API Overview

We have two API options for you to choose from.

Which one is for me?

The Account API is useful if you have people who need access to the interface, but also need to programmatically make changes to the account or pull down data for backup, reporting or analysis purposes. If you’re just looking for straight search results and usage-based pricing the Partner API is probably for you.

Account API

The Account API is used when you require the ability to use the interface. Everything done in your account is reflected in this API, and everything done via the API is reflected in your account. Pricing is based on keyword volume plans.

Benefits

• Programmatically modify and access data in your AuthorityLabs account
• Synced data between the interface and API
• Keyword volume and frequency based pricing
• Access all data available in the interface including AdWords search volume, SEOmoz’s Linkscape, MajesticSEO, Yahoo! Site Explorer and indexed page data across Google, Yahoo! and Bing
• International language and country support

Documentation

Account API documentation

Activation

To enable the Account API signup for an account and email sales@authoritylabs.com.

Partner API

The Partner API should be used when you only require search results. Nothing done via the Partner API is reflected in any account. Pricing is based on specific endpoint usage, per thousand calls.

Benefits

• Access raw search results in HTML or parsed into JSON
• Per thousand query (CPM) usage-based pricing
• No minimums and no commitment required

Documentation

Documentation for the Partner API

Activation

If you’re interested in the Partner API you can either contact us, or email sales@authoritylabs.com.

Libraries

• For those who are using PHP, we went ahead and created a basic class to allow you to POST, GET, and parse out rankings from our Partner API. You can download it from GitHub here.

Reference

Make sure to check out the reference for common codes we use.

Also take advantage of our API console, courtesy of Apigee. Currently the API console only supports the Partner API.