--- title: "Setting ‘Bing Keyword Performance’ Tasks" url: "https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/bing/keyword_performance/task_post/" date: "2026-06-06" --- ## Setting ‘Bing Keyword Performance’ Tasks You can receive a set of keyword performance stats for a group of keywords depending on the specified match type, location and language parameters. Ad position, clicks, impressions, and other keyword metrics are aggregated for the last month for one or all of the following device types: mobile, desktop, tablet. Generally, Bing provides the updated data after the 3rd day of a month. For example, if you request keyword data on August 1st, 2nd, or 3rd, and data for July is not available yet, you will receive the data for June. After the 4th day of a month when the update is completed by Bing, the `month` field in the `result` array will indicate that data is already provided for the previous calendar month. You will get information separately for each keyword specified in a POST array. 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/keyword_performance/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/keyword\_performance/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 send up to 1000 keywords in one `keywords` array. Our system will charge your account per request, no matter what number of keywords an array has, the price for 1 or 1000 keywords will be the same. 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/keyword_performance/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 | |---|---|---| | `keywords` | array | *keywords* **required field** The maximum number of keywords you can specify: 1000 The maximum number of characters for each keyword: 80 The maximum number of words for each keyword phrase: 10 the specified keywords will be converted to lowercase, data will be provided in a separate array learn more about rules and limitations of `keyword` and `keywords` fields in DataForSEO APIs in this [Help Center article](https://dataforseo.com/help-center/rules-and-limitations-of-keyword-and-keywords-fields-in-dataforseo-apis) | | `device` | string | *device type* optional field specify this field if you want to get the data for a particular device typepossible values: `desktop`, `mobile`, `tablet`, `all` default value: `all` | | `match` | string | *keywords match type* optional field can take the following values: `aggregate` returns data across all match types; `broad` returns data for all user queries containing the specified keyword with varying word order; `phrase` returns data for all user queries containing the specified keyword with identical word order; `exact` returns data for user query that matches the specified keyword;**Note:** the `aggregate` match type is applied by default | | `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 and languages by making a separate request to `https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/bing/keyword_performance/locations_and_languages` example: `"United States"` | | `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 and languages by making a separate request to `https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/bing/keyword_performance/locations_and_languages` 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”* format **the data will be provided for the country the specified coordinates belong to** example: `52.6178549,-155.352142` | | `language_name` | string | *full name of search engine language* **required field if you don’t specify** `language_code` **if you use this field, you don’t need to specify `language_code`** you can receive the list of available locations and languages by making a separate request to `https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/bing/keyword_performance/locations_and_languages` example: `English` | | `language_code` | string | *search engine language code* **required field if you don’t specify** `language_name` you can receive the list of available locations and languages by making a separate request to `https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/bing/keyword_performance/locations_and_languages` example: `"en"` | | `postback_url` | string | *URL for sending task results* optional field once the task is completed, we will send a POST request with its results compressed in the `gzip` format to the `postback_url` you specified you can use the ‘$id’ string as a `$id` variable and ‘$tag’ as urlencoded `$tag` variable. We will set the necessary values before sending the request. example: `http://your-server.com/postbackscript?id=$id` `http://your-server.com/postbackscript?id=$id&tag=$tag` **Note:** special characters in `postback_url` will be urlencoded; i.a., the `#` character will be encoded into `%23`learn more on our [Help Center](https://dataforseo.com/help-center/pingbacks-postbacks-with-dataforseo-api) | | `pingback_url` | string | *notification URL of a completed task* optional field when a task is completed we will notify you by GET request sent to the URL you have specified you can use the ‘$id’ string as a `$id` variable and ‘$tag’ as urlencoded `$tag` variable. We will set the necessary values before sending the request example: `http://your-server.com/pingscript?id=$id` `http://your-server.com/pingscript?id=$id&tag=$tag` **Note:** special characters in `pingback_url` will be urlencoded; i.a., the `#` character will be encoded into `%23`learn more on our [Help Center](https://dataforseo.com/help-center/pingbacks-postbacks-with-dataforseo-api) | | `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](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* in the [Universally unique identifier (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/keyword_performance/task_post" --header "Authorization: Basic ${cred}" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data-raw '[ { "location_code": 2840, "language_code": "en", "keywords": [ "dataforseo", "seo", "ranking" ] } ]' ``` ```php getHttpCode()}n"; print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}n"; print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}n"; print $e->getTraceAsString(); echo "n"; exit(); } $post_array = array(); // simple way to set a task $post_array[] = array( "location_name" => "United States", "language_name" => "English", "keywords" => array( "dataforseo", "seo", "ranking" ) ); try { // POST /v3/keywords_data/bing/keyword_performance/post // the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation $result = $client->post('/v3/keywords_data/bing/keyword_performance/post', $post_array); print_r($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; ?> ``` ```js const post_array = []; post_array.push({ "location_name": "United States", "language_name": "English", "keywords": ["dataforseo", "seo", "ranking"] }); const axios = require('axios'); axios({ method: 'post', url: 'https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/bing/keyword_performance/task_post', 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); }); ``` ```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_name="United States", language_name="English", keywords=[ "dataforseo", "seo", "ranking" ] ) # POST /v3/keywords_data/bing/keyword_performance/post # the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation response = client.post("/v3/keywords_data/bing/keyword_performance/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_keyword_performance_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_name = "United States", language_name = "English", keywords = new[] { "dataforseo", "seo", "ranking" } }); // POST /v3/keywords_data/bing/keyword_performance/post // the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation var taskPostResponse = await httpClient.PostAsync("/v3/keywords_data/bing/keyword_performance/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": "0.1.20201021", "status_code": 20000, "status_message": "Ok.", "time": "0.0355 sec.", "cost": 0.05, "tasks_count": 1, "tasks_error": 0, "tasks": [ { "id": "10211520-1535-0254-0000-c960f1bb6e0a", "status_code": 20100, "status_message": "Task Created.", "time": "0.0020 sec.", "cost": 0.05, "result_count": 0, "path": [ "v3", "keywords_data", "bing", "keyword_performance", "task_post" ], "data": { "api": "keywords_data", "function": "keyword_performance", "se": "bing", "location_code": 2840, "language_code": "en", "keywords": [ "dataforseo", "seo", "ranking" ] }, "result": null } ] } ``` cURL php Node.js Python cSharp