--- title: "Setting ‘Bing Ads Audience Estimation’ Tasks" url: "https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/bing/audience_estimation/task_post/" date: "2026-06-06" --- ## Setting ‘Bing Ads Audience Estimation’ Tasks This endpoint provides estimated audience size for an ad campaign based on specified targeting criteria. It returns data on the total estimated audience, such as suggested bid and budget for an ad campaign and estimated engagement metrics. This is the Standard method of data retrieval. If you don’t need to receive data in real-time, this method is the best option for you. Set a task and retrieve the results when our system collects them. Execution time depends on the system workload. If your system requires delivering instant results, [the Live method](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/bing/search_volume/live.md) will be a better solution. This method doesn’t require making separate POST and GET requests to the corresponding endpoints. ![checked](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/wp-content/themes/dataforseo/assets/img/icons/checked-circle.svg) POST https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords\_data/bing/audience\_estimation/task\_post Pricing Your account will be charged only for setting a task. The cost can be calculated on the [Pricing](https://dataforseo.com/pricing/keywords-data/bing-ads "Pricing") page. All POST data should be sent in the [JSON](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON) format (UTF-8 encoding). 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, with each POST call containing no more than 100 tasks. If your POST call contains over 100 tasks, the tasks over this limit will return the `40006` error. Visit [DataForSEO Help Center](https://dataforseo.com/help-center/best-practices-for-handling-keywords-data-api-requests) to get practical tips for request handling depending on your Keyword Data API payload volume. You can also retrieve the results of completed tasks using the unique task identifier `id`. Alternatively, we can send them to you as soon as they are ready if you specify the `postback_url` or `pingback_url` when setting a task. Note that if your server doesn’t respond within 10 seconds, the connection will be aborted by timeout, and the task will be transferred to the [tasks\_ready](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/bing/search_volume/tasks_ready.md) list. The error code and message depend on your server’s configuration. See [Help Center](https://dataforseo.com/help-center/pingbacks-postbacks-with-dataforseo-api) to learn more about using pingbacks and postbacks with DataForSEO APIs. 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 | |---|---|---| | `location_name` | string | *full name of search engine location* **required field if you don’t specify** `location_code` or `location_coordinate` **if you use this field, you don’t need to specify `location_code` or `location_coordinate`** you can receive the list of available locations of the search engine with their `location_name` by making a separate request to `https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/bing/locations` example: `London,England,United Kingdom` | | `location_code` | integer | *search engine location code* **required field if you don’t specify** `location_name` or `location_coordinate` **if you use this field, you don’t need to specify `location_name` or `location_coordinate`** you can receive the list of available locations of the search engines with their `location_code` by making a separate request to `https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/bing/locations` example: `2840` | | `location_coordinate` | string | *GPS coordinates of a location* **required field if you don’t specify** `location_name` or `location_code` **if you use this field, you don’t need to specify `location_name` or `location_code`** `location_coordinate` parameter should be specified in the *“latitude,longitude,radius (in km)”* format **the data will be provided for the country the specified coordinates belong to** example: `29.6821525,-82.4098881,100` | | `age` | array | *selection of age ranges for targeting* possible values: `eighteen_to_twenty_four`, `fifty_to_sixty_four`, `sixty_five_and_above`, `thirteen_to_seventeen`, `thirty_five_to_forty_nine`, `twenty_five_to_thirty_four`, `unknown`, `zero_to_twelve` | | `bid` | float | *desired bid setting value in USD* maximum value: 1000 | | `daily_budget` | float | *daily campaign budget value in USD* maximum value: 10000 | | `gender` | array | *gender to target* possible values: `male`, `female`, `unknown` | | `industry` | array | *industry of LinkedIn profile targeting*if you use this field, you can receive the list of available industry names with industry\_id by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords\_data/bing/audience\_estimation/industries example: `806301758` | | `job_function` | array | *job function of LinkedIn profile targeting*if you use this field, you can receive the list of available job function names with job\_function\_id by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords\_data/bing/audience\_estimation/job\_functions example: `806300451` | As a response of the API server, you will receive [JSON](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors.md) **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](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors.md) | | `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 | *unique task identifier in our system* **unique task identifier in the [UUID](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier) 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 response codes [here](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix-errors.md) | | `status_message` | string | *informational message of the task* you can find the full list of general informational messages [here](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix-errors.md) | | `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* in this case, the value will be `null` | > 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/keywords_data/bing/audience_estimation/task_post" --header "Authorization: Basic ${cred}" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data-raw '[ { "location_coordinate": "29.6821525,-82.4098881,100", "age": [ "twenty_five_to_thirty_four", "eighteen_to_twenty_four", "unknown" ], "bid": 1, "daily_budget": 24, "gender": [ "male" ], "industry": [ 806303407, 806301758 ], "job_function": [ 806298607 ] } ]' ``` ```php ``` ```js var request = require('request'); var options = { 'method': 'POST', 'url': 'https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/bing/audience_estimation/task_post', 'headers': { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': '••••••' }, body: JSON.stringify([ { "location_coordinate": "29.6821525,-82.4098881,100", "age": [ "twenty_five_to_thirty_four", "eighteen_to_twenty_four", "unknown" ], "bid": 1, "daily_budget": 24, "gender": [ "male" ], "industry": [ 806303407, 806301758 ], "job_function": [ 806298607 ] } ]) }; request(options, function (error, response) { if (error) throw new Error(error); console.log(response.body); }); ``` ```python 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( location_code=2840, bid=10 ) # POST /v3/keywords_data/bing/audience_estimation/task_post # the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation response = client.post("/v3/keywords_data/bing/audience_estimation/task_post", 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"])) ``` ```csharp 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 keywords_data_bing_audience_estimation_task_post() { 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(); postData.Add(new { location_code = 2840, bid = 10 }); // POST /v3/keywords_data/bing/audience_estimation/task_post // the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation var taskPostResponse = await httpClient.PostAsync("/v3/keywords_data/bing/audience_estimation/task_post", 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": "0.1.20240801", "status_code": 20000, "status_message": "Ok.", "time": "0.1243 sec.", "cost": 0.05, "tasks_count": 1, "tasks_error": 0, "tasks": [ { "id": "09271515-1535-0594-0000-37caebb347d4", "status_code": 20100, "status_message": "Task Created.", "time": "0.0019 sec.", "cost": 0.05, "result_count": 0, "path": [ "v3", "keywords_data", "bing", "audience_estimation", "task_post" ], "data": { "api": "keywords_data", "function": "audience_estimation", "se": "bing", "location_coordinate": "29.6821525,-82.4098881,100", "age": [ "twenty_five_to_thirty_four", "eighteen_to_twenty_four", "unknown" ], "bid": 1, "daily_budget": 24, "gender": [ "male" ], "industry": [ 806303407, 806301758 ], "job_function": [ 806298607 ] }, "result": null } ] } ``` cURL php Node.js Python cSharp