Keywords selection

The SerpstatKeywordProcedure.getKeywords shows organic keywords associated with the researched keyword that domains are ranking for in Google`s top-100 results and for every found keyword you’ll see its volume, CPC and level of competition. The data set is similar to the Keyword research — SEO research — Keywords selection report.

General request parameters and instructions for using Serpstat API

Search databases available

Request parameters
Parameter	Description	Type	Optional	Default value	Value Options
id	A request id: the response contains the same id. Enter any number (number) or text (string) value	int/string	no		1, test
method	API method name	string	no		SerpstatKeywordProcedure.getKeywords
params	The object with parameters {...}, it lists all the following parameters and arrays [...]	array	no
keyword	Keyword to search for	string	no		iphone
se	ID of the search base to be searched (there are both Google and Yandex databases available, for example: g_us or y_157).	string	no		g_us
minusKeywords	Negative keyword array	array	yes	[ ]empty array	["app", "apple"]
filters	Filter conditions	array	yes		"cost": "10"; "cost_to": "10"; "cost_from": 1 "region_queries_count": "1000"; "region_queries_count_to": "2000"; "region_queries_count_from": 300 keyword_length : num keyword_length_from : num keyword_length_to : num "difficulty": 3; "difficulty_from": 5; "difficulty_to": 10 "concurrency": "7"; "concurrency_to": "7"; "concurrency_from": 1 "right_spelling": true, "right_spelling": false "misspelled": true, "misspelled": false
sort	Order of sorting the results in the format: {{{field}}: {{order}}} field — field to sort by: * cost * concurrency * found_results * region_queries_count * region_queries_count_wide * keyword_length order — sort direction (asc — ascending, desc — descending)	array	yes	['cost' => 'asc', 'region_queries_count' => 'desc']	{"keyword": "desc"} or ['cost' => 'asc', 'region_queries_count' => 'desc']
page	Page number in response	int	yes	1	"page": "5"
size	Number of results per page in response	int	yes	100	"size": "10" min: 1, max: 1000

To filter the results, use the following parameters:

Parameter	Description	Possible values
cost_from	min CPC	0-200
cost_to	max CPC	0-200
concurrency_from	min competition for PPC keyword	0-100
concurrency_to	max competition for PPC keyword	0-100
minus_keywords	Negative keywords filter (a list of keywords separated by a comma)	string

Response parameters
Parameter	Description
id	Response id corresponds the request id
result	Contains the answer
data	Array with data
keyword	Keyword
cost	Cost per click, $
concurrency	Keyword competition in the PPC (0-100%)
found_results	Number of results found for the keyword
region_queries_count	Search volume in a selected region
region_queries_count_wide	Search volume in selected search engine database in broad match
types	List of special elements shown in SERP (for example, video, carousel or map)
geo_names	List of toponyms in the array (if toponyms are present in the keywords)
social_domains	Social domains listed top-10 for a selected keyword
right_spelling	Recommended correction of a misspelled keyword
lang	Language
keyword_length	Number of words divided by space in a keyword
difficulty	The assessment of the level of competition for a keyword to advance in organic search in the top-10 (from 0 to 100%)
summary_info	Object with data
page	Page number
total	Number of found results
left_lines	API credits remaining

Credits: the number of charged credits corresponds to the number of results obtained upon request. You can get no more than 60000 results per a query. Part of the API response, for which 1 credit is charged:

{
    "keyword": "how to download you tube videos on iphone",
    "cost": 0.56999999999999995,
    "concurrency": 1,
    "found_results": 729000000,
    "region_queries_count": 9900,
    "region_queries_count_wide": 0,
    "types": [
        "a_box_fsnippet",
        "local_related_search",
        "related_search"
        ],
    "geo_names": [],
    "social_domains": [
        "youtube",
        "reddit"
        ],
    "right_spelling": "how to download youtube videos on iphone",
    "lang": null,
    "keyword_length": 8,
    "difficulty": 17.57
},

Example

Request data:

{
 "id": "1",
 "method": "SerpstatKeywordProcedure.getKeywords",
 "params": {
   "keyword": "iphone",
   "se": "g_us",
   "minusKeywords": ["app", "apple"],
   "sort": {"region_queries_count": "desc"},
   "page": "1",
   "size": "10"
 }
}

Response data:

{
                "keyword": "iphone 13",
                "cost": 1.8600000000000001,
                "concurrency": 100,
                "found_results": 3420000000,
                "region_queries_count": 3350000,
                "region_queries_count_wide": 0,
                "types": [
                    "also_asks",
                    "top_stories"
                ],
                "geo_names": [],
                "social_domains": [
                    "wikipedia",
                    "twitter",
                    "amazon"
                ],
                "right_spelling": null,
                "lang": null,
                "keyword_length": 2,
                "difficulty": 46.481060722595139,
                "also_asks": [
                    "what will be the cost of iphone 13",
                    "will there be an iphone 13 mini",
                    "is there an iphone 13 coming out"
                ]
            },
}