Live {{up_se_name}} {{up_se_type}} SERP
Live {{up_se_name}} {{up_se_type}} SERP provides real-time data on top 100 search engine results for the specified keyword, search engine, and location.
Live {{up_se_name}} {{up_se_type}} SERP provides real-time data on top 100 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/{{low_se_name}}/{{low_se_type}}/live/advanced // 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 $result = $client->post('/v3/serp/{{low_se_name}}/{{low_se_type}}/live/advanced', $post_array); print_r($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": "14.2469 sec.", "cost": 0.006, "tasks_count": 1, "tasks_error": 0, "tasks": [ { "id": "01132007-1535-0139-0000-7b275022ce6d", "status_code": 20000, "status_message": "Ok.", "time": "14.1495 sec.", "cost": 0.006, "result_count": 1, "path": [ "v3", "serp", "google", "news", "live", "advanced" ], "data": { "api": "serp", "function": "live", "se": "google", "se_type": "news", "language_name": "English", "location_name": "United States", "keyword": "android", "calculate_rectangles": true, "device": "desktop", "os": "windows" }, "result": [ { "keyword": "android", "type": "news", "se_domain": "google.com", "location_code": 2840, "language_code": "en", "check_url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=android&num=100&hl=en&gl=US&gws_rd=cr&tbm=nws&uule=w+CAIQIFISCQs2MuSEtepUEUK33kOSuTsc&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8", "datetime": "2022-01-13 18:07:52 +00:00", "spell": null, "refinement_chips": null, "item_types": [ "news_search", "top_stories" ], "se_results_count": 771000000, "items_count": 100, "items": [ { "type": "news_search", "rank_group": 1, "rank_absolute": 1, "xpath": "/html[1]/body[1]/div[7]/div[1]/div[10]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]", "domain": "www.eff.org", "title": "VICTORY: Google Releases “disable 2g” Feature for New Android Smartphones", "url": "https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/01/victory-google-releases-disable-2g-feature-new-android-smartphones", "image_url": "https://api.dataforseo.com/cdn/i/01132007-1535-0139-0000-7b275022ce6d:0", "snippet": "Last year Google quietly pushed a new feature to its Android operating \nsystem allowing users to optionally disable 2G at the modem level in...", "time_published": null, "timestamp": "2022-01-12 22:07:51 +00:00", "rectangle": { "x": 180, "y": 182, "width": 652, "height": 178 } }, { "type": "top_stories", "rank_group": 1, "rank_absolute": 2, "position": "left", "xpath": "/html[1]/body[1]/div[7]/div[1]/div[10]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/g-section-with-header[1]", "title": "Nvidia's Shield TVs get Android 11 upgrade", "items": [ { "type": "top_stories_element", "source": "The Verge", "domain": "www.theverge.com", "title": "The Nvidia Shield is getting Android 11 and other upgrades", "date": "1 day ago", "amp_version": false, "timestamp": "2022-01-12 18:07:51 +00:00", "url": "https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/12/22880057/nvidia-shield-android-11-update-set-top-box-streaming", "image_url": null }, { "type": "top_stories_element", "source": "PC Gamer", "domain": "www.pcgamer.com", "title": "Nvidia Shield Android 11 update brings improved 4k streaming and gaming", "date": "10 hours ago", "amp_version": false, "timestamp": "2022-01-13 08:07:51 +00:00", "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-shield-android-11-update-brings-improved-4k-streaming-and-gaming/", "image_url": null }, { "type": "top_stories_element", "source": "Gizmodo", "domain": "gizmodo.com", "title": "Nvidia Shield TVs Are Getting a Long-Awaited Update, but Not Android 12", "date": "1 day ago", "amp_version": false, "timestamp": "2022-01-12 18:07:51 +00:00", "url": "https://gizmodo.com/nvidia-shield-tvs-are-getting-a-long-awaited-update-bu-1848342653", "image_url": null } ], "rectangle": { "x": 180, "y": 376, "width": 652, "height": 325 } }, { "type": "news_search", "rank_group": 2, "rank_absolute": 3, "xpath": "/html[1]/body[1]/div[7]/div[1]/div[10]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]", "domain": "www.cnet.com", "title": "Nvidia's GeForce Now service can stream Fortnite on iPhone and Android", "url": "https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/nvidias-geforce-now-service-can-stream-fortnite-on-iphone-and-android/", "image_url": "https://api.dataforseo.com/cdn/i/01132007-1535-0139-0000-7b275022ce6d:1", "snippet": "The game streaming service, offered by chipmaker Nvidia, has new touch \ncontrols to make it easier to play the game too.", "time_published": null, "timestamp": "2022-01-13 17:07:51 +00:00", "rectangle": { "x": 180, "y": 729, "width": 652, "height": 178 } }, { "type": "top_stories", "rank_group": 2, "rank_absolute": 4, "position": "left", "xpath": "/html[1]/body[1]/div[7]/div[1]/div[10]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/g-section-with-header[2]", "title": "News about Android", "items": [ { "type": "top_stories_element", "source": "Ars Technica", "domain": "arstechnica.com", "title": "After ruining Android messaging, Google says iMessage is too powerful", "date": "2 days ago", "amp_version": false, "timestamp": "2022-01-11 18:07:51 +00:00", "url": "https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/after-ruining-android-messaging-google-says-imessage-is-too-powerful/" }, { "type": "top_stories_element", "source": "How-To Geek", "domain": "www.howtogeek.com", "title": "Watch Out for Wordle Scams on iPhone and Android", "date": "1 day ago", "amp_version": false, "timestamp": "2022-01-12 18:07:51 +00:00", "url": "https://www.howtogeek.com/779288/watch-out-for-wordle-scams-on-iphone-and-android/" }, { "type": "top_stories_element", "source": "Android Police", "domain": "www.androidpolice.com", "title": "Apple’s leaked take on the punch-hole camera would make it stand out from \nthe Android crowd once again", "date": "4 hours ago", "amp_version": false, "timestamp": "2022-01-13 14:07:51 +00:00", "url": "https://www.androidpolice.com/apples-leaked-take-on-the-punch-hole-camera-would-make-it-stand-out-from-the-android-crowd-once-again/" } ], "rectangle": { "x": 180, "y": 923, "width": 652, "height": 325 } } ] } ] } ] }
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 |
---|---|---|
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 Note: queries containing the ‘cache:’ parameter are not supported and will return a validation error learn more about rules and limitations of |
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.google.co.uk/search?q=%20rank%20tracker%20api&hl=en&gl=GB&uule=w+CAIQIFISCXXeIa8LoNhHEZkq1d1aOpZS |
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/{{low_se_name}}/locations 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 the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/{{low_se_name}}/locations 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,radius” formatthe 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 |
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 engine with their language_name by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/{{low_se_name}}/languages example: English |
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 engine with their language_code by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/{{low_se_name}}/languages example: en |
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 |
calculate_rectangles |
boolean | calcualte pixel rankings for SERP elements in advanced results optional field pixel ranking refers to the distance between the result snippet and top left corner of the screen; Visit Help Center to learn more>> by default, the parameter is set to false Note: if set to true , the charge per task will be multiplied by 2 |
browser_screen_width |
integer | browser screen width optional field you can set a custom browser screen width to calculate pixel rankings for a particular device; by default, the parameter is set to 1920 ;Note: to use this parameter, set calculate_rectangles to true |
browser_screen_height |
integer | browser screen height optional field you can set a custom browser screen height to calculate pixel rankings for a particular device; by default, the parameter is set to 1080 ;Note: to use this parameter, set calculate_rectangles to true |
browser_screen_resolution_ratio |
integer | browser screen resolution ratio optional field you can set a custom browser screen resolution ratio to calculate pixel rankings for a particular device; by default, the parameter is set to 1 ;Note: to use this parameter, set calculate_rectangles to true |
se_domain |
string | search engine domain optional field we choose the relevant search engine domain automatically according to the location and language you specify however, you can set a custom search engine domain in this field example: google.co.uk , google.com.au , google.de , etc. |
depth |
integer | parsing depth optional field number of results in SERP default value: 100 max value: 700 Note: your account will be billed per each SERP containing up to 100 results; thus, setting a depth above 100 may result in additional charges if the search engine returns more than 100 results;if the specified depth is higher than the number of results in the response, the difference will be refunded automatically to your account balance |
