Live {{up_se_name}} {{up_se_type}} SERP Regular
Live SERP provides real-time data on search engine results for the specified keyword, search engine, and location.
Live SERP provides real-time data on search engine results for the specified keyword, search engine, and location.
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/';
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();
// You can set only one task at a time
$post_array[] = array(
"language_code" => "en",
"location_code" => 2840,
"keyword" => mb_convert_encoding("albert einstein", "UTF-8")
);
try {
// POST /v3/serp/bing/organic/live/regular
// in addition to 'bing' and 'organic' you can also set other search engine and type parameters
// the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
$result = $client->post('/v3/serp/bing/organic/live/regular', $post_array);
print_r($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;
?>
The above command returns JSON structured like this:
{
"version": "0.1.20220104",
"status_code": 20000,
"status_message": "Ok.",
"time": "9.1028 sec.",
"cost": 0.003,
"tasks_count": 1,
"tasks_error": 0,
"tasks": [
{
"id": "01041715-1535-0121-0000-032d6eeb0564",
"status_code": 20000,
"status_message": "Ok.",
"time": "9.0510 sec.",
"cost": 0.003,
"result_count": 1,
"path": [
"v3",
"serp",
"bing",
"organic",
"live",
"regular"
],
"data": {
"api": "serp",
"function": "live",
"se": "bing",
"se_type": "organic",
"language_code": "en",
"location_code": 2840,
"keyword": "albert einstein",
"device": "desktop",
"os": "windows"
},
"result": [
{
"keyword": "albert einstein",
"type": "organic",
"se_domain": "bing.com",
"location_code": 2840,
"language_code": "en",
"check_url": "https://www.bing.com/search?q=albert%20einstein&count=50&first=1&setlang=en&cc=US&safesearch=Moderate&form=QBLH",
"datetime": "2022-01-04 15:15:17 +00:00",
"spell": null,
"refinement_chips": null,
"item_types": [
"organic",
"related_searches",
"paid"
],
"se_results_count": 5099,
"pages_count": 1,
"items_count": 103,
"items": [
{
"type": "organic",
"rank_group": 1,
"rank_absolute": 1,
"page": 1,
"domain": "www.nobelprize.org",
"title": "Albert Einstein - Biographical - NobelPrize.org",
"description": "Albert Einstein Biographical Questions and Answers on Albert Einstein. A lbert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. Six weeks later the family moved to Munich, where he later on began his schooling at the Luitpold Gymnasium.",
"url": "https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1921/einstein/biographical/",
"breadcrumb": "https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1921/einstein/biographical"
},
{
"type": "paid",
"rank_group": 1,
"rank_absolute": 100,
"page": 1,
"domain": "www.thriftbooks.com",
"title": "Albert Einstein",
"description": "20% Off Referral Discount · Books As Low As $3.59 · Browse Bestsellers · Shop +13 Million Books",
"url": "https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/albert-einstein/203164/?mkwid=%7Cdc&pcrid=76622231541128&pkw=books&pmt=bb&slid=&product=&plc=&pgrid=1225955493531713&ptaid=dat-76622236882576:loc-190&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Bing%20%7C%20Search%20%7C%20Dynamic%20Search%20Ad%20Test&utm_term=books&utm_content=%7Cdc%7Cpcrid%7C76622231541128%7Cpkw%7Cbooks%7Cpmt%7Cbb%7Cproduct%7C%7Cslid%7C%7Cpgrid%7C1225955493531713%7Cptaid%7Cdat-76622236882576:loc-190%7C&msclkid=c4b282514bb51cde5bdee3852f30287e",
"breadcrumb": "https://www.thriftbooks.com"
},
{
"type": "related_searches",
"rank_group": 2,
"rank_absolute": 103,
"page": 1,
"items": [
"albert einstein famous for",
"einstein question quote",
"albert einstein childhood story",
"albert einstein inventions",
"early life of albert einstein",
"albert einstein short bio",
"albert einstein history",
"albert einstein's childhood life"
]
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
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, each Live SERP API call can contain only one task.
