Instead of ‘login’ and ‘password’ use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard
<?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-dashboard
$client = new RestClient($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();
}
try {
$result = array();
// #1 - using this method you can get a list of completed tasks
// GET /v3/serp/google/events/tasks_ready
// in addition to '{{low_se_name}}' and '{{low_se_type}}' you can also set other search engine and type parameters
// the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
$tasks_ready = $client->get('/v3/serp/google/events/tasks_ready');
// you can find the full list of the response codes here https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors
if (isset($tasks_ready['status_code']) AND $tasks_ready['status_code'] === 20000) {
foreach ($tasks_ready['tasks'] as $task) {
if (isset($task['result'])) {
foreach ($task['result'] as $task_ready) {
// #2 - using this method you can get results of each completed task
// GET /v3/serp/google/events/task_get/advanced/$id
if (isset($task_ready['endpoint_advanced'])) {
$result[] = $client->get($task_ready['endpoint_advanced']);
}
// #3 - another way to get the task results by id
// GET /v3/serp/google/events/task_get/advanced/$id
/*
if (isset($task_ready['id'])) {
$result[] = $client->get('/v3/serp/google/events/task_get/advanced/' . $task_ready['id']);
}
*/
}
}
}
}
print_r($result);
// do something with 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": "0.1.20221214",
"status_code": 20000,
"status_message": "Ok.",
"time": "0.0915 sec.",
"cost": 0,
"tasks_count": 1,
"tasks_error": 0,
"tasks": [
{
"id": "01131917-1535-0139-0000-0cd97591018c",
"status_code": 20000,
"status_message": "Ok.",
"time": "0.0518 sec.",
"cost": 0,
"result_count": 1,
"path": [
"v3",
"serp",
"google",
"events",
"task_get",
"advanced"
],
"data": {
"api": "serp",
"function": "task_get",
"se": "google",
"se_type": "events",
"keyword": "concerts",
"location_name": "Los Angeles,California,United States",
"date_range": "today",
"device": "desktop",
"os": "windows"
},
"result": [
{
"keyword": "concerts",
"type": "events",
"se_domain": "google.com",
"location_code": 1013962,
"language_code": "en",
"check_url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=concerts&ibp=htl;events&gl=US&uule=w+CAIQIFISCRPaJ9xdx8KAEfQIRiVv3y_i&hl=en#htivrt=events&htichips=date:today",
"datetime": "2023-01-13 17:18:01 +00:00",
"spell": null,
"item_types": [
"event_item"
],
"se_results_count": 0,
"items_count": 10,
"items": [
{
"type": "event_item",
"rank_group": 1,
"rank_absolute": 1,
"position": "right",
"xpath": "/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[1]",
"title": "The Temptations",
"description": "The Temptations, often referred to as “American Music Royalty,” are world-renowned superstars of entertainment, revered for their phenomenal catalog of music and prolific career. The group... Read more on Where Music Meets The Soul",
"url": "https://wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com/events/the-temptations-beverly-hills-jan-2023/",
"image_url": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSvNQG19cHGsymkHKJGD3Sdw92u0HaRzTkohZjOTz8J-hpJyfxDGGPWr_geifM&s=10",
"event_dates": {
"start_datetime": null,
"end_datetime": "2023-01-13T00:00:00+00:00",
"displayed_dates": "Fri, Jan 13, 8 – 10 PM"
},
"location_info": {
"name": "Saban Theatre",
"address": "8440 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA",
"url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place//data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x80c2b9460c894db5:0xc07adc32e08ea673?sa=X&hl=en&gl=US",
"cid": "13869640113514784371",
"feature_id": "0x80c2b9460c894db5:0xc07adc32e08ea673"
},
"information_and_tickets": [
{
"type": "information_and_tickets_element",
"title": "Axs.com",
"description": "TICKETS",
"url": "https://www.axs.com/events/436377/the-temptations-tickets",
"domain": "www.axs.com"
},
{
"type": "information_and_tickets_element",
"title": "Where Music Meets The Soul",
"description": "MORE INFO",
