Note: the default value for the depth parameter has been updated from 100 to 10. Corresponding pricing changes coming up on September 19, 2025. Full details >>
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
# 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/organic/live/regular" \
--header "Authorization: Basic ${cred}" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-raw '[
{
"language_code": "en",
"location_code": 2840,
"keyword": "albert einstein"
}
]'
<?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/google/organic/live/regular
// in addition to 'google' 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/google/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;
?>
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()
# You can set only one task at a time
post_data[len(post_data)] = dict(
language_code="en",
location_code=2840,
keyword="albert einstein"
)
# POST /v3/serp/google/organic/live/regular
# in addition to 'google' and 'organic' 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/organic/live/regular", 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.Threading.Tasks;
namespace DataForSeoDemos
{
public static partial class Demos
{
public static async Task serp_live_regular()
{
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>();
// You can set only one task at a time
postData.Add(new
{
language_code = "en",
location_code = 2840,
keyword = "albert einstein"
});
// POST /v3/serp/google/organic/live/regular
// in addition to 'google' and 'organic' 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/organic/live/regular", 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": "12.2397 sec.",
"cost": 0.003,
"tasks_count": 1,
"tasks_error": 0,
"tasks": [
{
"id": "01301234-1535-0121-0000-9c8e396a59cc",
"status_code": 20000,
"status_message": "Ok.",
"time": "12.1329 sec.",
"cost": 0.003,
"result_count": 1,
"path": [
"v3",
"serp",
"google",
"organic",
"live",
"regular"
],
"data": {
"api": "serp",
"function": "live",
"se": "google",
"se_type": "organic",
"language_name": "English",
"location_name": "United States",
"keyword": "flight ticket new york san francisco",
"tag": "tag2",
"device": "desktop",
"os": "windows"
},
"result": [
{
"keyword": "flight ticket new york san francisco",
"type": "organic",
"se_domain": "google.com",
"location_code": 2840,
"language_code": "en",
"check_url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=flight%20ticket%20new%20york%20san%20francisco&num=100&hl=en&gl=US&gws_rd=cr&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&uule=w+CAIQIFISCQs2MuSEtepUEUK33kOSuTsc",
"datetime": "2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00",
"spell": null,
"refinement_chips": {
"type": "refinement_chips",
"xpath": "/html[1]/body[1]/div[3]/div[1]/div[9]/div[1]/div[1]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]",
"items": [
{
"type": "refinement_chips_element",
"title": "Remote",
"url": "https://www.google.com/search?num=100&sca_esv=427163c40a0d98b7&hl=en&gl=US&glp=1&q=bristol+temp+agencies+remote&uds=ADvngMjcH0KdF7qGWtwTBrP0nt7drlQNXJ_q6WhUnfcnlFQAOVqvQ09aiEx7jUP4Wb5sg6FzKTGyEoBQg36hfgreicnnhtBQv8H25iRkUIMWBSqTcu0nGLObB57jKDn4sIHqgjkv6AqtXzA0gTV6n6-p1_aOUPMmYdgJOPy5xybgxI0ZY3-OZUg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjEjMPzrvyIAxVgpIkEHYTyBqEQxKsJegQIHRAB&ictx=0",
"domain": "www.google.com",
"options": null
},
{
"type": "refinement_chips_element",
"title": "Date posted",
"url": null,
"domain": null,
"options": [
{
"type": "refinement_chips_option",
"title": "Yesterday",
"url": "https://www.google.com/search?num=100&sca_esv=427163c40a0d98b7&hl=en&gl=US&glp=1&q=bristol+temp+agencies+since+yesterday&uds=ADvngMjcH0KdF7qGWtwTBrP0nt7d1cxhUU_4I1tnZ_YIEcACz8ZYvzwewv2vtaifFRGAtrClbFOcrHbTAbAeXm1jREcC6VS1VsCvY-sITnX4ozb-ILgfWEVwq_Z5ROUTUSIPShEnKXD5sUUbZbocrG609xSmt2d98g8y8m1lGjX2kp2G7tWTnMoyaYhx7tPHFsc1SlxiTTuylOmQpyaET98nEnMhDFUw8hSQnpfQcpEDEdBLwrOxN3gOZC4RtcHuKTyeCrFRnaDjQ17dNosh1yiBWrSXB9e1dQF-1Pt17wXCHwRUCH6wH0DbAN-oCNd7lMT2v24eI8rDkLQP3kTLpzGMUZReaWIAPw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjEjMPzrvyIAxVgpIkEHYTyBqEQkbEKegQIDxAD",
