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Keyword Overview

DataForSEO

Return search volume, competition, cost-per-click and trend metrics for keywords.

Current price
$0.0168/call
Availability
Ready to run
Last accepted verification

What this API does

Returns a consolidated Google keyword view for a bounded location and language, including monthly demand, paid competition, CPC, intent, SEO difficulty and optional SERP summary fields. Clickstream enrichment is excluded because it doubles supplier cost; billing is one live task plus each returned keyword.

Agents select this operation with tool ID dataforseo.keyword-overview, then inspect its current executable contract before a run.

Public input and output shape

Input

include_serp_infoboolean · optional

Value supplied for include serp info.

keywordsarray · required

Keyword phrases of at most 10 words each.

minItems: 1 · maxItems: 700

language_namestring · optional

Value supplied for language name.

minLength: 1 · maxLength: 100

location_namestring · optional

Value supplied for location name.

minLength: 1 · maxLength: 200

Output

itemsarray

Returned items value.

items_countnumber

Returned items count value.

Example request and output

This reviewed worked example is shared with inspect. Inspect also returns the current executable schema and price estimate before a paid run.

Request

{
  "tool_id": "dataforseo.keyword-overview",
  "input": {
    "keywords": [
      "seo tools"
    ],
    "language_name": "English",
    "location_name": "United States"
  }
}

Output

{
  "items": [
    {
      "keyword": "seo tools",
      "keyword_info": {
        "cpc": 8.15,
        "competition": 0.34,
        "search_volume": 12100
      },
      "keyword_properties": {
        "keyword_difficulty": 52
      },
      "search_intent_info": {
        "main_intent": "commercial"
      }
    }
  ],
  "items_count": 1
}
Teaching errors and limitations
  • invalid_input: Provide 1–700 keyword phrases with a supported location and language.example: {"keywords":["seo tools"],"location_name":"United States","language_name":"English"}
  • no_results: The keyword database did not contain the requested keyword and location combination.Try a broader keyword or a different supported location and language.
Updated
21 August 2026

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