Competitors

The SerpstatUrlProcedure.getUrlCompetitors method returns the list of URL competitors to the queried URL. The data set is similar to the Competitors report in the URL analysis.

Use case: Get a list of competitors for a specific domain and analyze their strategies to improve your website's visibility in search engines.
1. Use method SerpstatUrlProcedure.getUrlCompetitors with your website domain.
2. Receive and save the response with a list of competitors and relevant data.
3. Analyze the data to improve your SEO strategy.

General request parameters and instructions for using Serpstat API

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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		SerpstatUrlProcedure.getUrlCompetitors
params	The object with parameters {...}, it lists all the following parameters and arrays [...]	array	no
url	URLs for finding competing URLs	string	no		https://www.nike.com
se	ID of the search base to be searched.	string	no		g_us
sort	Order of sorting the results in the format {{{field}}: {{order}}} field — field to sort by: * cnt order — sort direction (asc — ascending, desc — descending)	array	yes	[ ] empty array	{"cnt": "asc"}
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

Response parameters
Parameter	Description
id	Response id corresponds the request id
result	Contains the answer
data	Array with data
domain	Competitor’s domain
url	Competitor’s page
cnt	Number of keywords in the top 10 for which pages intersect
summary_info	Object with data
page	Page number
total	Number of keywords in top-100
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:

{
    "domain": "footlocker.com",
    "url": "https://www.footlocker.com/category/brands/nike.html",
    "cnt": 93
},

Example

Request data:

{
    "id": "1",
    "method": "SerpstatUrlProcedure.getUrlCompetitors",
    "params": {
     "se": "g_us",
     "url": "https://www.nike.com",
     "sort": {"cnt": "desc"},
     "page": "1",
     "size": "10"
 }
}

Response data:

{
    "id": "1",
    "result": {
        "data": [
            {
                "domain": "footlocker.com",
                "url": "https://www.footlocker.com/category/brands/nike.html",
                "cnt": 93
            },
            {
                "domain": "nike.com",
                "url": "https://www.nike.com/w/sale-3yaep",
                "cnt": 59
            },
            {
                "domain": "finishline.com",
                "url": "https://www.finishline.com/nike",
                "cnt": 49
            }
        ],
        "summary_info": {
            "page": 1,
            "total": 356,
            "left_lines": 998149
        }
    }
}