Google Play App Competitors Live

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This endpoint will provide you with a list of mobile applications that intersect with the target app for its ranking keywords on Google Play. You will obtain the IDs of competitor apps along with search volume and ranking data on competitor ranking keywords.

The returned results are specific to the app_id specified in a POST request.

The app_id parameter can be found on the Google Play website as a part of a URL pointing to a specific mobile application. For example, here is the URL of the Telegram app on Google Play:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.telegram.messenger

The app_id of this app is org.telegram.messenger

checked POST
Pricing

Your account will be charged for each request.
The cost can be calculated on the Pricing page.

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
app_id string id of the app
required field
ID of the mobile application on Google Play;
you can find the ID in the URL of every app listed on Google Play;
example:
in the URL https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.telegram.messenger
the id is org.telegram.messenger
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
https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/dataforseo_labs/locations_and_languages;
Note: this endpoint currently supports the US location only;
example:
United States
location_code integer location code
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
https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/dataforseo_labs/locations_and_languages;
Note: this endpoint currently supports the US location only;
example:
2840
language_name string full name of the language
required field if you don’t specify language_code
Note: it is required to specify either language_name or 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;
Note: this endpoint currently supports the English language only;
example:
English
language_code string language code
required field if you don’t specify language_name
Note: it is required to specify either language_name or language_code
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;
Note: this endpoint currently supports the English language only
example:
en
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:
<, <=, >, >=, =, <>, in, not_in
example:
["intersections",">",500]

[["competitor_metrics.google_play_search_organic.pos_1","<>",10],"and",["avg_position",">=","10"]]

[[["intersections",">=",50],"and",["competitor_metrics.google_play_search_organic.pos_1","in",[1,5]]],
"or",
["sum_position",">=","10000"]]
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 specify a sorting type;
example:
["intersections,asc"]
Note: you can set no more than three sorting rules in a single request;
you should use a comma to separate several sorting rules;
example:
["intersections,desc","sum_position,asc"]

default rule:
["intersections,desc"]
Note: if the item_types array contains item types that are different from organic, the results will be ordered by the first item type in the array
limit integer the maximum number of returned apps
optional field
default value: 100
maximum value: 1000
offset integer offset in the results array of returned apps
optional field
default value: 0
if you specify the 10 value, the first ten apps in the results array will be omitted and the data will be provided for the successive keywords
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

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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
            app_id string id of the app in a POST array
            location_code integer location code in a POST array
            language_code string language code in a POST array
            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 data related to the app_id and competitor applications
                se_type string search engine type
                app_id string id of the competitor app
                avg_position float average position of the app in Google Play SERP
Note: average position is calculated for intersected keywords only;
the value for a given application may differ when combined with different target applications
                sum_position integer sum of all app positions in Google Play SERP
Note: sum position is calculated for intersected keywords only;
the value for a given application may differ when combined with different target applications
                intersections integer number of intersecting keywords
                competitor_metrics object metrics for intersecting keywords
ranking data relevant to the keywords that the provided competitor application shares with the app in a POST request;
note: in this array ranking data is provided for the returned competitor’s app_id
                    google_play_search_organic object ranking data from Google Play organic search
                        pos_1 integer number of SERPs where the competitor app ranks #1 in organic results
                        pos_2_3 integer number of SERPs where the competitor app ranks #2-3 in organic results
                        pos_4_10 integer number of SERPs where the competitor app ranks #4-10 in organic results
                        pos_11_100 integer number of SERPs where the competitor app ranks #11-100 in organic results
                        count integer total count of organic SERPs that contain the competitor app
                        search_volume integer total search volume of the intersecting keywords in Google Play organic SERP
                full_metrics object metrics for all keywords of the application
full overview of ranking data relevant to all keywords that the provided app_id is ranking for
                    google_play_search_organic object ranking data from Google Play organic search
                        pos_1 integer number of SERPs where the competitor app ranks #1 in organic results
                        pos_2_3 integer number of SERPs where the competitor app ranks #2-3 in organic results
                        pos_4_10 integer number of SERPs where the competitor app ranks #4-10 in organic results
                        pos_11_100 integer number of SERPs where the competitor app ranks #11-100 in organic results
                        count integer total count of organic SERPs that contain the competitor app
                        search_volume integer total search volume of the app’s ranking keywords in Google Play organic SERP