"domain": "www.google.com"
},
{
"type": "refinement_chips_option",
"title": "Last 3 days",
"url": "https://www.google.com/search?num=100&sca_esv=427163c40a0d98b7&hl=en&gl=US&glp=1&q=bristol+temp+agencies+in+the+last+3+days&uds=ADvngMjcH0KdF7qGWtwTBrP0nt7dLQVdkfQJDu14-gF_eQoKa39tQdXyMUfu3HnnM3Pu4g5hOzwEez_H8t-yULnPJEgal7YGml0mtSaIuH3YeuIhPq5mBSo_ECo7hOJVwSRGkksXQg-RdTy8GhoT8Qm-ZFkyAQnSLmnlmv0Rm042YAlQ6JFqnfOW0VIOgTeTdYm6SLpzQ3a6YSvEf2tau3pEKxnGWKleL613vj0tLBWg4Jhsa0trdMkFPHDQYhc2caGQ8cmSYU4cqdB2Eq3PsNGgjgebvt7_7bbvjixC19O4L9ZB02rwY0EP30_mYAeTG9lYAx8ZJvGDslVLp0DHS93P8ynaiA7Bbw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjEjMPzrvyIAxVgpIkEHYTyBqEQkbEKegQIDxAE",
"domain": "www.google.com"
}
]
}
]
},
"item_types": [
"paid",
"organic",
"ai_overview"
],
"se_results_count": 85600000,
"pages_count": 1,
"items_count": 96,
"items": [
{
"type": "featured_snippet",
"rank_group": 1,
"rank_absolute": 1,
"page": 1,
"domain": "www.rome.net",
"title": "Rome Metro - Lines, hours, fares and Rome metro maps",
"description": "Most important metro stationsCipro - Musei Vaticani: The closest stop to the Vatican Museums and to the Sistine Chapel.Ottaviano - San Pietro: This station is a few minutes' walk from St. Peter's Square and St. Peter's Basilica.Spagna: Very convenient for visiting Piazza di Spagna and Villa Borghese.More items...",
"url": "https://www.rome.net/metro",
"breadcrumb": null
},
{
"type": "paid",
"rank_group": 1,
"rank_absolute": 2,
"page": 1,
"domain": "www.bookingbuddy.com",
"title": "Flights To Lwo | Unbelievably Cheap Flights | BookingBuddy.com",
"description": "Compare Airlines & Sites. Cheap Flights on BookingBuddy, a TripAdvisor Company",
"url": "https://www.bookingbuddy.com/en/hero/",
"breadcrumb": "www.bookingbuddy.com/Flights"
},
{
"type": "paid",
"rank_group": 2,
"rank_absolute": 3,
"page": 1,
"domain": "www.trip.com",
"title": "Cheap Flight Tickets | Search & Find Deals on Flights | trip.com",
"description": "Wide Selection of Cheap Flights Online. Explore & Save with Trip.com! Fast, Easy & Secure...",
"url": "https://www.trip.com/flights/index?utm_campaign=GG_SE_All_en_Flight_Generic_NA_Phrase",
"breadcrumb": "www.trip.com/"
},
{
"type": "paid",
"rank_group": 3,
"rank_absolute": 4,
"page": 1,
"domain": "www.kayak.com",
"title": "Find the Cheapest Flights | Search, Compare & Save Today",
"description": "Cheap Flights, Airline Tickets and Flight Deals. Compare 100s of Airlines Worldwide. Search...",
"url": "https://www.kayak.com/horizon/sem/flights/general",
"breadcrumb": "www.kayak.com/flights"
},
{
"type": "organic",
"rank_group": 1,
"rank_absolute": 5,
"page": 1,
"domain": "www.kayak.com",
"title": "Cheap Flights from New York to San Francisco from $182 ...",
"description": "Fly from New York to San Francisco on Frontier from $182, United Airlines from ... the cheapest round-trip tickets were found on Frontier ($182), United Airlines ...",
"url": "https://www.kayak.com/flight-routes/New-York-NYC/San-Francisco-SFO",
"breadcrumb": "https://www.kayak.com › Flights › North America › United States › California"
},
{
"type": "organic",
"rank_group": 2,
"rank_absolute": 6,
"page": 1,
"domain": "www.skyscanner.com",
"title": "Cheap flights from New York to San Francisco SFO from $123 ...",
"description": "Flight information New York to San Francisco International .... tool will help you find the cheapest tickets from New York in San Francisco in just a few clicks.",
"url": "https://www.skyscanner.com/routes/nyca/sfo/new-york-to-san-francisco-international.html",
"breadcrumb": "https://www.skyscanner.com › United States › New York"
