{"id":17949,"date":"2023-11-22T18:23:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T18:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs_v3.dataforseo.com\/v3\/?page_id=17949"},"modified":"2026-02-03T14:37:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:37:49","slug":"serp-google-autocomplete-task_post","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/docs.dataforseo.com\/v3\/serp-google-autocomplete-task_post\/","title":{"rendered":"serp\/google\/autocomplete\/task_post"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"setting-serp-tasks\">Setting Google Autocomplete Tasks<\/h2>\n<p>\u200c\u200c<br \/>\nGoogle Autocomplete is a feature within Google Search that improves the search experience by allowing users to complete searches they started to type. DataForSEO SERP API will provide you with all the suggestions Google Autocomplete offers for a particular keyword, the position of the cursor pointer, and the search client. <\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]    <div class=\"endpoint\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"endpoint__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.dataforseo.com\/v3\/wp-content\/themes\/dataforseo\/assets\/img\/icons\/checked-circle.svg\" alt=\"checked\">\n\n                    POST            <button class=\"btn-reset button-link copy-button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/v3\/serp\/google\/autocomplete\/task_post\">\n                https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/v3\/serp\/google\/autocomplete\/task_post                <svg width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\">\n                    <use href=\"https:\/\/docs.dataforseo.com\/v3\/wp-content\/themes\/dataforseo\/assets\/img\/icons\/sprite.svg#layers\"><\/use>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n            <\/div>\n    \t<article class=\"info-card info-card--yellow\">\n\t\t<header class=\"info-card__header\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info-card__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<use href=\"https:\/\/docs.dataforseo.com\/v3\/wp-content\/themes\/dataforseo\/assets\/img\/icons\/sprite.svg#label\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info-card__title\">Pricing<\/div>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-card__content\">\n\t\t\t<p> Your account will be charged only for setting a task.<br \/>\nThe cost can be calculated on the <a title=\"Pricing\" href=\"https:\/\/dataforseo.com\/pricing\/serp\/google-autocomplete-serp-api\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pricing<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\t[vc_column_text]All POST data should be sent in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/JSON\">JSON<\/a> 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 <code>40006<\/code> error. Visit\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dataforseo.com\/help-center\/best-practices-low-volume-serp-api-payload\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/dataforseo.com\/help-center\/best-practices-low-volume-serp-api-payload\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">DataForSEO Help Center<\/a>\u00a0to get practical tips for request handling depending on your SERP API payload volume.<\/p>\n<p>You can retrieve the results of completed tasks using the unique task identifier <code>id<\/code>. Alternatively, we can send them to you as soon as they are ready if you specify the <code>postback_url<\/code>\u00a0or\u00a0<code>pingback_url<\/code> when setting a task. Note that if your server doesn&#8217;t respond within 10 seconds, the connection will be aborted by timeout, and the task will be transferred to the <a href=\"\/v3\/serp\/google\/autocomplete\/tasks_ready\/?php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Tasks Ready&#8217;<\/a> list. The error code and message depend on your server&#8217;s configuration. See <a href=\"https:\/\/dataforseo.com\/help-center\/pingbacks-postbacks-with-dataforseo-api\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Help Center<\/a> to learn more about using pingbacks and postbacks with DataForSEO APIs.<\/p>\n<p>Below you will find a detailed description of the parameters that are required or recommended for setting a task.