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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/dataforseo_labs/google/app_competitors/live" 
--header "Authorization: Basic ${cred}"  
--header "Content-Type: application/json" 
--data-raw "[
    {
        "app_id": "org.telegram.messenger",
        "language_name": "English",
        "location_code": 2840,
        "limit": 10
    }
]"
<?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(
	"app_id" => "org.telegram.messenger",
	"language_name" => "English",
	"location_code" => 2840,
	"filters" => [
		["intersections", ">=", 500]
	],
	"limit" => 10
);
try {
   // POST /v3/dataforseo_labs/google/app_competitors/live
   $result = $client->post('/v3/dataforseo_labs/google/app_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;
?>
const post_array = [];

post_array.push({
  "app_id": "org.telegram.messenger",
  "language_name": "English",
  "location_code": 2840,
  "filters": [
    ["intersections", ">=", 500]
  ],
  "limit": 10
});

const axios = require('axios');

axios({
  method: 'post',
  url: 'https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/dataforseo_labs/google/app_competitors/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);
});
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(
    app_id="org.telegram.messenger",
    location_name="United States",
    language_name="English",
    filters=[
        ["intersections", ">=", 500]
    ],
    limit=10
)
# POST /v3/dataforseo_labs/google/app_competitors/live
response = client.post("/v3/dataforseo_labs/google/app_competitors/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"]))
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_app_competitors_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
            {
                app_id = "org.telegram.messenger",
                location_name = "United States",
                language_name = "English",
                filters = new object[]
                {
                    new object[] { "intersections", ">=", 500 }
                },
                limit = 10
            });
            // POST /v3/dataforseo_labs/google/app_competitors/live
            // the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
            var taskPostResponse = await httpClient.PostAsync("/v3/dataforseo_labs/google/app_competitors/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": "0.1.20220428",
    "status_code": 20000,
    "status_message": "Ok.",
    "time": "1.5293 sec.",
    "cost": 0.011,
    "tasks_count": 1,
    "tasks_error": 0,
    "tasks": [
        {
            "id": "06241605-2806-0450-0000-b8491c4c128d",
            "status_code": 20000,
            "status_message": "Ok.",
            "time": "1.4684 sec.",
            "cost": 0.011,
            "result_count": 1,
            "path": [
                "v3",
                "dataforseo_labs",
                "google",
                "app_competitors",
                "live"
            ],
            "data": {
                "api": "dataforseo_labs",
                "function": "app_competitors",
                "se_type": "google",
                "app_id": "org.telegram.messenger",
                "language_name": "English",
                "location_name": "United States",
                "limit": 10
            },
            "result": [
                {
                    "se_type": "google",
                    "app_id": "org.telegram.messenger",
                    "location_code": 2840,
                    "language_code": "en",
                    "total_count": 40784,
                    "items_count": 10,
                    "items": [
                        {
                            "se_type": "google",
                            "app_id": "org.telegram.messenger",
                            "avg_position": 12.892249279916209,
                            "sum_position": 98471,
                            "intersections": 7638,
                            "competitor_metrics": {
                                "google_play_search_organic": {
                                    "pos_1": 1351,
                                    "pos_2_3": 547,
                                    "pos_4_10": 2023,
                                    "pos_11_100": 3717,
                                    "count": 7638,
                                    "search_volume": 1070587
                                }
                            },
                            "full_metrics": {
                                "google_play_search_organic": {
                                    "pos_1": 1351,
                                    "pos_2_3": 547,
                                    "pos_4_10": 2023,
                                    "pos_11_100": 3717,
                                    "count": 7638,
                                    "search_volume": 1070587
                                }
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "se_type": "google",
                            "app_id": "com.whatsapp",
                            "avg_position": 10.915455035002692,
                            "sum_position": 40540,
                            "intersections": 3714,
                            "competitor_metrics": {
                                "google_play_search_organic": {
                                    "pos_1": 305,
                                    "pos_2_3": 466,
                                    "pos_4_10": 1540,
                                    "pos_11_100": 1403,
                                    "count": 3714,
                                    "search_volume": 561865
                                }
                            },
                            "full_metrics": {
                                "google_play_search_organic": {
                                    "pos_1": 8228,
                                    "pos_2_3": 3789,
                                    "pos_4_10": 9003,
                                    "pos_11_100": 15968,
                                    "count": 36988,
                                    "search_volume": 8796282
                                }
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "se_type": "google",
                            "app_id": "com.facebook.orca",
                            "avg_position": 13.294002352018817,
                            "sum_position": 33913,
                            "intersections": 2551,
                            "competitor_metrics": {
                                "google_play_search_organic": {
                                    "pos_1": 301,
                                    "pos_2_3": 250,
                                    "pos_4_10": 603,
                                    "pos_11_100": 1397,
                                    "count": 2551,
                                    "search_volume": 448972
                                }
                            },
                            "full_metrics": {
                                "google_play_search_organic": {
                                    "pos_1": 3335,
                                    "pos_2_3": 3799,
                                    "pos_4_10": 4290,
                                    "pos_11_100": 6103,
                                    "count": 17527,
                                    "search_volume": 7641177
                                }
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "se_type": "google",
                            "app_id": "com.instagram.android",
                            "avg_position": 13.571540880503145,
                            "sum_position": 34526,
                            "intersections": 2544,
                            "competitor_metrics": {
                                "google_play_search_organic": {
                                    "pos_1": 122,
                                    "pos_2_3": 170,
                                    "pos_4_10": 1022,
                                    "pos_11_100": 1230,
                                    "count": 2544,
                                    "search_volume": 355191
