What is a rank tracking API?

An API that checks where a domain ranks on search engines for a list of keywords, on a schedule, for a chosen location and device, and returns the positions, ranking URLs and history as structured data so they can be shown in a product or a report.

Which search engines does the rank tracking API cover?

Google and Bing for organic positions, with the SERP features present on each result page. The same keywords can be tracked across eight AI engines for AI answer visibility, which is returned in the same record.

Can I track keyword rankings by city or by device?

Yes. Location can be a country, region, city or postcode, and device is desktop or mobile. Both are set per keyword set.

How often are positions checked?

Daily by default. Keyword sets can be registered with a weekly schedule to reduce cost, or checked on demand.

Does the API return SERP features and AI Overviews?

Yes. Each check lists the features that appeared, and for AI Overviews whether the brand was cited and which domains were. That is the part a classic rank tracker cannot return.

How is the rank tracking API priced?

Per keyword check per search engine, from a credit balance of prepaid credits. There is no subscription and no keyword tier. Volume pricing is available.

Honeyb API. Rank tracking API.

Rank tracking API for Google, Bing and the AI answers after them.

Submit keywords with a location and device, get positions back on a schedule, with the SERP features that appeared and whether the brand is in the AI answer for the same query. One integration for both surfaces.

Early access. The endpoints below are the launch contract; request access to be on it first, and use the AI answer endpoints today.

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Daily

position checks, or your own schedule per keyword set

2 + 8

Google and Bing rankings, plus eight AI engines on the same keywords

Per request

usage-based pricing from a credit balance, no seat or keyword tier

What it returns

Positions, features and the AI answer, in one record.

Every keyword check returns the organic position and ranking URL on Google and Bing for the requested location and device, the SERP features present on that page, and whether the brand was cited in the AI Overview. Recommend rate across the AI engines for the same query rides along, so a dashboard can show the classic rank and the AI answer side by side without a second vendor.

Location and device. Country, region, city or postcode targeting, desktop or mobile, on every keyword.
History included. Position history and 7-day and 30-day change come with the record. No separate history call for the basics.
Bulk by design. Register keyword sets in one call, fetch positions in pages. Built for thousands of keywords per project.

GET /api/platform/v1/rank-tracking/positions?domain=acme.com&location=US&device=desktop

{

"keyword": "project management software",

"location": "United States",

"device": "desktop",

"checked_at": "2026-09-05T04:10:00Z",

"google": { "position": 4, "url": "https://acme.com/", "change_7d": 2 },

"bing": { "position": 6, "url": "https://acme.com/", "change_7d": 0 },

"serp_features": ["ai_overview", "people_also_ask", "video"],

"ai_overview": { "brand_cited": false, "cited_domains": ["g2.com", "capterra.com"] },

"ai_answers": { "recommend_rate": 0.4, "sampled_runs": 10 }

}

Endpoints

Register keywords, read positions, read history.

The rank tracking endpoints follow the task pattern: you register what to track, Honeyb checks it on schedule, you read the results.

POST/api/platform/v1/rank-tracking/keywords

GET/api/platform/v1/rank-tracking/positions

Latest positions and URLs for a set on Google and Bing, with SERP features and the AI Overview citation state.

GET/api/platform/v1/rank-tracking/history

Position history per keyword, per engine, for charting and change detection.

GET/api/platform/v1/rank-tracking/serp-features

Which features appeared for each keyword over time: AI Overview, snippets, People also ask, local pack, video.

POST/api/platform/v1/tasks

AI answer visibility for the same keywords, phrased as prompts, across the eight engines. Live today.

Build with it

What gets built on a rank tracking API.

Agency dashboards

Client-facing rank reports with Google, Bing and AI answer presence on the same row, white-labelled and refreshed daily.

SEO platforms

Add rank tracking to a content or technical SEO product without operating a SERP collection fleet.

Automated reporting

Pull weekly positions into a sheet, a warehouse or a Slack digest. History and change fields are ready for the chart.

Alerting

Drops of more than a set number of positions, lost featured snippets, a new AI Overview citing a competitor. All available as fields to alert on.

Why it holds up

Why this rank tracker API is different.

The AI answer on the same keyword

Rank trackers stop at the blue links. This one reports whether the brand is in the AI Overview and how often the AI engines recommend it for the same query.

Usage-based, not tiered

No keyword tiers, no seats. Register what you need and pay per check from a credit balance. Scale up for a campaign and down after it.

Evidence on request

Any position can be traced to the captured result page it came from. Disputes with a client end at the screenshot.

Pricing

Priced per check.

Each keyword check on each search engine is one request, billed from a credit balance of prepaid credits. AI answer enrichment on the same keywords is billed per answer at $0.08 per answer on every engine. No subscription, no keyword tiers. Volume pricing for agencies and platforms.

Platform pricing

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