---
title: "Setting Google Events SERP Tasks"
url: "https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/events/task_post/"
date: "2026-06-06"
---

## Setting Google Events SERP Tasks

  
Google Events SERP provides data from Google Events Search for the specified keyword and location (see [the List of Locations](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/events/locations.md)). Note that Google Events SERP API works for the English language only.

There are two different priorities that stand for the relative speed of task execution: normal and high.

 

 

 ![checked](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/wp-content/themes/dataforseo/assets/img/icons/checked-circle.svg) POST  https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/events/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/serp/google-events-serp-api "Pricing") page.

 

 All POST data should be sent in the [JSON](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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, 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-low-volume-serp-api-payload) to get practical tips for request handling depending on your SERP API payload volume.

You can 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/serp/google/news/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 parameters that are required or recommended for setting a task.

Main Parameters

| Field name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `keyword` | string | *keyword*  **required field**  you can specify **up to 700 characters** in the `keyword` field  all %## 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”     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_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 the `https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/events/locations`  example:  `2840` |
| `language_code` | string | *search engine language code*  optional field  **if you use this field, you don't need to specify `language_name`**  by default, language settings correspond to one of the local official languages of the specified location  you 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/google/languages`example:`en` |
| `depth` | integer | *parsing depth*  optional field  number of results in SERP  default value: `10`  max value: `700`     **Your account will be billed per each SERP containing up to 10 results;**Setting depth above 10 may result in additional charges if the search engine returns more than 10 results;  If the specified depth is higher than the number of results in the response, the difference will be refunded to your account balance automatically;  The cost can be calculated on the [Pricing](https://dataforseo.com/pricing/serp/google-events-serp-api "Pricing") page. |
| `priority` | integer | *task priority*  optional field  can take the following values:  1 – normal execution priority (set by default);  2 – high execution priority     You will be additionally charged for the tasks with high execution priority;The cost can be calculated on the [Pricing](https://dataforseo.com/pricing/serp/google-events-serp-api "Pricing") page |
| `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=$tag`  **Note:** special characters in `pingback_url` will be urlencoded;  i.a., the `#` character will be encoded into `%23`     learn more on our [Help Center](https://dataforseo.com/help-center/pingbacks-postbacks-with-dataforseo-api) |
| `postback_url` | string | *URL for sending task results*  optional field  once the task is completed, we will send a POST request with its results compressed in the `gzip` format to the `postback_url` you specified  you can use the ‘$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) |
| `postback_data` | string | *postback\_url datatype*  **required field if you specify `postback_url`**  corresponds to the datatype that will be sent to your server  possible values:  `advanced` |



  
Below you will find a drop-down list with the additional parameters you can use for setting a task.  
Additional Parameters| Field name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `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 the `https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/events/locations`  example:  `London,England,United Kingdom` |
| `language_name` | string | *full name of search engine language*  optional field  **if you use this field, you don't need to specify `language_code`**  by default, language settings correspond to one of the local official languages of the specified location  you 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/google/languages`  example:  `English` |
| `os` | string | *device operating system*  optional field  **note that this API provides results for desktop only**  choose from the following values: `windows`, `macos`  default value: `windows` |
| `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 |
| `max_crawl_pages` | integer | *page crawl limit*  optional field  number of search results pages to crawl  max value: `100`  **Note:** the `max_crawl_pages` and `depth` parameters complement each other;  learn more at [our help center](https://dataforseo.com/help-center/what-is-max-crawl-pages-and-how-does-it-work) |
| `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,radius"* format  **data will be provided for the country the specified coordinates belong to**  the maximum number of decimal digits for *"latitude"* and *"longitude"*: 7  the minimum value for *"radius"*: 199.9 (mm)  the maximum value for *"radius"*: 199999 (mm)  example:  `53.476225,-2.243572,200` |
| `date_range` | string | *date range to get events for*  optional field  if you do not use this field, we will return all events  possible values: `today`, `tomorrow`, `week`, `weekend`, `next_week`, `month`, `next_month` |
| `se_domain` | string | *search engine domain*  optional field  we choose the relevant search engine domain automatically according to the location you specify  however, you can set a custom search engine domain in this field  example:  `google.co.uk`, `google.com.au`, `google.de`, etc. |