<br \/>\n\t\t\t<h3>Main Parameters<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<table class=\"dfs-query-params-table dfs-main-params\">\n\t\t\t\t<thead>\n\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Field name<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Type<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Description<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/thead>\n\t\t\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><code >keyword<\/code><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>string<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p><em>keyword<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>required field<\/strong><br \/>\nyou can specify <strong>up to 700 characters<\/strong> in the <code>keyword<\/code> field<br \/>\nall %## will be decoded (plus character \u2018+\u2019 will be decoded to a space character)<br \/>\nif you need to use the \u201c%\u201d character for your <code>keyword<\/code>, please specify it as \u201c%25\u201d;<br \/>\nif you need to use the \u201c+\u201d character for your <code>keyword<\/code>, please specify it as \u201c%2B\u201d;<\/p>\n<p>learn more about rules and limitations of <code>keyword<\/code> and <code>keywords<\/code> fields in DataForSEO APIs in this <a href=\"https:\/\/dataforseo.com\/help-center\/rules-and-limitations-of-keyword-and-keywords-fields-in-dataforseo-apis\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Help Center article<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><code >location_code<\/code><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>integer<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p><em>search engine location code<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>required field if you don't specify<\/strong> <code>location_name<\/code>;<br \/>\nyou can receive the list of available locations of the search engines with their <code>location_code<\/code> by making a separate request to <code>https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/v3\/serp\/google\/locations<\/code><br \/>\nexample:<br \/>\n<code class=\"long-string\">2840<\/code><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><code >language_code<\/code><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>string<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p><em>search engine language code<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>required field if you don't specify<\/strong> <code>language_name<\/code><br \/>\n<strong>if you use this field, you don't need to specify <code>language_name<\/code><\/strong>;<br \/>\nyou can receive the list of available languages of the search engine with their <code>language_code<\/code>&nbsp;by making a separate request to the <code>https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/v3\/serp\/google\/languages<\/code><em><br \/>\n<\/em>example:<em><br \/>\n<\/em><code class=\"long-string\">en<\/code><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><code >cursor_pointer<\/code><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>integer<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p><em>search bar cursor pointer<\/em><br \/>\noptional field<br \/>\nthe horizontal numerical position of the cursor pointer within the keyword in the search bar;<br \/>\nby modifying the position of the cursor pointer, you will obtain different autocomplete suggestions for the same seed keyword;<br \/>\nminimal value: <code>0<\/code><br \/>\ndefault value: the number of the last character of the specified <code>keyword<\/code><br \/>\nexample:<br \/>\n<code>|which query are s<\/code> - <code>\"cursor_pointer\": 0<\/code><br \/>\n<code>which query is s|<\/code> - <code>\"cursor_pointer\": 16<\/code><br \/>\n<code>which que|ry is s<\/code> - <code>\"cursor_pointer\": 9<\/code><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><code >priority<\/code><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>integer<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p><em>task priority<\/em><br \/>\noptional field<br \/>\ncan take the following values:<br \/>\n1 \u2013 normal execution priority (set by default);<br \/>\n2 \u2013 high execution priority<\/p>\n<aside class=\"notice\">You will be additionally charged for the tasks with high execution priority;<br \/>\nThe cost can be calculated on the <a title=\"Pricing\" href=\"https:\/\/dataforseo.com\/pricing\/serp\/google-autocomplete-serp-api\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pricing<\/a> page<\/aside>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><code >pingback_url<\/code><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>string<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p><em>notification URL of a completed task<\/em><br \/>\noptional field<br \/>\nwhen a task is completed we will notify you by GET request sent to the URL you have specified<br \/>\nyou can use the \u2018$id\u2019 string as a <code>$id<\/code> variable and \u2018$tag\u2019 as urlencoded <code>$tag<\/code> variable. We will set the necessary values before sending the request.