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 |
|---|---|---|
url |
string | direct URL of the search query optional field you can specify a direct URL and we will sort it out to the necessary fields. Note that this method is the most difficult for our API to process and also requires you to specify the exact language and location in the URL. In most cases, we wouldn’t recommend using this method. example: https://www.bing.com/search?q=rank%20checker&count=50&first=1&setlang=en&cc=US&safesearch=Moderate&FORM=SEPAGE |
keyword |
string | keyword required field you can specify up to 700 characters in the keyword fieldall %## will be decoded (plus character ‘+’ will be decoded to a space character) if you need to use the “%” character for your keyword, please specify it as “%25”;if you need to use the “+” character for your keyword, please specify it as “%2B”;if this field contains such parameters as ‘allinanchor:’, ‘allintext:’, ‘allintitle:’, ‘allinurl:’, ‘define:’, ‘filetype:’, ‘id:’, ‘inanchor:’, ‘info:’, ‘intext:’, ‘intitle:’, ‘inurl:’, ‘link:’, ‘related:’, ‘site:’ the charge per task will be multiplied by 5 learn more about rules and limitations of |
location_name |
string | full name of search engine location required field if you don’t specify location_code or location_coordinateif you use this field, you don’t need to specify location_code or location_coordinateyou can receive the list of available locations of the search engine with their location_name by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/{{low_se_name}}/locationsexample: London,England,United Kingdom |
location_code |
integer | search engine location code required field if you don’t specify location_name or location_coordinateif you use this field, you don’t need to specify location_name or location_coordinateyou can receive the list of available locations of the search engines with their location_code by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/{{low_se_name}}/locationsexample: 2840 |
location_coordinate |
string | GPS coordinates of a location required field if you don’t specify location_name or location_codeif you use this field, you don’t need to specify location_name or location_codelocation_coordinate parameter should be specified in the “latitude,longitude” formatthe maximum number of decimal digits for “latitude” and “longitude”: 7 example: 53.476225,-2.243572 |
language_name |
string | full name of search engine language required field if you don’t specify language_codeif you use this field, you don’t need to specify language_codeyou can receive the list of available languages of the search engine with their language_name by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/{{low_se_name}}/languagesexample: English |
language_code |
string | search engine language code required field if you don’t specify language_nameif you use this field, you don’t need to specify language_nameyou can receive the list of available languages of the search engine with their language_code by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/{{low_se_name}}/languagesexample: en |
device |
string | device type optional field can take the values: desktop, mobiledefault value: desktop |
os |
string | device operating system optional field if you specify desktop in the device field, choose from the following values: windows, macosdefault value: windowsif you specify mobile in the device field, choose from the following values: android, iosdefault value: android |
depth |
integer | parsing depth optional field number of results in SERP default value: 10max value: 200
|
max_crawl_pages |
integer | page crawl limit optional field number of search results pages to crawl default value: 1max value: 100Note: the max_crawl_pages and depth parameters complement each other;learn more at our help center |
target |
string | target domain, subdomain, or webpage to get results for optional field a domain or a subdomain should be specified without https:// and www.note that the results of target-specific tasks will only include SERP elements that contain a url string;you can also use a wildcard (‘*’) character to specify the search pattern in SERP and narrow down the results; examples: example.com – returns results for the website’s home page with URLs, such as https://example.com, or https://www.example.com/, or https://example.com/;example.com* – returns results for the domain, including all its pages;*example.com* – returns results for the entire domain, including all its pages and subdomains;*example.com – returns results for the home page regardless of the subdomain, such as https://en.example.com;example.com/example-page – returns results for the exact URL;example.com/example-page* – returns results for all domain’s URLs that start with the specified string
|
stop_crawl_on_match |
array | array of targets to stop crawling optional field if specified, the response will contain SERP results up to and including the specified match_value;you can specify up to 10 target values in this array example: "stop_crawl_on_match":[{"match_value":"dataforseo.com","match_type":"with_subdomains"}]learn more about this parameter on our Help Center |
match_value |
string | array of targets to stop crawling required field if stop_crawl_on_match is specified;specify a target domain or wildcard value; Note: domain name must be specified without a request protocol; example: dataforseo.com
|
match_type |
array | array of targets to stop crawling required field if stop_crawl_on_match is specified;type of match for the match_valuepossible values: domain, with_subdomains, wildcard
|
search_param |
string | additional parameters of the search query optional field get the list of available parameters and additional details here |
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 tasksarray |
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 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 |
keyword |
string | keyword received in a POST array keyword is returned with decoded %## (plus character ‘+’ will be decoded to a space character) |
type |
string | search engine type in a POST array |
se_domain |
string | search engine domain in a POST array |
location_code |
integer | location code in a POST array |
language_code |
string | language code in a POST array |
check_url |
string | direct URL to search engine results you can use it to make sure that we provided exact results |
datetime |
string | date and time when the result was received in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00” example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00 |
spell |
object | autocorrection of the search engine if the search engine provided results for a keyword that was corrected, we will specify the keyword corrected by the search engine and the type of autocorrection |
refinement_chips |
object | search refinement chips equals null |
keyword |
string | keyword obtained as a result of search engine autocorrection the results will be provided for the corrected keyword |
type |
string | type of autocorrection possible values: including_results_for |
item_types |
array | types of search results in SERP contains types of search results ( items) found in SERP.possible item types: organic, paid |
se_results_count |
integer | total number of results in SERP |
pages_count |
integer | total pages retrieved total number of retrieved SERPs in the result |
items_count |
integer | the number of results returned in the items array |
items |
array | items in SERP |
| ‘organic’ element in SERP | ||
type |
string | type of element = ‘organic’ |
rank_group |
integer | group rank in SERP position within a group of elements with identical type valuespositions of elements with different type values are omitted from rank_group |
rank_absolute |
integer | absolute rank in SERP absolute position among all the elements in SERP |
page |
integer | search results page number indicates the number of the SERP page on which the element is located |
domain |
string | domain in SERP |
title |
string | title of the result in SERP |
description |
string | description of the results element in SERP |
url |
string | relevant URL in SERP |
breadcrumb |
string | breadcrumb in SERP |
| ‘paid’ element in SERP | ||
type |
string | type of element = ‘paid’ |
rank_group |
integer | group rank in SERP position within a group of elements with identical type valuespositions of elements with different type values are omitted from rank_group |
rank_absolute |
integer | absolute rank in SERP absolute position among all the elements in SERP |
page |
integer | search results page number indicates the number of the SERP page on which the element is located |
domain |
string | domain of the Ad element in SERP |
title |
string | title of the Ad element in SERP |
description |
string | description of the Ad element in SERP |
url |
string | relevant URL of the Ad element in SERP |
breadcrumb |
string | breadcrumb of the Ad element in SERP |
| ‘related_searches’ element in SERP | ||
type |
string | type of element = ‘related_searches’ |
rank_group |
integer | group rank in SERP position within a group of elements with identical type valuespositions of elements with different type values are omitted from rank_group |
rank_absolute |
integer | absolute rank in SERP absolute position among all the elements in SERP |
page |
integer | search results page number indicates the number of the SERP page on which the element is located |
items |
array | items inside the element array of 8 search queries related to the keyword |