Note that the structure of DataForSEO Labs API requests and responses was updated on 2022-03-19. However, we will continue supporting the legacy version documented here. You can review the documentation of the new version by this link.
The Keyword Suggestions endpoint provides search queries that include the specified seed keyword.
The algorithm is based on the full-text search for the specified keyword and therefore returns only those search terms that contain the keyword you set in the POST array with additional words before, after, or within the specified key phrase. Returned keyword suggestions can contain the words from the specified key phrase in a sequence different from the one you specify.
As a result, you will get a list of long-tail keywords with each keyword in the list matching the specified search term.
Along with each suggested keyword, you will get its search volume rate for the last month, search volume trend for the previous 12 months, as well as current cost-per-click and competition values. Moreover, this endpoint supplies minimum, maximum and average values of daily impressions, clicks and CPC for each result.
Datasource: DataForSEO Keyword Database Search algorithm: full-text search for terms that match the specified seed keyword with additional words included before, after, or within the seed key phrase. Examples
Specified seed keyword: “keyword research”
Resulting suggestions: •”google research keyword”, •”how to do keyword research”, •”keyword competitor research”, •”how to do keyword research for content marketing”
Instead of ‘login’ and ‘password’ use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access
<?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(
"keyword" => "phone",
"location_code" => 2840,
"filters" => [
["impressions_info.ad_position_average", ">", 1],
"and",
[
["impressions_info.cpc_max", "<", 0.5],
"or",
["impressions_info.daily_clicks_max", ">=", 10]
]
]
);
try {
// POST /v3/dataforseo_labs/keyword_suggestions/live
$result = $client->post('/v3/dataforseo_labs/keyword_suggestions/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;
?>
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(
keyword="phone",
location_name="United States",
filters=[
["impressions_info.ad_position_average", ">", 1],
"and",
[
["impressions_info.cpc_max", "<", 0.5],
"or",
["impressions_info.daily_clicks_max", ">=", 10]
]
]
)
# POST /v3/dataforseo_labs/keyword_suggestions/live
response = client.post("/v3/dataforseo_labs/keyword_suggestions/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_keyword_suggestions_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
{
keyword = "phone",
location_name = "United States",
filters = new object[]
{
new object[] { "impressions_info.ad_position_average", ">", 1 },
"and",
new object[]
{
new object[] { "impressions_info.cpc_max", "<", 0.5 },
"or",
new object[] { "impressions_info.daily_clicks_max", ">=", 10 }
}
}
});
// POST /v3/dataforseo_labs/keyword_suggestions/live
// the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
var taskPostResponse = await httpClient.PostAsync("/v3/dataforseo_labs/keyword_suggestions/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:
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
keyword
string
keyword required field
UTF-8 encoding
a keyword should be at least 3 characters long;
the keywords will be converted to lowercase format
location_name
string
full name of the location
optional field
if you use this field, you don’t need to specify 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/dataforseo_labs/locations_and_languages
ignore this field to get the results for all available locations
example: United Kingdom
location_code
integer
location code
optional field
if you use this field, you don’t need to specify location_name
you can receive the list of available locations with their location_code by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/dataforseo_labs/locations_and_languages
ignore this field to get the results for all available locations
example: 2840
include_seed_keyword
boolean
include data for the seed keyword
optional field
if set to true, data for the seed keyword specified in the keyword field will be provided in the seed_keyword_data array of the response
default value: false
include_serp_info
boolean
include data from SERP for each keyword
optional field
if set to true, we will return a serp_info array containing SERP data (number of search results, relevant URL, and SERP features) for every keyword in the response
default value: false
exact_match
boolean
search for the exact phrase
optional field
if set to true, the returned keywords will include the exact keyword phrase you specified, with potentially other words before or after that phrase
default value: true
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, like, not_like
you can use the % operator with like and not_like to match any string of zero or more characters
example: ["keyword_info.search_volume",">",0]
[["impressions_info.ad_position_average",">",1],
"and",
[["impressions_info.cpc_max","<",0.5],"or",["impressions_info.daily_clicks_max",">=",10]]]
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
a comma is used as a separator
example: ["keyword_info.competition,desc"]
default rule: ["keyword_info.search_volume,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: ["keyword_info.search_volume,desc","keyword_info.cpc,desc"]
limit
integer
the maximum number of returned keywords
optional field
default value: 100
maximum value: 1000
offset
integer
offset in the results array of returned keywords
optional field
default value: 0
if you specify the 10 value, the first ten keywords in the results array will be omitted and the data will be provided for the successive keywords
offset_token
string
offset token for subsequent requests
optional field
provided in the identical filed of the response to each request;
use this parameter to avoid timeouts while trying to obtain over 10,000 results in a single request;
by specifying the unique offset_token value from the response array, you will get the subsequent results of the initial task; offset_token values are unique for each subsequent task Note: if the offset_token is specified in the request, all other parameters except limit will not be taken into account when processing a task.