<br \/>\nexample:<br \/>\n<code>http:\/\/your-server.com\/pingscript?id=$id<\/code><br \/>\n<code>http:\/\/your-server.com\/pingscript?id=$id&amp;tag=$tag<\/code><br \/>\n<strong>Note:<\/strong> special characters in <code>pingback_url<\/code> will be urlencoded;<br \/>\ni.a., the <code>#<\/code> character will be encoded into <code>%23<\/code><\/p>\n<p>learn more on our <a href=\"https:\/\/dataforseo.com\/help-center\/pingbacks-postbacks-with-dataforseo-api\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Help Center<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><code >postback_url<\/code><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>string<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p><em>URL for sending task results<\/em><br \/>\noptional field<br \/>\nonce the task is completed, we will send a POST request with its results compressed in the <code>gzip<\/code> format to the <code>postback_url<\/code> you specified<br \/>\nyou can use the \u2018$id\u2019 string as a <code>$id<\/code> variable and \u2018$tag\u2019 as urlencoded <code>$tag<\/code> variable. We will set the necessary values before sending the request<br \/>\nexample:<br \/>\n<code>http:\/\/your-server.com\/postbackscript?id=$id<\/code><br \/>\n<code>http:\/\/your-server.com\/postbackscript?id=$id&amp;tag=$tag<\/code><br \/>\n<strong>Note:<\/strong> special characters in <code>postback_url<\/code> will be url-encoded;<br \/>\ni.e., the <code>#<\/code> character will be encoded into <code>%23<\/code><\/p>\n<p>learn more on our <a href=\"https:\/\/dataforseo.com\/help-center\/pingbacks-postbacks-with-dataforseo-api\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Help Center<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><code >postback_data<\/code><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>string<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p><em>postback_url datatype<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>required field if you specify <code>postback_url<\/code><\/strong><br \/>\ncorresponds to the datatype that will be sent to your server<br \/>\npossible values:<br \/>\n<code>advanced<\/code><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t<br \/>\nBelow you will find a drop-down list with the additional parameters you can use for setting a task.<br \/>\n\t\t\t<details class=\"dfs-additional-params-wrapper\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary><h3 style=\"display: inline;\">Additional Parameters<\/h3><\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<table class=\"dfs-query-params-table dfs-additional-params\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<thead>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Field name<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Type<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Description<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/thead>\n\t\t\t\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><code >client<\/code><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>string<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p><em>search client for autocomplete<\/em><br \/>\noptional field<br \/>\nautocomplete results may differ depending on the search client;<br \/>\npossible values:<br \/>\n<code>chrome<\/code> \u2014 used when google search is opened in google chrome;<br \/>\n<code>chrome-omni<\/code> \u2014 used in the address bar in chrome;<br \/>\n<code>gws-wiz<\/code> \u2014 used in google search home page;<br \/>\n<code>gws-wiz-serp<\/code> \u2014 used in google search engine results page;<br \/>\n<code>safari<\/code> \u2014 used when google search is opened in safari browser;<br \/>\n<code>firefox<\/code> \u2014 used when google search is opened in firefox browser;<br \/>\n<code>psy-ab<\/code> \u2014 may be used when google search is opened in google chrome browser;<br \/>\n<code>toolbar<\/code> \u2014 returns XML;<br \/>\n<code>youtube<\/code> \u2014 returns JSONP;<br \/>\n<code>gws-wiz-local<\/code> \u2014 used in google local;<br \/>\n<code>img<\/code> \u2014 used in google's image search;<br \/>\n<code>products-cc<\/code> \u2014 used in google shopping search<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><code >location_name<\/code><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>string<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p><em>full name of search engine location<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>required field if you don't specify<\/strong> <code>location_code<\/code><br \/>\n<strong>if you use this field, you don't need to specify <code>location_code<\/code><\/strong>;<br \/>\nyou can receive the list of available locations of the search engine with their <code>location_name<\/code> by making a separate request to <code>https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/v3\/serp\/google\/autocomplete\/locations<\/code><br \/>\nexample:<br \/>\n<code class=\"long-string\">London,England,United Kingdom<\/code><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><code >language_name<\/code><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>string<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p><em>full name of search engine language<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>required field if you don't specify<\/strong> <code>language_code<\/code><br \/>\n<strong>if you use this field, you don't need to specify <code>language_code<\/code><\/strong>;<br \/>\nyou can receive the list of available languages of the search engine with their <code>language_name<\/code> by making a separate request to <code>https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/v3\/serp\/google\/languages<\/code><br \/>\nexample:<br \/>\n<code class=\"long-string\">English<\/code><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><code >tag<\/code><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>string<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p><em>user-defined task identifier<\/em><br \/>\noptional field<br \/>\n<em>the character limit is 255<\/em><br \/>\nyou can use this parameter to identify the task and match it with the result<br \/>\nyou will find the specified <code>tag<\/code> value in the <code>data<\/code> object of the response<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t<br \/>\n\u200c\u200c\u200c\u200c<br \/>\n\u200c\u200c\u200c\u200c\u200c<br \/>\nAs a response of the API server, you will receive <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/JSON\">JSON<\/a>-encoded data containing a <code>tasks<\/code> array with the information specific to the set tasks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of the fields in the results array:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 77.3646%; height: 552px;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<th style=\"width: 38.423%; height: 24px;\">Field name<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 1.25156%; height: 24px;\">Type<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 61.7021%; height: 24px;\">Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 48px;\"><code>version<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 48px;\">string<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 48px;\"><em>the current version of the API<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.423%; height: 48px;\"><code>status_code<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.75219%; height: 48px;\">integer<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61.2015%; height: 48px;\"><i>general status code<\/i><br \/>\nyou can find the full list of the response codes <a href=\"\/v3\/appendix\/errors\">here<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Note:<\/strong> we strongly recommend designing a necessary system for handling related exceptional or error conditions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\"><code>status_message<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">string<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em>general informational message<\/em><br \/>\nyou can find the full list of general informational messages <a href=\"\/v3\/appendix\/errors\">here<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.423%; height: 24px;\"><code>time<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.25156%; height: 24px;\">string<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61.7021%; height: 24px;\"><em>execution time, seconds<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.423%; height: 24px;\"><code>cost<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.25156%; height: 24px;\">float<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61.7021%; height: 24px;\"><em>total tasks cost, USD<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.423%; height: 24px;\"><code>tasks_count<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.25156%; height: 24px;\">integer<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61.7021%; height: 24px;\"><em>the number of tasks in the <strong><code>tasks<\/code><\/strong>array<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.423%; height: 24px;\"><code>tasks_error<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.25156%; height: 24px;\">integer<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61.7021%; height: 24px;\"><em>the number of tasks in the <strong><code>tasks<\/code><\/strong> array returned with an error<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.423%; height: 24px;\"><strong><code>tasks<\/code><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.25156%; height: 24px;\">array<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61.7021%; height: 24px;\"><em>array of tasks<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.423%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>id<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.25156%; height: 24px;\">string<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61.7021%; height: 24px;\"><em>unique task identifier in our system<\/em><br \/>\nin the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Universally_unique_identifier\">Universally unique identifier (UUID)<\/a> format<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.423%; height: 