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Product Competitors


This endpoint will provide you with a list of products that intersect with a target asin in Amazon SERPs. The data can help you identify product competitors for any listing published on Amazon. The returned results are specific to the asin as well as the location and language parameters specified in a POST request.

Learn more about ASIN in this help center article.

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(
   "asin" => "019005476X",
   "language_name" => "English",
   "location_code" => 2840
);
try {
   // POST /v3/dataforseo_labs/amazon/product_competitors/live
   $result = $client->post('/v3/dataforseo_labs/amazon/product_competitors/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": "0.1.20220216",
    "status_code": 20000,
    "status_message": "Ok.",
    "time": "0.8135 sec.",
    "cost": 0.0105,
    "tasks_count": 1,
    "tasks_error": 0,
    "tasks": [
        {
            "id": "02221820-2806-0375-0000-66ac04dab3e3",
            "status_code": 20000,
            "status_message": "Ok.",
            "time": "0.6317 sec.",
            "cost": 0.0105,
            "result_count": 1,
            "path": [
                "v3",
                "dataforseo_labs",
                "amazon",
                "product_competitors",
                "live"
            ],
            "data": {
                "api": "dataforseo_labs",
                "function": "product_competitors",
                "se_type": "amazon",
                "asin": "019005476X",
                "language_name": "English",
                "location_code": 2840,
                "limit": 5
            },
            "result": [
                {
                    "se_type": "amazon",
                    "asin": "019005476X",
                    "location_code": 2840,
                    "language_code": "en",
                    "total_count": 104,
                    "items_count": 5,
                    "items": [
                        {
                            "se_type": "amazon",
                            "asin": "019005476X",
                            "avg_position": 15.5,
                            "sum_position": 62,
                            "intersections": 4,
                            "competitor_metrics": {
                                "amazon_serp": {
                                    "pos_1": 1,
                                    "pos_2_3": 0,
                                    "pos_4_10": 1,
                                    "pos_11_100": 2,
                                    "count": 4,
                                    "search_volume": 3100
                                },
                                "amazon_paid": {
                                    "pos_1": 0,
                                    "pos_2_3": 0,
                                    "pos_4_10": 0,
                                    "pos_11_100": 0,
                                    "count": 0,
                                    "search_volume": 0
                                }
                            },
                            "full_metrics": {
                                "amazon_serp": {
                                    "pos_1": 1,
                                    "pos_2_3": 0,
                                    "pos_4_10": 1,
                                    "pos_11_100": 2,
                                    "count": 4,
                                    "search_volume": 3100
                                },
                                "amazon_paid": {
                                    "pos_1": 0,
                                    "pos_2_3": 0,
                                    "pos_4_10": 0,
                                    "pos_11_100": 0,
                                    "count": 0,
                                    "search_volume": 0
                                }
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "se_type": "amazon",
                            "asin": "0197543812",
                            "avg_position": 1,
                            "sum_position": 2,
                            "intersections": 2,
                            "competitor_metrics": {
                                "amazon_serp": {
                                    "pos_1": 2,
                                    "pos_2_3": 0,
                                    "pos_4_10": 0,
                                    "pos_11_100": 0,
                                    "count": 2,
                                    "search_volume": 1100
                                },
                                "amazon_paid": {
                                    "pos_1": 0,
                                    "pos_2_3": 0,
                                    "pos_4_10": 0,
                                    "pos_11_100": 0,
                                    "count": 0,
                                    "search_volume": 0
                                }
                            },
                            "full_metrics": {
                                "amazon_serp": {
                                    "pos_1": 2,
                                    "pos_2_3": 1,
                                    "pos_4_10": 0,
                                    "pos_11_100": 1,
                                    "count": 4,
                                    "search_volume": 1300
                                },
                                "amazon_paid": {
                                    "pos_1": 0,
                                    "pos_2_3": 0,
                                    "pos_4_10": 0,
                                    "pos_11_100": 0,
                                    "count": 0,
                                    "search_volume": 0