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
seed_keyword
string
keyword in a POST array
seed_keyword_data
array
keyword data for the seed keyword
fields in the array are identical to that of the items 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
offset
integer
current offset value
offset_token
string
offset token for subsequent requests
you can use the string provided in this field to get the subsequent results of the initial task; note:offset_token values are unique for each subsequent task
items
array
contains keywords and related data
keyword
string
keyword suggestion
location_code
integer
location code in a POST array
language_code
string
language code in a POST array
keyword_info
object
keyword data for the returned keyword
last_updated_time
string
date and time when keyword data was updated
in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00”
example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
competition
float
competition
represents the relative amount of competition associated with the given keyword
this value is based on Google Ads data and can be between 0 and 1 (inclusive)
cpc
float
cost-per-click
represents the average cost per click (USD) historically paid for the keyword
search_volume
integer
average monthly search volume rate
represents the (approximate) number of searches for the given keyword idea on google.com
monthly searches
represents the (approximate) number of searches for this keyword idea (as available for the past twelve months), targeted to the specified geographic locations
year
integer
year
month
integer
month
search_volume
integer
monthly average search volume rate
keyword_properties
object
additional information about the keyword
core_keyword
string
main keyword in a group
contains the main keyword in a group of keywords that share similarities across the keyword_info parameters
if the value is null, our database does not contain any keywords that match these criteria
keyword_difficulty
integer
difficulty of ranking in the first top-10 organic results for a keyword
indicates the chance of getting in top-10 organic results for a keyword on a logarithmic scale from 0 to 100;
calculated by analysing, among other parameters, link profiles of the first 10 pages in SERP;
learn more about the metric in this help center guide
impressions_info
object
impressions data for the returned keyword idea daily_impressions values provide a more accurate alternative to Google search volume data;
the 999 bid is used to mitigate account-specific factors Google considers when calculating impressions
learn more about impressions in this help center article
last_updated_time
string
date and time when impressions data was updated
in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00”
example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
bid
integer
the maximum CPC
it stands for the price you are willing to pay for an ad. The higher value, the higher positions and price you will get
we return the results for the 999 bid value to provide the highest number of impressions and level down the account-specific factors
match
string
keyword match-type
can take the following values: exact, broad, phrase
ad_position_min
float
the minimum ad position
represents the minimum position of the advertisement
ad_position_max
float
the maximum ad position
represents the maximum position of the advertisement
ad_position_average
float
the average ad position
represents the average position of the advertisement
cpc_min
float
the minimum value of cost-per-click
the minimum cost-per-click (USD) for the keyword given that a bid is set to 999; note: this field does not represent an actual CPC value;
you can find an actual CPC value for a keyword in the cpc field of the keyword_info object
cpc_max
float
the maximum value of cost-per-click
the maximum cost-per-click (USD) for the keyword given that a bid is set to 999; note: this field does not represent an actual CPC value;
you can find an actual CPC value for a keyword in the cpc field of the keyword_info object
cpc_average
float
the average value of cost-per-click
the average cost-per-click (USD) for the keyword given that a bid is set to 999; note: this field does not represent an actual CPC value;
you can find an actual CPC value for a keyword in the cpc field of the keyword_info object
daily_impressions_min
float
the minimum value of daily impressions
represents the minimum number of daily impressions of the advertisement given that that a bid is set to 999;
provides a more accurate alternative to Google search volume data
daily_impressions_max
float
the maximum value of daily impressions
represents the maximum number of daily impressions of the advertisement given that that a bid is set to 999;
provides a more accurate alternative to Google search volume data
daily_impressions_average
float
the average value of daily impressions
represents the average number of daily impressions of the advertisement given that that a bid is set to 999;
provides a more accurate alternative to Google search volume data
daily_clicks_min
float
the minimum value of daily clicks
represents the minimum number of daily clicks on the advertisement
daily_clicks_max
float
the maximum value of daily clicks
represents the maximum number of daily clicks on the advertisement
daily_clicks_average
float
the average value of daily clicks
represents the average number of daily clicks on the advertisement
daily_cost_min
float
the minimum daily charge value
represents the minimum daily cost of the advertisement (USD)
daily_cost_max
float
the maximum daily charge value
represents the maximum daily cost of the advertisement (USD)
daily_cost_average
float
the average daily charge value
represents the average daily cost of the advertisement (USD)
bing_keyword_info
object
keyword data based on bing ads note: bing data is available for a limited number of locations and languages
last_updated_time
string
date and time when keyword data was last updated
in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00”
example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
search_volume
integer
monthly number of searches on bing
represents the number of searches for the given keyword idea on bing.com for the past month
monthly_searches
array
monthly searches
represents the number of monthly Bing searches on the returned keyword in the given location
year
integer
year
month
integer
month
search_volume
integer
monthly average search volume rate
serp_info
object
SERP data
the value will be null if you didn’t set the field include_serp_info to true in the POST array or if there is no SERP data for this keyword in our database
check_url
string
direct URL to search engine results
you can use it to make sure that we provided accurate results
serp_item_types
array
types of search results in SERP
contains types of search results (items) found in SERP
possible item types: answer_box, app, carousel, multi_carousel, featured_snippet, google_flights, google_reviews, images, jobs, knowledge_graph, local_pack, map, organic, paid, people_also_ask, related_searches, people_also_search, shopping, top_stories, twitter, video, events, mention_carousel, recipes, top_sights, scholarly_articles, popular_products, podcasts, questions_and_answers, find_results_on, stocks_box; note that the actual results will be returned only for organic, paid, featured_snippet, and local_pack elements
se_results_count
string
number of search results for the returned keyword
last_updated_time
string
date and time when SERP data was updated
in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00”
example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
