---
title: "Setting Bing ‘Search Volume History’ Tasks"
url: "https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/bing/search_volume_history/task_post/"
date: "2026-06-06"
---

## Setting Bing ‘Search Volume History’ Tasks

  
This endpoint will provide you with historical search volume data for up to 1000 keywords in one request. You can get search volume for keywords in monthly, weekly, or daily format and specify the device type.

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.

Historical data is available for two previous years.

 

 

 ![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/search\_volume\_history/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 will get information for every single keyword in an array.

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/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 |
|---|---|---|
| `keywords` | array | *keywords*   **required field**   The maximum number of keywords you can specify: 1000   The maximum number of characters for each keyword: 100   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) |
| `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/search_volume_history/locations_and_languages`   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/search_volume_history/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 languages of the search engines with their `language_code` by making a separate request to `https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/bing/search_volume_history/locations_and_languages` |
| `language_code` | string | *search engine language code*   **required field if you don’t specify** `language_name`   if you use this field, you don’t need to specify `language_name`   you can receive the list of available languages of the search engines with their `language_code` by making a separate request to `https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/bing/search_volume_history/locations_and_languages` |
| `device` | array | *device types*   optional field   specify this field if you want to get the data for a particular device types   possible values: `mobile`, `desktop`, `tablet`, `non_smartphones`   default value: `["mobile", "desktop", "tablet", "non_smartphones"]` |
| `period` | string | *aggregates the returned data to a certain time period*   optional field   specify this field if you want to get the data in monthly, weekly or daily format possible values: `monthly`, `weekly`, `daily`  `monthly` – returns data up to past 24 months   `weekly` – returns data up to past 15 weeks   `daily` – returns data up to past 45 days  default value: `monthly` |
| `date_from` | string | *starting date of the time range*   optional field   minimum value: two years back from today’s date   maximum value: one day from today’s date   date format: `"yyyy-mm-dd"`   example:   `"2020-01-01"`**Note:** we do not recommend using a custom time range  **Note 2:** if `date_from` and `date_to` parameters are not specified, the data will be returned for the past 24 months  if you specify the `period` parameter:  with value `weekly`, you will get results for the past 15 weeks   with value `daily`, you will get results for the past 45 days |
| `date_to` | string | *ending date of the time range*   optional field minimum value: two years back from today’s date;   maximum value: one day from today’s date;   date format: `"yyyy-mm-dd"`   example:   `"2020-03-15"`  **Note:** we do not recommend using a custom time range  **Note 2:** if `date_from` and `date_to` parameters are not specified, the data will be returned for the past 24 months  if you specify the `period` parameter:  with value `weekly`, you will get results for the past 15 weeks   with value `daily`, you will get results for the past 45 days |
| `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*   **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/search_volume_history/task_post" 
--header "Authorization: Basic ${cred}"  
--header "Content-Type: application/json" 
--data-raw '[
  {
    "location_code": 2840,
    "language_code": "en",
    "keywords": [
      "10 minute timer"
    ]
  }
]'
```





```php
<?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/';
try {
   // Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access
   $client = new RestClient($api_url, null, 'login', 'password');
} 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";
   exit();
}
$post_array = array();
// simple way to set a task
$post_array[] = array(
   "location_name" => "United States",
   "keywords" => array(
      "average page rpm adsense"
   )
);
// after a task is completed, we will send a GET request to the address you specify
// instead of $id and $tag, you will receive actual values that are relevant to this task
$post_array[] = array(
   "language_code" => "en",
   "location_code" => 2840,
   "keywords" => array(
      "adsense blank ads how long"
   ),
   "tag" => "some_string_123",
   "pingback_url" => 'https://your-server.com/pingscript?id=$id&tag=$tag'
);
// after a task is completed, we will send a POST request to the address you specify
// instead of $id and $tag, you will receive actual values that are relevant to this task
$post_array[] = array(
   "location_name" => "United States",
   "language_name" => "English",
   "keywords" => array(
      "leads and prospects"
   ),
   "postback_url" => "https://your-server.com/postbackscript"
);
try {
   // POST /v3/keywords_data/bing/search_volume_history/task_post
   $result = $client->post('/v3/keywords_data/bing/search_volume_history/task_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({
  "language_code": "en",
  "location_code": 2840,
  "keywords": ["average page rpm adsense"]
});

const axios = require('axios');

axios({
  method: 'post',
  url: 'https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/bing/search_volume_history/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",
    keywords=[
        "average page rpm adsense"
    ]
)
# after a task is completed, we will send a GET request to the address you specify
# instead of $id and $tag, you will receive actual values that are relevant to this task
post_data[len(post_data)] = dict(
    language_code="en",
    location_code=2840,
    keywords=[
        "adsense blank ads how long"
    ],
    tag="some_string_123",
    pingback_url="https://your-server.com/pingscript?id=$id&tag=$tag"
)
# after a task is completed, we will send a POST request to the address you specify
# instead of $id and $tag, you will receive actual values that are relevant to this task
post_data[len(post_data)] = dict(
    location_name="United States",
    language_name="English",
    keywords=[        
        "leads and prospects"
    ],
    postback_url="https://your-server.com/postbackscript"
)
# POST /v3/keywords_data/bing/search_volume/task_post
response = client.post("/v3/keywords_data/bing/search_volume_history/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_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<object>();
            // simple way to set a task
            postData.Add(new
            {
                location_name = "United States",
                keywords = new[]
                {
                    "average page rpm adsense"
                }
            });
            // after a task is completed, we will send a GET request to the address you specify
            // instead of $id and $tag, you will receive actual values that are relevant to this task
            postData.Add(new
            {
                language_code = "en",
                location_code = 2840,
                keywords = new[]
                {
                    "adsense blank ads how long"
                },
                tag = "some_string_123",
                pingback_url = "https://your-server.com/pingscript?id=$id&tag=$tag"
            });
            // after a task is completed, we will send a GET request to the address you specify
            // instead of $id and $tag you will receive actual values that are relevant to this task
            postData.Add(new
            {
                location_name = "United States",
                language_name = "English",
                keywords = new[]
                {
                    "leads and prospects"
                },
                postback_url = "https://your-server.com/postbackscript"                
            });
            // POST /v3/keywords_data/bing/search_volume_history/task_post
            var taskPostResponse = await httpClient.PostAsync("/v3/keywords_data/bing/search_volume_history/task_post", new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(postData)));
            var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<dynamic>(await taskPostResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
            // you can find the full list of the response codes here https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors
            if (result.status_code == 20000)
            {
                // do something with result
                Console.WriteLine(result);
            }
            else
                Console.WriteLine($"error. Code: {result.status_code} Message: {result.status_message}");
        }
    }
}
```





> The above command returns JSON structured like this:

```
{
  "version": "0.1.20240626",
  "status_code": 20000,
  "status_message": "Ok.",
  "time": "0.0611 sec.",
  "cost": 0.05,
  "tasks_count": 1,
  "tasks_error": 0,
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "07101317-1535-0260-0000-5f5e20c3d82e",
      "status_code": 20100,
      "status_message": "Task Created.",
      "time": "0.0019 sec.",
      "cost": 0.05,
      "result_count": 0,
      "path": [
        "v3",
        "keywords_data",
        "bing",
        "search_volume_history",
        "task_post"
      ],
      "data": {
        "api": "keywords_data",
        "function": "search_volume_history",
        "se": "bing",
        "location_code": 2840,
        "language_code": "en",
        "keywords": [
          "10 minute timer"
        ]
      },
      "result": null
    }
  ]
}
```









 

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