48px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>status_code<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.25156%; height: 48px;\">integer<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61.7021%; height: 48px;\"><em>status code of the task<\/em><br \/>\ngenerated by DataForSEO; can be within the following range: 10000-60000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.423%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>status_message<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.25156%; height: 24px;\">string<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61.7021%; height: 24px;\"><em>informational message of the task<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.423%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>time<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.25156%; height: 24px;\">string<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61.7021%; height: 24px;\"><em>execution time, seconds<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.423%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>cost<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.25156%; height: 24px;\">float<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61.7021%; height: 24px;\"><em>cost of the task, USD<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.423%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>result_count<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.25156%; height: 24px;\">integer<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61.7021%; height: 24px;\"><em>number of elements in the <code>result<\/code> array<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.423%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>path<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.25156%; height: 24px;\">array<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61.7021%; height: 24px;\"><em>URL path<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.423%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>data<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.25156%; height: 24px;\">object<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61.7021%; height: 24px;\"><em>contains the same parameters that you specified in the POST request<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.423%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong><code>result<\/code><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.25156%; height: 24px;\">array<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61.7021%; height: 24px;\"><em>array of results<\/em><br \/>\nin this case, the value will be <code>null<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u200c\u200c[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Instead of \u2018login\u2019 and \u2018password\u2019 use your credentials from https:\/\/app.dataforseo.com\/api-access<\/p><\/blockquote><div id=\"curl\" class=\"tab-content example__content\"><div class=\"example__code\"><pre><code class=\"language-bash hljs\"># Instead of &#039;login&#039; and &#039;password&#039; use your credentials from https:\/\/app.dataforseo.com\/api-access \r\nlogin=&quot;login&quot; \r\npassword=&quot;password&quot; \r\ncred=&quot;$(printf ${login}:${password} | base64)&quot; \r\ncurl --location --request POST &#039;https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/v3\/serp\/google\/autocomplete\/task_post&#039; \r\n--header &quot;Authorization: Basic ${cred}&quot;  \r\n--header &quot;Content-Type: application\/json&quot; \r\n--data-raw &#039;[\r\n    {\r\n        &quot;language_code&quot;: &quot;en&quot;,\r\n        &quot;location_code&quot;: 2840,\r\n        &quot;keyword&quot;: &quot;albert einstein&quot;,\r\n        &quot;cursor_pointer&quot;: 6\r\n    }\r\n]&#039;<\/code><\/pre><\/div><\/div><div id=\"php\" class=\"tab-content example__content\"><div class=\"example__code\"><pre><code class=\"language-php hljs\">&lt;?php\r\n\/\/ You can download this file from here https:\/\/cdn.dataforseo.com\/v3\/examples\/php\/php_RestClient.zip\r\nrequire(&#039;RestClient.php&#039;);\r\n$api_url = &#039;https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/&#039;;\r\ntry {\r\n   \/\/ Instead of &#039;login&#039; and &#039;password&#039; use your credentials from https:\/\/app.dataforseo.com\/api-access\r\n   $client = new RestClient($api_url, null, &#039;login&#039;, &#039;password&#039;);\r\n} catch (RestClientException $e) {\r\n   echo &quot;n&quot;;\r\n   print &quot;HTTP code: {$e-&gt;getHttpCode()}n&quot;;\r\n   print &quot;Error code: {$e-&gt;getCode()}n&quot;;\r\n   print &quot;Message: {$e-&gt;getMessage()}n&quot;;\r\n   print  $e-&gt;getTraceAsString();\r\n   echo &quot;n&quot;;\r\n   exit();\r\n}\r\n$post_array = array();\r\n\/\/ example #1 - a simple way to set a task\r\n\/\/ this way requires you to specify a location, a language of search, and a keyword.