each POST request can contain up to 100 tasks
40100 You are not authorized to access this resource. See your login details here: https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard . check if the specified credentials match those in your account dashboard
40101 Internal SE server error. the requested search engine was unable to process your request and responded with an error
40102 No Search Results. no results matching the details of your request have been found
40103 Task execution failed, please try to resubmit the task. the task could not be executed, try posting another task with similar parameters
40200 Payment Required. the request cannot be completed until the balance is recharged;
check your balance in the account dashboard
40201 Our algorithms found suspicious activity in your DataForSEO account. It has been temporarily blocked. For further details please contact our support team. you are using several trial accounts or have violated DataForSEO Terms of Service in some other way;
therefore, your account has been blocked and you will not be able to access it or use any of DataForSEO APIs;
contact our support team to resolve the issue
40202 The rate-limit per minute has been exceeded. you can make up to 2000 requests per minute;
contact our support team if you need to increase the limit
40203 The cost limit has been exceeded. You can modify your cost limit in the user panel https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard . you can modify daily cost limits for APIs and endpoints in your account dashboard
40204 Access denied. Visit Plans and Subscriptions to activate your subscription and get access to this API: https://app.dataforseo.com/users/getrows . the access to Backlinks API is limited by a minimal commitment. Learn more.
40205 The duplicate task limit per hour has been exceeded. You can modify your limits in the user panel https://app.dataforseo.com/api-settings. you can modify the duplicate task limit in your account dashboard. Learn more.
40206 The duplicate task limit per day has been exceeded. You can modify your limits in the user panel https://app.dataforseo.com/api-settings . you can modify the duplicate task limit in your account dashboard. Learn more.
40207 Access denied. Your IP is not whitelisted. You can modify your IP whitelist in the user panel https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access . you can whitelist all the necessary IPs in the account dashboard. Learn more.
40209 Too many simultaneous queries. the limit for simultaneous requests made by a single user is 30
40210 Insufficient Funds. Your account’s balance is too low to complete this request. visit your account dashboard to add funds; learn more about making payments
40400 Not found. the requested resource doesn’t exist;
check the URL of the request
40401 Task Not Found. the requested task does not exist
40402 Invalid Path. the URL path of your request is invalid
40403 Results Expired. it’s not possible to retrieve the results of a task that was created more than a month ago
40404 No Prepared Data Found.Please Contact Our Support Team. the Sandbox does not contain prepared data for the task you set
40405 Textual content on the target page is insufficient. target page does not have enough textual data, please try specifying a different page
40406 Requested page was not submitted for crawling. the page was not submitted for crawling in Task POST
40501 Invalid Field. one of the fields in the POST request is invalid
40502 POST Data Is Empty. the body of your POST request is empty, please check the body structure and validity
40503 POST Data is Invalid. the structure of the POST request is invalid
40504 The number of intersecting keywords for the specified domains exceeds 10 million. Try specifying different domains. there are too many intersecting keywords for the specified domains, please try again with different domain names
40505 You are using old data. location parameters you are using are outdated, please check our documentation or call the relevant locations endpoint for up-tp-date parameters
40506 Unknown Fields in POST Data. the body of your POST request contains unknown fields, please consult the documentation of the requested endpoint and use available fields
40601 Task Handed. the task has been received but has not yet been enqueued for processing
40602 Task in Queue. the task has been enqueued for processing
50000 Internal Error. our system encountered an unexpected condition;
please contact our support team
50001 Error While Checking the Balance. our system failed to check your account balance;
please contact our support team
50100 Not Implemented. you specified a non-existing task or parameter, please check the body of your POST request
50301 3rd Party API Service Unavailable. one of our external data sources is currently unavailable or responded with an error;
the error can be triggered by Google Ads API or other third-party services used by DataForSEO API;
message of the error may vary depending on the third-party service status;
corresponding message examples:
Too many requests
Could not connect to host
3rd Party API Service Unavailable
50303 Update is in progress. Please try after a few minutes the API you’re requesting is being updated;
this can take a few minutes
50304 This function is temporarily unavailable. Please contact support for more information. the function you’re requesting failed to respond;
please contact our support team for more information
50401 Internal Error – Timeout. our system failed to process a live-mode task in 120 seconds;
please try setting a task one more time
50402 Target page took too long to respond. target page took longer than 50 seconds to respond, please try again later or specify a different page

You can also get the list of internal error codes by calling the ‘Errors’ endpoint:

By calling this endpoint you will receive information about the possible error codes.

‌‌As a response of the API server, you will receive JSON-encoded data containing a tasks array with the information specific to the set tasks.

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
status_message string general informational message
you can find the full list of general informational messages here
time string total 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 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
        status_message string informational message of the task
you can find the full list of general informational messages here
        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 array contains the same parameters that you specified in the POST request
        result array array of results
            code integer code
            message string message