                                }
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "se_type": "amazon",
                            "asin": "0192854259",
                            "avg_position": 6.5,
                            "sum_position": 13,
                            "intersections": 2,
                            "competitor_metrics": {
                                "amazon_serp": {
                                    "pos_1": 0,
                                    "pos_2_3": 1,
                                    "pos_4_10": 1,
                                    "pos_11_100": 0,
                                    "count": 2,
                                    "search_volume": 1100
                                },
                                "amazon_paid": {
                                    "pos_1": 0,
                                    "pos_2_3": 0,
                                    "pos_4_10": 0,
                                    "pos_11_100": 0,
                                    "count": 0,
                                    "search_volume": 0
                                }
                            },
                            "full_metrics": {
                                "amazon_serp": {
                                    "pos_1": 1,
                                    "pos_2_3": 2,
                                    "pos_4_10": 2,
                                    "pos_11_100": 2,
                                    "count": 7,
                                    "search_volume": 1800
                                },
                                "amazon_paid": {
                                    "pos_1": 0,
                                    "pos_2_3": 0,
                                    "pos_4_10": 0,
                                    "pos_11_100": 0,
                                    "count": 0,
                                    "search_volume": 0
                                }
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "se_type": "amazon",
                            "asin": "0895554690",
                            "avg_position": 5.5,
                            "sum_position": 11,
                            "intersections": 2,
                            "competitor_metrics": {
                                "amazon_serp": {
                                    "pos_1": 0,
                                    "pos_2_3": 1,
                                    "pos_4_10": 1,
                                    "pos_11_100": 0,
                                    "count": 2,
                                    "search_volume": 1100
                                },
                                "amazon_paid": {
                                    "pos_1": 0,
                                    "pos_2_3": 0,
                                    "pos_4_10": 0,
                                    "pos_11_100": 0,
                                    "count": 0,
                                    "search_volume": 0
                                }
                            },
                            "full_metrics": {
                                "amazon_serp": {
                                    "pos_1": 0,
                                    "pos_2_3": 1,
                                    "pos_4_10": 1,
                                    "pos_11_100": 3,
                                    "count": 5,
                                    "search_volume": 1300
                                },
                                "amazon_paid": {
                                    "pos_1": 1,
                                    "pos_2_3": 0,
                                    "pos_4_10": 0,
                                    "pos_11_100": 0,
                                    "count": 1,
                                    "search_volume": 600
                                }
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "se_type": "amazon",
                            "asin": "0195052161",
                            "avg_position": 39.5,
                            "sum_position": 79,
                            "intersections": 2,
                            "competitor_metrics": {
                                "amazon_serp": {
                                    "pos_1": 0,
                                    "pos_2_3": 0,
                                    "pos_4_10": 0,
                                    "pos_11_100": 2,
                                    "count": 2,
                                    "search_volume": 1100
                                },
                                "amazon_paid": {
                                    "pos_1": 0,
                                    "pos_2_3": 0,
                                    "pos_4_10": 0,
                                    "pos_11_100": 0,
                                    "count": 0,
                                    "search_volume": 0
                                }
                            },
                            "full_metrics": {
                                "amazon_serp": {
                                    "pos_1": 1,
                                    "pos_2_3": 2,
                                    "pos_4_10": 1,
                                    "pos_11_100": 3,
                                    "count": 7,
                                    "search_volume": 2100
                                },
                                "amazon_paid": {
                                    "pos_1": 0,
                                    "pos_2_3": 0,
                                    "pos_4_10": 0,
                                    "pos_11_100": 0,
                                    "count": 0,
                                    "search_volume": 0
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