\r\n$post_array[] = array(\r\n   &quot;language_code&quot; =&gt; &quot;en&quot;,\r\n   &quot;location_code&quot; =&gt; 2840,\r\n   &quot;keyword&quot; =&gt; &quot;albert einstein&quot;,\r\n   &quot;cursor_pointer&quot; =&gt; &quot;6&quot;\r\n);\r\n\/\/ example #2 - a way to set a task with additional parameters\r\n\/\/ after a task is completed, we will send a GET request to the address you specify. Instead of $id and $tag, you will receive actual values that are relevant to this task.\r\n$post_array[] = array(\r\n   &quot;language_name&quot; =&gt; &quot;English&quot;,\r\n   &quot;location_name&quot; =&gt; &quot;United States&quot;,\r\n   &quot;keyword&quot; =&gt; &quot;albert einstein&quot;,\r\n   &quot;cursor_pointer&quot; =&gt; 6,\r\n   &quot;tag&quot; =&gt; &quot;some_string_123&quot;,\r\n   &quot;pingback_url&quot; =&gt; &#039;https:\/\/your-server.com\/pingscript?id=$id&amp;tag=$tag&#039;\r\n);\r\n\/\/ this example has 2 elements, but in the case of large number of tasks - send up to 100 elements per POST request\r\nif (count($post_array) &gt; 0) {\r\n   try {\r\n      \/\/ POST \/v3\/serp\/google\/autocomplete\/task_post\r\n      \/\/ the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation\r\n      $result = $client-&gt;post(&#039;\/v3\/serp\/google\/autocomplete\/task_post&#039;, $post_array);\r\n      print_r($result);\r\n      \/\/ do something with post result\r\n   } catch (RestClientException $e) {\r\n      echo &quot;n&quot;;\r\n      print &quot;HTTP code: {$e-&gt;getHttpCode()}n&quot;;\r\n      print &quot;Error code: {$e-&gt;getCode()}n&quot;;\r\n      print &quot;Message: {$e-&gt;getMessage()}n&quot;;\r\n      print  $e-&gt;getTraceAsString();\r\n      echo &quot;n&quot;;\r\n   }\r\n}\r\n$client = null;\r\n?&gt;<\/code><\/pre><\/div><\/div><div id=\"javascript\" class=\"tab-content example__content\"><div class=\"example__code\"><pre><code class=\"language-javascript hljs\">const post_array = [];\r\n\r\npost_array.push({\r\n    &quot;language_code&quot;: &quot;en&quot;,\r\n    &quot;location_code&quot;: 2840,\r\n    &quot;keyword&quot;: &quot;albert einstein&quot;,\r\n    &quot;cursor_pointer&quot;: 6\r\n});\r\n\r\nconst axios = require(&#039;axios&#039;);\r\n\r\naxios({\r\n    method: &#039;post&#039;,\r\n    url: &#039;https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/v3\/serp\/google\/autocomplete\/task_post&#039;,\r\n    auth: {\r\n        username: &#039;login&#039;,\r\n        password: &#039;password&#039;\r\n    },\r\n    data: post_array,\r\n    headers: {\r\n        &#039;content-type&#039;: &#039;application\/json&#039;\r\n    }\r\n}).then(function (response) {\r\n    var result = response[&#039;data&#039;][&#039;tasks&#039;];\r\n    \/\/ Result data\r\n    console.log(result);\r\n}).catch(function (error) {\r\n    console.log(error);\r\n});<\/code><\/pre><\/div><\/div><div id=\"python\" class=\"tab-content example__content\"><div class=\"example__code\"><pre><code class=\"language-python hljs\">from client import RestClient\r\n# You can download this file from here https:\/\/cdn.dataforseo.com\/v3\/examples\/python\/python_Client.zip\r\n\r\nclient = RestClient(&quot;login&quot;, &quot;password&quot;)\r\n\r\npost_data = dict()\r\n# example #1 - a simple way to set a task\r\n# this way requires you to specify a location, a language of search, and a keyword.\r\npost_data[len(post_data)] = dict(\r\n    language_code=&quot;en&quot;,\r\n    location_code=2840,\r\n    keyword=&quot;albert einstein&quot;,\r\n    cursor_pointer=6\r\n)\r\n# example #2 - a way to set a task with additional parameters\r\n# after a task is completed, we will send a GET request to the address you specify. Instead of $id and $tag, you will receive actual values that are relevant to this task.\r\npost_data[len(post_data)] = dict(\r\n    language_name=&quot;English&quot;,\r\n    location_name=&quot;United States&quot;,\r\n    keyword=&quot;albert einstein&quot;,\r\n    cursor_pointer=6,\r\n    tag=&quot;some_string_123&quot;,\r\n    pingback_url=&quot;https:\/\/your-server.com\/pingscript?id=$id&amp;tag=$tag&quot;\r\n)\r\n# POST \/v3\/serp\/google\/autocomplete\/task_post\r\n# the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation\r\nresponse = client.post(&quot;\/v3\/serp\/google\/autocomplete\/task_post&quot;, post_data)\r\n# you can find the full list of the response codes here https:\/\/docs.dataforseo.com\/v3\/appendix\/errors\r\nif response[&quot;status_code&quot;] == 20000:\r\n    print(response)\r\n    # do something with result\r\nelse:\r\n    print(&quot;error. Code: %d Message: %s&quot; % (response[&quot;status_code&quot;], response[&quot;status_message&quot;]))<\/code><\/pre><\/div><\/div><div id=\"csharp\" class=\"tab-content example__content\"><div class=\"example__code\"><pre><code class=\"language-csharp hljs\">using Newtonsoft.Json;\r\nusing System;\r\nusing System.Collections.Generic;\r\nusing System.Net.Http;\r\nusing System.Net.Http.Headers;\r\nusing