"url": "https://wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com/events/the-temptations-beverly-hills-jan-2023/",
"domain": "wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com"
},
{
"type": "information_and_tickets_element",
"title": "Discover Los Angeles",
"description": "MORE INFO",
"url": "https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/event/2023/01/13/the-temptations",
"domain": "www.discoverlosangeles.com"
},
{
"type": "information_and_tickets_element",
"title": "Community calendar | KTLA",
"description": "MORE INFO",
"url": "https://ktla.com/community-calendar-ktla/?/calendar/&EventID=5602520#!/details/The-Temptations/10470572/2023-01-13T20",
"domain": "ktla.com"
},
{
"type": "information_and_tickets_element",
"title": "Expedia",
"description": "MORE INFO",
"url": "https://www.expedia.com/event-tickets/event/the-temptations-tickets-saban-theatre-beverly-hills-ca-1-13-2023-5180903",
"domain": "www.expedia.com"
}
]
},
{
"type": "event_item",
"rank_group": 2,
"rank_absolute": 2,
"position": "right",
"xpath": "/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[2]",
"title": "Jack White",
"description": "Jack White FRI, Jan 13, 2023 @ 7:00 PM The Belasco, Los Angeles, CA Read more on Live Nation",
"url": "https://www.livenation.com/event/vvG10Z9x97ySQG/jack-white",
"image_url": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSrpjaXNOdLC5-klrSl_YNO5C7UUw-dBc8XL3K6CiGqXu4k7bnPcR42sHtveQ&s=10",
"event_dates": {
"start_datetime": null,
"end_datetime": "2023-01-13T00:00:00+00:00",
"displayed_dates": "Fri, Jan 13, 7 – 11 PM"
},
"location_info": {
"name": "The Belasco",
"address": "1050 S Hill St, Los Angeles, CA",
"url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place//data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x80c2c7c9657d7e4f:0xd785c19a71b23a97?sa=X&hl=en&gl=US",
"cid": "15530031759133653655",
"feature_id": "0x80c2c7c9657d7e4f:0xd785c19a71b23a97"
},
"information_and_tickets": [
{
"type": "information_and_tickets_element",
"title": "Stereoboard.com",
"description": "TICKETS",
"url": "https://www.stereoboard.com/jack-white-tickets/los-angeles",
"domain": "www.stereoboard.com"
},
{
"type": "information_and_tickets_element",
"title": "Discover Los Angeles",
"description": "MORE INFO",
"url": "https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/event/2023/01/13/jack-white",
"domain": "www.discoverlosangeles.com"
},
{
"type": "information_and_tickets_element",
"title": "Live Nation",
"description": "MORE INFO",
"url": "https://www.livenation.com/event/vvG10Z9x97ySQG/jack-white",
"domain": "www.livenation.com"
},
{
"type": "information_and_tickets_element",
"title": "Discotech",
"description": "MORE INFO",
"url": "https://app.discotech.me/events/37328749-jack-white-at-belasco",
"domain": "app.discotech.me"
}
]
},
{
"type": "event_item",
"rank_group": 3,
"rank_absolute": 3,
"position": "right",
"xpath": "/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[3]",
"title": "MTT Conducts Mahler 9",
"description": "(Nearby Event: Concerts & Music) Where: Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los-Angeles, California, United States, 90012 Read more on Desert Palms Hotel & Suites",
"url": "https://www.desertpalmshotel.com/events/los-angeles/los-angeles-philharmonic-and-michael-tilson-thomas-0",
"image_url": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTxbXX2LeF5n1X8rDNB41l1gZQLnS97Ux285Gj4iTN_mw&s=10",
"event_dates": {
"start_datetime": "2023-01-13T00:00:00+00:00",
"end_datetime": "2023-01-14T00:00:00+00:00",
"displayed_dates": "Fri, Jan 13, 8 PM – Sat, Jan 14, 12 AM"
},
"location_info": {
"name": "Walt Disney Concert Hall",
"address": "111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA",
"url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place//data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x80c2c64d9fbb11d3:0xb3728c2c3bff31b0?sa=X&hl=en&gl=US",
"cid": "12930551601747145136",
"feature_id": "0x80c2c64d9fbb11d3:0xb3728c2c3bff31b0"
},
"information_and_tickets": [
{
"type": "information_and_tickets_element",
"title": "Concertarchives.org",
"description": "TICKETS",