},
{
"type": "organic",
"rank_group": 3,
"rank_absolute": 7,
"page": 1,
"domain": "www.expedia.com",
"title": "JFK to SFO: Flights from New York to San Francisco for 2019 ...",
"description": "Book your New York (JFK) to San Francisco (SFO) flight with our Best Price ... How much is a plane ticket to San Francisco (SFO) from New York (JFK)?.",
"url": "https://www.expedia.com/lp/flights/jfk/sfo/new-york-to-san-francisco",
"breadcrumb": "https://www.expedia.com › flights › jfk › sfo › new-york-to-san-francisco"
},
{
"type": "organic",
"rank_group": 94,
"rank_absolute": 97,
"page": 1,
"domain": "www.ethiopianairlines.com",
"title": "Ethiopian Airlines | Book your next flight online and Fly Ethiopian",
"description": "Fly to your Favorite International Destination with Ethiopian Airlines. Book your Flights Online for Best Offers/Discounts and Enjoy African Flavored Hospitality.",
"url": "https://www.ethiopianairlines.com/",
"breadcrumb": "https://www.ethiopianairlines.com"
},
{
"type": "organic",
"rank_group": 95,
"rank_absolute": 98,
"page": 1,
"domain": "www.vietnamairlines.com",
"title": "Vietnam Airlines | Reach Further | Official website",
"description": "Great value fares with Vietnam Airlines. Book today and save! Skytrax – 4 Star airline. Official website. Earn frequent flyer miles with Lotusmiles.",
"url": "https://www.vietnamairlines.com/",
"breadcrumb": "https://www.vietnamairlines.com"
},
{
"type": "organic",
"rank_group": 96,
"rank_absolute": 99,
"page": 1,
"domain": "books.google.com",
"title": "Code of Federal Regulations: 1985-1999",
"description": "A purchases in New York a round-trip ticket for transportation by air from New York to ... B purchases a ticket in San Francisco for Combination rail and water ...",
"url": "https://books.google.com/books?id=av3umFsqbAEC&pg=PA305&lpg=PA305&dq=flight+ticket+new+york+san+francisco&source=bl&ots=fJJY5RUS9l&sig=ACfU3U16ejUqNf23jHD32QNCxDCa05Vn9g&hl=en&ppis=_e&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjs_4OnouzlAhXJ4zgGHeBcD3oQ6AEwdXoECHEQAQ",
"breadcrumb": "https://books.google.com › books"
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
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.google.co.uk/search?q=%20rank%20tracker%20api&hl=en&gl=GB&uule=w+CAIQIFISCXXeIa8LoNhHEZkq1d1aOpZS
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”;
if this field contains such parameters as ‘allinanchor:’, ‘allintext:’, ‘allintitle:’, ‘allinurl:’, ‘define:’, ‘filetype:’, ‘id:’, ‘inanchor:’, ‘info:’, ‘intext:’, ‘intitle:’, ‘inurl:’, ‘link:’, ‘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
location_name
string
full name of search engine location required field if you don’t specifylocation_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/locations
example: London,England,United Kingdom
location_code
integer
search engine location code required field if you don’t specifylocation_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/locations
example: 2840
location_coordinate
string
GPS coordinates of a location required field if you don’t specifylocation_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
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
language_name
string
full name of search engine language required field if you don’t specifylanguage_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/google/languages
example: English
language_code
string
search engine language code required field if you don’t specifylanguage_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/google/languages example: en
device
string
device type
optional field
can take the values:desktop, mobile
default value: desktop
os
string
device operating system
optional field
if you specify desktop in the device field, choose from the following values: windows, macos
default value: windows
