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Content Generation – Paraphrase API


This endpoint will provide you with a paraphrased version of the text you specify.

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

<?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-dashboard
$client = new RestClient($api_url, null, 'login', 'password');
$post_array = array();
// simple way to set a task
$post_array[] = array(
   "text" => "The idea to develop an instrument for local SEO didn’t come to the GMB Crush CEO, Matteo Barletta, out of the blue. Having a huge interest in search engine optimization, Matteo has come a long way from being an SEO freelancer to launching his own agency, SEO Heroes. At some point, he and his team noticed that it was quite challenging to work with local SEO projects, especially those related to Google My Business listings.",
   "creativity_index" => 0.8
);
try {
   // POST /v3/content_generation/paraphrase/live
   $result = $client->post('/v3/content_generation/paraphrase/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;
?>

The above command returns JSON structured like this:

{
    "version": "0.1.20221214",
    "status_code": 20000,
    "status_message": "Ok.",
    "time": "8.9468 sec.",
    "cost": 0.01395,
    "tasks_count": 1,
    "tasks_error": 0,
    "tasks": [
        {
            "id": "01061653-1535-0503-0000-b2a17a6625dc",
            "status_code": 20000,
            "status_message": "Ok.",
            "time": "8.8914 sec.",
            "cost": 0.01395,
            "result_count": 1,
            "path": [
                "v3",
                "content_generation",
                "paraphrase",
                "live"
            ],
            "data": {
                "api": "content_generation",
                "function": "paraphrase",
                "text": "The idea to develop an instrument for local SEO didn’t come to the GMB Crush CEO, Matteo Barletta, out of the blue. Having a huge interest in search engine optimization, Matteo has come a long way from being an SEO freelancer to launching his own agency, SEO Heroes. At some point, he and his team noticed that it was quite challenging to work with local SEO projects, especially those related to Google My Business listings.",
                "creativity_index": 0.8
            },
            "result": [
                {
                    "input_tokens": 93,
                    "output_tokens": 104,
                    "new_tokens": 104,
                    "generated_text": "We realized that most clients that approached us were struggling with the lack of resources that Google provides to help them with local SEO,” Matteo tells us. “They’d try to get their hands on everything from a book on SEO to a list of tools that would solve their issues.”\n\n“We were able to see that, in the majority of cases, the lack of resources was the main reason why they were struggling with local SEO,” Matteo says."
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

All POST data should be sent in the 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.

You can specify the number of results you want to retrieve, filter and sort them.

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
text string target text
required field
can contain from 1 to 500 tokens
learn more about tokens on our help center
creativity_index float creativity of content generation
required field
the randomness of the selection of equally probable subsequent tokens;
can take values from 0 to 1;
default value: 0.8
learn more about this parameter on our help center
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-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
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
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 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 object contains the same parameters that you specified in the POST request
        result array array of results
            input_tokens integer number of input tokens in the POST request
            output_tokens integer number of output tokens in the response
            new_tokens integer number of new tokens in the response
            generated_text string paraphrased version of the given text

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