Keywords

Classic keyword data for a seed term, search volume, CPC, competition, and related ideas. Priced by outcome.

Overview

Monthly search volume, CPC, competition, and (with ideas: true) LLM-curated related keyword ideas for a seed term. This is a classic-SEO data tool, not a multi-model AI-search fan-out, so it is billed once per call, by outcome rather than per model.

Reference

POST/v1/keywords

$0.03 to $0.12 · by outcome: $0.03 for zero or unavailable volume, $0.09 for positive volume, and $0.12 with related ideas.

Parameters

`seed`required	string	Seed keyword to fetch search volume, CPC, and competition for.
`country`optional	string	ISO-2 country code for localized metrics. Defaults to "us". Default: `"us"`.
`language`optional	string	Optional ISO-2 language code. Defaults to the country's primary search language, so country "de" searches in German. Only multilingual markets accept an override: us (en, es), ca (en, fr), in (en, hi). Every other country has a single search language and rejects anything else.
`ideas`optional	boolean	Leave false for volume, CPC, and competition on the seed only. Set true only when related, alternative, or long-tail keyword ideas are requested. Default: `false`.

Request

curl https://www.cite42.dev/api/v1/keywords \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CITE42_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"seed":"AI-powered CRM","ideas":true}'

Response

{
  "requestedKeyword": "AI-powered CRM",
  "keyword": "AI-powered CRM",
  "status": "exact",
  "volume": 4400,
  "cpc": 3.12,
  "competition": 0.41,
  "competitionLevel": "MEDIUM",
  "ideas": [
    {
      "keyword": "AI CRM for startups",
      "volume": 8100,
      "cpc": 2.84,
      "competition": 0.38,
      "competitionLevel": "MEDIUM"
    }
  ],
  "requestId": "…",
  "billing": {
    "cost": {
      "microCredits": 12000,
      "usd": "0.12"
    },
    "balance": {
      "microCredits": 1336000,
      "usd": "13.36"
    }
  }
}