if you specify mobile in the device field, choose from the following values: android, ios
default value: android
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: 10
max value: 700 Note: your account will be billed per each SERP containing up to 10 results;
thus, setting a 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 automatically to your account balance
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
group_organic_results
boolean
display related results
optional field
if set to true, the related_result element in the response will be provided as a snippet of its parent organic result;
if set to false, the related_result element will be provided as a separate organic result;
default value: true
max_crawl_pages
integer
page crawl limit
optional field
number of search results pages to crawl
max value: 100 Note: you will be charged for each page crawled (10 organic results per page);
learn more about pricing on our Pricing page; Note#2: the max_crawl_pages and depth parameters complement each other;
learn more at our help center
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
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
types of search results found in SERP
contains types of all search results (items) found in the returned SERP
possible item types: answer_box, app, carousel, multi_carousel, featured_snippet, google_flights, google_reviews, images, jobs, knowledge_graph, local_pack, map, organic, paid, people_also_ask, related_searches, people_also_search, shopping, top_stories, twitter, video, events, mention_carousel, ai_overview
note that this array contains all types of search results found in the returned SERP;
however, this endpoint provides data for featured_snippet, organic and paid types only
to get all items (inlcuding SERP features and rich snippets) found in the returned SERP, please refer to the Google Organiс Advanced SERP endpoint
se_results_count
integer
total number of results in SERP
pages_count
integer
total search results 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
‘featured_snippet’ element in SERP
type
string
type of element = ‘featured_snippet’
rank_group
integer
group rank in SERP
position within a group of elements with identical type values
positions of elements with different type values are omitted from rank_group
rank_absolute
integer
absolute rank in SERP
absolute position among all the elements found in SERP
note values are returned in the ascending order, with values corresponding to advanced SERP features omitted from the results;
to get all items (including SERP features and rich snippets) with their positions, please refer to the Google Organiс Advanced SERP endpoint
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
breadcrumb
string
always equals null
‘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 values
positions of elements with different type values are omitted from rank_group
rank_absolute
integer
absolute rank in SERP
absolute position among all the elements found in SERP
note values are returned in the ascending order, with values corresponding to advanced SERP features omitted from the results
to get all items (including SERP features and rich snippets) with their positions, please refer to the Google Organiс Advanced SERP endpoint
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 values
positions of elements with different type values are omitted from rank_group
rank_absolute
integer
absolute rank in SERP
absolute position among all the elements found in SERP
note values are returned in the ascending order, with values corresponding to advanced SERP features omitted from the results
to get all items (including SERP features and rich snippets) with their positions, please refer to the Google Organiс Advanced SERP endpoint
page
integer
search results page number
indicates the number of the SERP page on which the element is located