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. 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
asin string product ID
required field
unique product identifier (ASIN) on Amazon;
you can receive the asin parameter by making a separate request to the Amazon Products endpoint
location_name string full name of the location
required field if don’t specify location_code
you can receive the list of available locations with their location_name by making a separate request to
https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/dataforseo_labs/locations_and_languages;
Note: this endpoint currently supports the US, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates locations only;
example:
United States
location_code integer location code
required field if don’t specify location_name
you can receive the list of available locations with their location_code by making a separate request to
https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/dataforseo_labs/locations_and_languages;
Note: this endpoint currently supports the US, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates locations only;
example:
2840
language_name string full name of the language
required field if don’t 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/dataforseo_labs/locations_and_languages
example:
English
language_code string language code
required field if don’t 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/dataforseo_labs/locations_and_languages
example:
en
limit integer the maximum number of products in the results array
optional field
default value: 100;
maximum value: 1000
filters array 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, <, <=, >, >=, =, <>, in, not_in, like, not_like
you can use the % operator with like and not_like to match any string of zero or more characters
example:
["full_metrics.amazon_serp.pos_1",">", 20]
for more information about filters, please refer to Dataforseo Labs – Filters or this help center guide
order_by array 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 parameter
example:
["full_metrics.amazon_serp.pos_1,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:
["full_metrics.amazon_serp.pos_1,desc","avg_position,desc"]
default rule:
["ranked_serp_element.serp_item.rank_group,asc"]
offset integer offset in the results array of returned product competitors
optional field
default value: 0
if you specify the 10 value, the first ten product competitors in the results array will be omitted and the data will be provided for the successive product competitors
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
            se_type string search engine type
            asin string ASIN in a POST array
            location_code integer location code in a POST array
if there is no data, then the value is null
            language_code string language code in a POST array
if there is no data, then the value is null
            total_count integer total amount of results in our database relevant to your request
            items_count integer the number of results returned in the items array
            items array contains detected Amazon product competitors and related data
                  se_type string search engine type
                  asin string ASIN of the product
unique product identifier on Amazon;
for more information, refer to this help center guide
                  avg_position float average position of the product in Amazon SERP
Note: average position is calculated for intersected keywords only;
the value for a given product may differ when combined with different target products
                  sum_position integer sum of all product positions in Amazon SERP
Note: average position is calculated for intersected keywords only;
the value for a given product may differ when combined with different target products
                  intersections integer number of intersecting keywords
                  competitor_metrics object metrics for intersecting keywords
ranking data relevant to the keywords that the provided asin shares with the target asin;
Note: in this object ranking data is provided for the returned competitor’s asin
                      amazon_serp object ranking data from Amazon organic SERP
                          pos_1 integer number of organic SERPs where the product ranks #1
                          pos_2_3 integer number of organic SERPs where the product ranks #2-3
                          pos_4_10 integer number of organic SERPs where the product ranks #4-10
                          pos_11_100 integer number of organic SERPs where the product ranks #11-100
                          count integer total count of Amazon organic SERPs that contain the product
                          search_volume integer total search volume of the product’s ranking keywords in organic SERP
                      amazon_paid object ranking data from Amazon paid SERP
                          pos_1 integer number of paid SERPs where the product ranks #1
                          pos_2_3 integer number of paid SERPs where the product ranks #2-3
                          pos_4_10 integer number of paid SERPs where the product ranks #4-10
                          pos_11_100 integer number of paid SERPs where the product ranks #11-100
                          count integer total count of Amazon paid SERPs that contain the product
                          search_volume integer total search volume of the product’s ranking keywords in paid SERP
                  full_metrics object metrics for all keywords of the product
full overview of ranking data relevant to all keywords that the provided asin is ranking for
                      amazon_serp object ranking data from Amazon organic SERP
                          pos_1 integer number of organic SERPs where the product ranks #1
                          pos_2_3 integer number of organic SERPs where the product ranks #2-3
                          pos_4_10 integer number of organic SERPs where the product ranks #4-10
                          pos_11_100 integer number of organic SERPs where the product ranks #11-100
                          count integer total count of Amazon organic SERPs that contain the product
                          search_volume integer total search volume of the product’s ranking keywords in organic SERP
                      amazon_paid object ranking data from Amazon paid SERP
                          pos_1 integer number of paid SERPs where the product ranks #1
                          pos_2_3 integer number of paid SERPs where the product ranks #2-3
                          pos_4_10 integer number of paid SERPs where the product ranks #4-10
                          pos_11_100 integer number of paid SERPs where the product ranks #11-100
                          count integer total count of Amazon paid SERPs that contain the product
                          search_volume integer total search volume of the product’s ranking keywords in paid SERP

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