                                }
                            },
                            "full_metrics": {
                                "google_play_search_organic": {
                                    "pos_1": 5910,
                                    "pos_2_3": 3760,
                                    "pos_4_10": 9470,
                                    "pos_11_100": 14393,
                                    "count": 33533,
                                    "search_volume": 8567710
                                }
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "se_type": "google",
                            "app_id": "com.viber.voip",
                            "avg_position": 13.074801504387798,
                            "sum_position": 31288,
                            "intersections": 2393,
                            "competitor_metrics": {
                                "google_play_search_organic": {
                                    "pos_1": 48,
                                    "pos_2_3": 175,
                                    "pos_4_10": 1121,
                                    "pos_11_100": 1049,
                                    "count": 2393,
                                    "search_volume": 439992
                                }
                            },
                            "full_metrics": {
                                "google_play_search_organic": {
                                    "pos_1": 421,
                                    "pos_2_3": 682,
                                    "pos_4_10": 3386,
                                    "pos_11_100": 5412,
                                    "count": 9901,
                                    "search_volume": 2063164
                                }
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "se_type": "google",
                            "app_id": "com.facebook.katana",
                            "avg_position": 17.666986104456157,
                            "sum_position": 36871,
                            "intersections": 2087,
                            "competitor_metrics": {
                                "google_play_search_organic": {
                                    "pos_1": 24,
                                    "pos_2_3": 103,
                                    "pos_4_10": 601,
                                    "pos_11_100": 1359,
                                    "count": 2087,
                                    "search_volume": 318578
                                }
                            },
                            "full_metrics": {
                                "google_play_search_organic": {
                                    "pos_1": 3943,
                                    "pos_2_3": 2883,
                                    "pos_4_10": 3086,
                                    "pos_11_100": 7368,
                                    "count": 17280,
                                    "search_volume": 4227420
                                }
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "se_type": "google",
                            "app_id": "com.snapchat.android",
                            "avg_position": 13.908187134502924,
                            "sum_position": 23783,
                            "intersections": 1710,
                            "competitor_metrics": {
                                "google_play_search_organic": {
                                    "pos_1": 357,
                                    "pos_2_3": 146,
                                    "pos_4_10": 266,
                                    "pos_11_100": 941,
                                    "count": 1710,
                                    "search_volume": 280935
                                }
                            },
                            "full_metrics": {
                                "google_play_search_organic": {
                                    "pos_1": 5682,
                                    "pos_2_3": 3182,
                                    "pos_4_10": 3564,
                                    "pos_11_100": 5870,
                                    "count": 18298,
                                    "search_volume": 2492154
                                }
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "se_type": "google",
                            "app_id": "org.thunderdog.challegram",
                            "avg_position": 5.319460726846424,
                            "sum_position": 9075,
                            "intersections": 1706,
                            "competitor_metrics": {
                                "google_play_search_organic": {
                                    "pos_1": 65,
                                    "pos_2_3": 1095,
                                    "pos_4_10": 398,
                                    "pos_11_100": 148,
                                    "count": 1706,
                                    "search_volume": 257424
                                }
                            },
                            "full_metrics": {
                                "google_play_search_organic": {
                                    "pos_1": 81,
                                    "pos_2_3": 1141,
                                    "pos_4_10": 440,
                                    "pos_11_100": 287,
                                    "count": 1949,
                                    "search_volume": 282207
                                }
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "se_type": "google",
                            "app_id": "com.skype.raider",
                            "avg_position": 15.681622618315918,
                            "sum_position": 25514,
                            "intersections": 1627,
                            "competitor_metrics": {
                                "google_play_search_organic": {
                                    "pos_1": 16,
                                    "pos_2_3": 62,
                                    "pos_4_10": 416,
                                    "pos_11_100": 1133,
                                    "count": 1627,
                                    "search_volume": 274999
                                }
                            },
                            "full_metrics": {
                                "google_play_search_organic": {
                                    "pos_1": 971,
                                    "pos_2_3": 1116,
                                    "pos_4_10": 2407,
                                    "pos_11_100": 5644,
                                    "count": 10138,
                                    "search_volume": 4169041
                                }
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "se_type": "google",
                            "app_id": "org.thoughtcrime.securesms",
                            "avg_position": 14.042724458204335,
                            "sum_position": 22679,
                            "intersections": 1615,
                            "competitor_metrics": {
                                "google_play_search_organic": {
                                    "pos_1": 64,
                                    "pos_2_3": 192,
                                    "pos_4_10": 608,
                                    "pos_11_100": 751,
                                    "count": 1615,
                                    "search_volume": 292243
                                }
                            },
                            "full_metrics": {
                                "google_play_search_organic": {
                                    "pos_1": 1231,
                                    "pos_2_3": 1874,
                                    "pos_4_10": 4378,
                                    "pos_11_100": 4876,
                                    "count": 12359,
                                    "search_volume": 1666650
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}