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 |
search_param |
string | additional parameters of the search query optional field Get the list of available parameters and additional details here. |
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 |
keyword |
string | keyword received in a POST array the 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 accurate 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 |
refinement_chips |
object | search refinement chips |
type |
string | type of element = ‘refinement_chips’ |
xpath |
string | the XPath of the element |
items |
array | items of the element |
type |
string | type of element = ‘refinement_chips_element’ |
title |
string | title of the element |
url |
string | search URL with refinement parameters |
domain |
string | domain in SERP |
options |
array | further search refinement options |
type |
string | type of element = ‘refinement_chips_option’ |
title |
string | title of the element |
url |
string | search URL with refinement parameters |
domain |
string | domain in SERP |
item_types |
array | types of search results in SERP contains types of search results ( items ) found in SERP.possible item types: top_stories , news_search |
se_results_count |
integer | total number of results in SERP |
items_count |
integer | the number of results returned in the items array |
items |
array | elements of search results found in SERP |
‘Google News’ SERP element | ||
type |
string | type of element = ‘news_search’ |
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 |
xpath |
string | the XPath of the element |
domain |
string | domain name of the result in SERP |
title |
string | title of the result in SERP |
url |
string | URL of the result in SERP |
image_url |
string | URL of the image the URL leading to the image on the original resource or DataForSEO storage (in case the original source is not available) |
snippet |
string | snippet of the result in SERP |
time_published |
string | indicates the time the news article was published |
timestamp |
string | date and time when the news was published in the format “year-month-date:minutes:UTC_difference_hours:UTC_difference_minutes” example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00 |
rectangle |
object | rectangle parameters contains cartesian coordinates and pixel dimensions of the result’s snippet in SERP equals null if calculate_rectangles in the POST request is not set to true |
x |
float | x-axis coordinate x-axis coordinate of the top-left corner of the result’s snippet, where top-left corner of the screen is the origin |
y |
float | y-axis coordinate y-axis coordinate of the top-left corner of the result’s snippet, where top-left corner of the screen is the origin |
width |
float | width of the element in pixels |
height |
float | height of the element in pixels |
‘Top Stories’ SERP element | ||
type |
string | type of element = ‘top_stories’ |
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 |
xpath |
string | the XPath of the element |
title |
string | title of the result in SERP |
items |
array | additional items present in the element if there are none, equals null |
type |
string | type of element = ‘top_stories_element‘ |
source |
string | name of the news source |
domain |
string | domain name of the news source |
title |
string | news title |
date |
string | time of publishing the approximate time when the news article appeared online example: "23 hours ago" |
amp_version |
boolean | amp version available indicates whether the AMP version of the webpage is available |
timestamp |
string | date and time when the news was published in the format “year-month-date:minutes:UTC_difference_hours:UTC_difference_minutes” example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00 |
url |
string | URL of the result in SERP |
image_url |
string | URL of the image the URL leading to the image on the original resource or DataForSEO storage (in case the original source is not available) |
rectangle |
object | rectangle parameters contains cartesian coordinates and pixel dimensions of the result’s snippet in SERP equals null if calculate_rectangles in the POST request is not set to true |
x |
float | x-axis coordinate x-axis coordinate of the top-left corner of the result’s snippet, where top-left corner of the screen is the origin |
y |
float | y-axis coordinate y-axis coordinate of the top-left corner of the result’s snippet, where top-left corner of the screen is the origin |
width |
float | width of the element in pixels |
height |
float | height of the element in pixels |