  
  
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 |
| `status_message` | string | *informational message of the task* |
| `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/serp/google/events/task_post" 
--header "Authorization: Basic ${cred}"  
--header "Content-Type: application/json" 
--data-raw '[
    {
        "language_code": "en",
        "location_code": 2840,
        "keyword": "albert einstein"
    }
]'
```





```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();
// example #1 - a simple way to set a task
// this way requires you to specify a location, a language of search, and a keyword.
$post_array[] = array(
   "language_code" => "en",
   "location_code" => 2840,
   "keyword" => mb_convert_encoding("albert einstein", "UTF-8")
);
// example #2 - a way to set a task with additional parameters
// high priority allows us to complete a task faster, but you will be charged more credits.
// 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.
$post_array[] = array(
   "language_name" => "English",
   "location_name" => "United States",
   "keyword" => mb_convert_encoding("albert einstein", "UTF-8"),
   "priority" => 2,
   "tag" => "some_string_123",
   "pingback_url" => 'https://your-server.com/pingscript?id=$id&tag=$tag'
);
// example #3 - an alternative way to set a task
// all the parameters required to set a task are passed via the URL.
// after a task is completed, we will send the results according to the type you specified in the 'postback_data' field to the address you set in the 'postback_url' field.
$post_array[] = array(
   "url" => "https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=albert%20einstein&hl=en&gl=GB&uule=w+CAIQIFISCXXeIa8LoNhHEZkq1d1aOpZS",
   "postback_data" => "html",
   "postback_url" => "https://your-server.com/postbackscript"
);
// this example has a 3 elements, but in the case of large number of tasks - send up to 100 elements per POST request
if (count($post_array) > 0) {
   try {
      // POST /v3/serp/google/events/task_post
      // in addition to 'google' and 'events' 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/google/events/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,
    "keyword": encodeURI("albert einstein")
});

const axios = require('axios');

axios({
    method: 'post',
    url: 'https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/news/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()
# example #1 - a simple way to set a task
# this way requires you to specify a location, a language of search, and a keyword.
post_data[len(post_data)] = dict(
    language_code="en",
    location_code=2840,
    keyword="albert einstein"
)
# example #2 - a way to set a task with additional parameters
# high priority allows us to complete a task faster, but you will be charged more.
# after a task is completed, we will send a GET request to the address you specify. Instead of $id and $tag, you will receive actual values that are relevant to this task.
post_data[len(post_data)] = dict(
    language_name="English",
    location_name="United States",
    keyword="albert einstein",
    priority=2,
    tag="some_string_123",
    pingback_url="https://your-server.com/pingscript?id=$id&tag=$tag"
)
# example #3 - an alternative way to set a task
# all the parameters required to set a task are passed via the URL.
# after a task is completed, we will send the results according to the type you specified in the 'postback_data' field to the address you set in the 'postback_url' field.
post_data[len(post_data)] = dict(
    url="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=instein&hl=en&gl=GB&uule=w+CAIQIFISCXXeIa8LoNhHEZkq1d1aOpZS",
    postback_data="html",
    postback_url="https://your-server.com/postbackscript"
)
# POST /v3/serp/google/events/task_post
# in addition to 'google' and 'events' you can also set other search engine and type parameters
# the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
response = client.post("/v3/serp/google/events/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 serp_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>();
            // example #1 - a simple way to set a task
            // this way requires you to specify a location, a language of search, and a keyword.
            postData.Add(new
            {
                language_code = "en",
                location_code = 2840,
                keyword = "albert einstein"
            });
            // example #2 - a way to set a task with additional parameters
            // high priority allows us to complete a task faster, but you will be charged more credits.
            // after a task is completed, we will send a GET request to the address you specify. Instead of $id and $tag, you will receive actual values that are relevant to this task.
            postData.Add(new
            {
                language_name = "English",
                location_name = "United States",
                keyword = "albert einstein",
                priority = 2,
                tag = "some_string_123",
                pingback_url = "https://your-server.com/pingscript?id=$id&tag=$tag"
            });
            // example #3 - an alternative way to set a task
            // all the parameters required to set a task are passed via the URL.
            // after a task is completed, we will send the results according to the type you specified in the 'postback_data' field to the address you set in the 'postback_url' field.
            postData.Add(new
            {
                url = "https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=albert%20einstein&hl=en&gl=GB&uule=w+CAIQIFISCXXeIa8LoNhHEZkq1d1aOpZS",
                postback_data = "html",
                postback_url = "https://your-server.com/postbackscript"
            });
            // POST /v3/serp/google/events/task_post
            // in addition to 'google' and 'events' you can also set other search engine and type parameters
            // the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
            var taskPostResponse = await httpClient.PostAsync("/v3/serp/google/events/task_post", new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(postData)));
            var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<dynamic>(await taskPostResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
            // you can find the full list of the response codes here https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors
            if (result.status_code == 20000)
            {
                // do something with result
                Console.WriteLine(result);
            }
            else
                Console.WriteLine($"error. Code: {result.status_code} Message: {result.status_message}");
        }
    }
}
```





> The above command returns JSON structured like this:

```
{
  "version": "0.1.20200129",
  "status_code": 20000,
  "status_message": "Ok.",
  "time": "0.0818 sec.",
  "cost": 0.0045,
  "tasks_count": 3,
  "tasks_error": 0,
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "01291721-1535-0066-0000-8f0635c0dc89",
      "status_code": 20100,
      "status_message": "Task Created.",
      "time": "0.0038 sec.",
      "cost": 0.0015,
      "result_count": 0,
      "path": [
        "v3",
        "serp",
        "google",
        "events",
        "task_post"
      ],
      "data": {
        "api": "serp",
        "function": "task_post",
        "se": "google",
        "se_type": "events",
        "language_code": "en",
        "location_code": 2840,
        "keyword": "albert enstein",
        "device": "desktop",
        "os": "windows"
      },
      "result": null
    },
    {
      "id": "01291721-1535-0066-0000-2e7a8bf7302c",
      "status_code": 20100,
      "status_message": "Task Created.",
      "time": "0.0050 sec.",
      "cost": 0.0015,
      "result_count": 0,
      "path": [
        "v3",
        "serp",
        "google",
        "events",
        "task_post"
      ],
      "data": {
        "api": "serp",
        "function": "task_post",
        "se": "google",
        "se_type": "events",
        "language_name": "English",
        "location_name": "United States",
        "keyword": "albert enstein",
        "pingback_url": "https://your-server.com/pingscript?id=$id&tag=$tag",
        "tag": "some_string_123",
        "device": "desktop",
        "os": "windows"
      },
      "result": null
    },
    {
      "id": "01291721-1535-0066-0000-ed3110168d43",
      "status_code": 20100,
      "status_message": "Task Created.",
      "time": "0.0040 sec.",
      "cost": 0.0015,
      "result_count": 0,
      "path": [
        "v3",
        "serp",
        "google",
        "events",
        "task_post"
      ],
      "data": {
        "api": "serp",
        "function": "task_post",
        "se": "google",
        "se_type": "events",
        "url": "https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=albert%20einstein&hl=en&gl=GB&uule=w+CAIQIFISCXXeIa8LoNhHEZkq1d1aOpZS",
        "postback_data": "html",
        "postback_url": "https://your-server.com/postbackscript",
        "device": "desktop",
        "os": "windows"
      },
      "result": null
    }
  ]
}
```









 

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