"url": "https://www.concertarchives.org/concerts/los-angeles-philharmonic-e2d66035-b041-422e-8a02-14eff9a0772f#ticket-section",
"domain": "www.concertarchives.org"
},
{
"type": "information_and_tickets_element",
"title": "Feefreeticket.com",
"description": "TICKETS",
"url": "https://www.feefreeticket.com/los-angeles-philharmonic-mtt-conducts-mahler-9-walt-disney-concert-hall/5062686",
"domain": "www.feefreeticket.com"
},
{
"type": "information_and_tickets_element",
"title": "Stagefronttickets.com",
"description": "TICKETS",
"url": "https://www.stagefronttickets.com/events/3890465/los-angeles-philharmonic-mahler-tickets-walt-disney-concert-hall",
"domain": "www.stagefronttickets.com"
},
{
"type": "information_and_tickets_element",
"title": "Desert Palms Hotel & Suites",
"description": "MORE INFO",
"url": "https://www.desertpalmshotel.com/events/los-angeles/los-angeles-philharmonic-and-michael-tilson-thomas-0",
"domain": "www.desertpalmshotel.com"
},
{
"type": "information_and_tickets_element",
"title": "Visit West Hollywood",
"description": "MORE INFO",
"url": "https://www.visitwesthollywood.com/events/mtt-conducts-mahler-9-01-13-2023/",
"domain": "www.visitwesthollywood.com"
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
Description of the fields for sending a request:
| Field name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
id |
string | task identifier unique task identifier in our system in the UUID format you will be able to use it within 30 days to request the results of the task at any time |
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 symbol ‘+’ 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 this case, the value will be null |
check_url |
string | direct URL to search engine 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 |
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: did_you_mean, showing_results_for, no_results_found_for, including_results_for |
item_types |
array | types of search results found in SERP possible item types: event_item |
se_results_count |
integer | total number of results in SERP in this case, the value will be 0this search engine does not indicate the total number of results |
items_count |
integer | the number of results returned in the items array |
items |
array | items in SERP |
| ‘event_item’ element in SERP | ||
type |
string | type of element = ‘event_item’ |
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 |
position |
string | the alignment of the element in SERP can take the following values: left, right |
xpath |
string | the XPath of the element |
title |
string | title of the result in SERP |
description |
string | description of the results element in SERP |
url |
string | relevant URL |
image_url |
string | URL of the image featured in the element |
event_dates |
object | dates when the event takes place if there are none, equals null |
start_datetime |
string | date and time when the event starts in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-ddThh-mm-ss+00:00” example: 2019-11-15T12:57:46+00:00 |
end_datetime |
string | date and time when the event ends in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-ddThh-mm-ss+00:00” example: 2019-11-15T12:57:46+00:00 |
displayed_dates |
string | date or date range as it is displayed in SERP |
location_info |
object | information about the event’s venue if there is none, equals null |
name |
string | name of the event’s venue |
address |
string | address of the event’s venue |
url |
string | URL to the event’s venue on google maps |
cid |
string | google-defined client id unique id of a local establishment; can be used with Google Reviews API to get a full list of reviews |
feature_id |
string | the unique identifier of the element in SERP |
information_and_tickets |
array | additional information and ticket purchase options if there is none, equals null |
type |
string | type of element = ‘information_and_tickets_element’ |
title |
string | title of the element |
description |
string | description of the element |
url |
string | relevant URL |
domain |
string | domain in SERP |