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Commonly, pingback is known as a callback function, and postback is referred to as a webhook or HTTP push. With DataForSEO API, the pingback function is like a notification sent to your server upon the completion of a task, while...

When you set a task using the Standard method, the task results are kept for 30 days. You can retrieve the results of the task from our system using the corresponding GET endpoint and the task ID. In case you...

There are three ways to find out if the task has been completed: 1 Wait for some time and make a GET request by task ID. If the results are not ready at the moment when you requested them, you should...

It depends on the method and priority you used for setting a task, and on the overall system load. To illustrate the difference in methods and priorities, let’s take SERP API. The Standard method takes 5 minutes on average (with...

DataForSEO has two main methods to deliver the data you requested: Standard and Live. If your system requires delivering instant results, the Live method is the best solution for you. Unlike the Standard method, it doesn’t require making separate POST and...

The ID of a task is a unique task identifier in our system in the Universally unique identifier (UUID) format. It is used for matching tasks set to our system with the results that we should deliver. To put it...

DataForSEO API is using the REST technology for interchanging data between your application and our service. The data exchange is made through the widely used HTTP protocol, which allows applying our API to virtually any programming language. You can find examples...