Setting Live ‘Bulk Clickstream Search Volume’ Tasks
The Bulk Clickstream Search Volume endpoint of DataForSEO Keywords Data API is designed to provide clickstream-based search volume data for up to 1000 keywords in a single Live request. What’s more, it offers historical search volume values for up to 12 months (depending on keywords, location, and language parameters).
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 "https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/clickstream_data/bulk_search_volume/live" \
--header "Authorization: Basic c3VwcG9ydEBkYXRhZm9yc2VvLmNvbTpTUnJYVHp2UGtFSjgzdXlz" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-raw "[
{
"location_code": 2840,
"tag": "test-tag",
"keywords": [
"you tube",
"youtube",
"youtub"
]
}
]"
<?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(
"location_name" => "United States",
"keywords" => array(
"you tube",
"youtube",
"youtub"
)
);
try {
// POST /v3/keywords_data/clickstream_data/bulk_search_volume/live
// the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
$result = $client->post('/v3/keywords_data/clickstream_data/bulk_search_volume/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(
location_name="United States",
keywords=[
"you tube",
"youtube",
"youtub"
]
)
# POST /v3/keywords_data/clickstream_data/bulk_search_volume/live
# the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
response = client.post("/v3/keywords_data/clickstream_data/bulk_search_volume/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 keywords_data_clickstream_bulk_search_volume_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
{
location_name = "United States",
keywords = new[]
{
"you tube",
"youtube",
"youtub"
}
});
// POST /v3/keywords_data/clickstream_data/bulk_search_volume/live
// the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
var taskPostResponse = await httpClient.PostAsync("/v3/keywords_data/clickstream_data/bulk_search_volume/live", 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:
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. The maximum number of requests that can be sent simultaneously is limited to 30.
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
target keywords required field
UTF-8 encoding
maximum number of keywords you can specify in this array: 1000;
each keyword should be at least 3 characters long;
the keywords will be converted to lowercase format; Note: certain symbols and characters (e.g., UTF symbols, emojis) are not allowed
to learn more about which symbols and characters can be used, please refer to this article
learn more about rules and limitations of keyword and keywords fields in DataForSEO APIs in this Help Center article
location_name
string
full name of the location required field if you don’t specifylocation_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 the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/clickstream_data/locations_and_languages
example: United Kingdom
location_code
integer
location code required field if you don’t specifylocation_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 the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/clickstream_data/locations_and_languages
example: 2840
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
location_code
integer
location code in a POST array
items_count
integer
the number of results returned in the items array
items
array
contains keywords and related data
keyword
string
keyword keyword is returned with decoded %## (plus character ‘+’ will be decoded to a space character)
search_volume
integer
clickstream-based average monthly search volume rate
represents the (approximate) number of searches for the given keyword idea based on clickstream
you can learn more about clickstream search volume in this Help Center article
monthly_searches
array
monthly searches
represents the (approximate) number of searches on this keyword idea (as available for the past twelve months), targeted to the specified geographic locations