System.Text;\r\nusing System.Threading.Tasks;\r\n\r\nnamespace DataForSeoDemos\r\n{\r\n    public static partial class Demos\r\n    {\r\n        public static async Task serp_task_post()\r\n        {\r\n            var httpClient = new HttpClient\r\n            {\r\n                BaseAddress = new Uri(&quot;https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/&quot;),\r\n                \/\/ Instead of &#039;login&#039; and &#039;password&#039; use your credentials from https:\/\/app.dataforseo.com\/api-access\r\n                DefaultRequestHeaders = { Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue(&quot;Basic&quot;, Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(&quot;login:password&quot;))) }\r\n            };\r\n            var postData = new List&lt;object&gt;();\r\n            \/\/ example #1 - a simple way to set a task\r\n            \/\/ this way requires you to specify a location, a language of search, and a keyword.\r\n            postData.Add(new\r\n            {\r\n                language_code = &quot;en&quot;,\r\n                location_code = 2840,\r\n                keyword = &quot;albert einstein&quot;,\r\n                cursor_pointer = 6\r\n            });\r\n            \/\/ example #2 - a way to set a task with additional parameters\r\n            \/\/ after a task is completed, we will send a GET request to the address you specify. Instead of $id and $tag, you will receive actual values that are relevant to this task.\r\n            postData.Add(new\r\n            {\r\n                language_name = &quot;English&quot;,\r\n                location_name = &quot;United States&quot;,\r\n                keyword = &quot;albert einstein&quot;,\r\n                cursor_pointer = 6,\r\n                tag = &quot;some_string_123&quot;,\r\n                pingback_url = &quot;https:\/\/your-server.com\/pingscript?id=$id&amp;tag=$tag&quot;\r\n            });\r\n            \/\/ POST \/v3\/serp\/google\/autocomplete\/task_post\r\n            \/\/ the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation\r\n            var taskPostResponse = await httpClient.PostAsync(&quot;\/v3\/serp\/google\/autocomplete\/task_post&quot;, new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(postData)));\r\n            var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject&lt;dynamic&gt;(await taskPostResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());\r\n            \/\/ you can find the full list of the response codes here https:\/\/docs.dataforseo.com\/v3\/appendix\/errors\r\n            if (result.status_code == 20000)\r\n            {\r\n                \/\/ do something with result\r\n                Console.WriteLine(result);\r\n            }\r\n            else\r\n                Console.WriteLine($&quot;error. Code: {result.status_code} Message: {result.status_message}&quot;);\r\n        }\r\n    }\r\n}<\/code><\/pre><\/div><\/div><blockquote><p>The above command returns JSON structured like this:<\/p><\/blockquote><div class=\"example example--json\"><div class=\"example__content\"><div class=\"example__code example__code-json\"><pre><code class=\"language-json hljs\">{\r\n  &quot;version&quot;: &quot;0.1.20231117&quot;,\r\n  &quot;status_code&quot;: 20000,\r\n  &quot;status_message&quot;: &quot;Ok.&quot;,\r\n  &quot;time&quot;: &quot;0.0639 sec.&quot;,\r\n  &quot;cost&quot;: 0.0006,\r\n  &quot;tasks_count&quot;: 1,\r\n  &quot;tasks_error&quot;: 0,\r\n  &quot;tasks&quot;: [\r\n    {\r\n      &quot;id&quot;: &quot;11211824-1535-0066-0000-19e50978f58b&quot;,\r\n      &quot;status_code&quot;: 20100,\r\n      &quot;status_message&quot;: &quot;Task Created.&quot;,\r\n      &quot;time&quot;: &quot;0.0041 sec.&quot;,\r\n      &quot;cost&quot;: 0.0006,\r\n      &quot;result_count&quot;: 0,\r\n      &quot;path&quot;: [\r\n        &quot;v3&quot;,\r\n        &quot;serp&quot;,\r\n        &quot;google&quot;,\r\n        &quot;autocomplete&quot;,\r\n        &quot;task_post&quot;\r\n      ],\r\n      &quot;data&quot;: {\r\n        &quot;api&quot;: &quot;serp&quot;,\r\n        &quot;function&quot;: &quot;task_post&quot;,\r\n        &quot;se&quot;: &quot;google&quot;,\r\n        &quot;se_type&quot;: &quot;autocomplete&quot;,\r\n        &quot;language_code&quot;: &quot;en&quot;,\r\n        &quot;location_code&quot;: 2840,\r\n        &quot;keyword&quot;: &quot;albert einstein&quot;,\r\n        &quot;cursor_pointer&quot;: 6,\r\n        &quot;device&quot;: &quot;desktop&quot;,\r\n        &quot;os&quot;: &quot;windows&quot;\r\n      },\r\n      &quot;result&quot;: null\r\n    }\r\n  ]\r\n}<\/code><\/pre><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Setting Google Autocomplete Tasks \u200c\u200c Google Autocomplete is a feature within Google Search that improves the search experience by allowing users to complete searches they started to type. 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