This endpoint will provide you with the Keyword Difficulty metric for a maximum of 1,000 keywords in one API request. Keyword Difficulty stands for the relative difficulty of ranking in the first top-10 organic results for the related keyword. Keyword Difficulty in DataForSEO API responses indicates the chance of getting in top-10 organic results for a keyword on a logarithmic scale from 0 to 100.
Instead of ‘login’ and ‘password’ use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard
# Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard
login="login"
password="password"
cred="$(printf ${login}:${password} | base64)"
curl --location --request POST "https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/dataforseo_labs/google/bulk_keyword_difficulty/live"
--header "Authorization: Basic ${cred}"
--header "Content-Type: application/json"
--data-raw "[
{
"location_code": 2840,
"language_code": "en",
"keywords": [
"dentist new york",
"pizza brooklyn",
"car dealer los angeles"
]
}
]"
<?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/';
// Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard
$client = new RestClient($api_url, null, 'login', 'password');
$post_array = array();
// simple way to set a task
$post_array[] = array(
"keywords" => [
"dentist new york",
"pizza brooklyn",
"car dealer los angeles"
],
"language_name" => "English",
"location_code" => 2840
);
try {
// POST /v3/dataforseo_labs/google/bulk_keyword_difficulty/live
$result = $client->post('/v3/dataforseo_labs/google/bulk_keyword_difficulty/live', $post_array);
print_r($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()
# simple way to set a task
post_data[len(post_data)] = dict(
keywords=[
"dentist new york",
"pizza brooklyn",
"car dealer los angeles"
],
location_name="United States",
language_name="English"
)
# POST /v3/dataforseo_labs/google/bulk_keyword_difficulty/live
response = client.post("/v3/dataforseo_labs/google/bulk_keyword_difficulty/live", 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.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace DataForSeoDemos
{
public static partial class Demos
{
public static async Task dataforseo_labs_google_bulk_keyword_difficulty_live()
{
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-dashboard
DefaultRequestHeaders = { Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("login:password"))) }
};
var postData = new List<object>();
postData.Add(new
{
keywords = new[]
{
"dentist new york",
"pizza brooklyn",
"car dealer los angeles"
},
location_name = "United States",
language_name = "English"
});
// POST /v3/dataforseo_labs/google/bulk_keyword_difficulty/live
// the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
var taskPostResponse = await httpClient.PostAsync("/v3/dataforseo_labs/google/bulk_keyword_difficulty/live", new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(postData)));
var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(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:
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. The maximum number of requests that can be sent simultaneously is limited to 30.
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
keywords
array
target keywords required field
UTF-8 encoding
maximum number of keywords you can specify in this array: 1000
the keywords will be converted to lowercase format
learn more about rules and limitations of keyword and keywords fields in DataForSEO APIs in this Help Center article
location_name
string
full name of the location required field if don’t specify location_code
you can receive the list of available locations with their location_name by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/dataforseo_labs/locations_and_languages
example: United Kingdom
location_code
integer
location code required field if don’t specify location_name
you can receive the list of available locations with their location_code by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/dataforseo_labs/locations_and_languages
example: 2840
language_name
string
full name of the language required field if don’t specify language_code
you can receive the list of available languages with their language_name by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/dataforseo_labs/locations_and_languages
example: English
language_code
string
language code required field if don’t specify language_name
you can receive the list of available languages with their language_code by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/dataforseo_labs/locations_and_languages
example: en
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
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
se_type
string
search engine type
location_code
integer
location code in a POST array
if there is no data, then the value is null
language_code
string
language code in a POST array
if there is no data, then the value is null
total_count
integer
total amount of results in our database relevant to your request
items_count
integer
the number of results returned in the items array
items
array
contains keywords and related keyword difficulty scores
se_type
string
search engine type
keyword
string
keyword in a POST array
keyword_difficulty
integer
difficulty of ranking in the first top-10 organic results for a keyword
indicates the chance of getting in top-10 organic results for a keyword on a logarithmic scale from 0 to 100;
calculated by analysing, among other parameters, link profiles of the first 10 pages in SERP;
learn more about the metric in this help center guide