Getting Started with

SimilarWeb API

Dont Panic!
If youre reading this, it is safe to assume you
are some kind of data geek. It doesnt matter
whether youre a code guru or dont know
how to write a single line of code by the
end of this short guide youll know how to
make the most of SimilarWebs data via API.
The purpose of the guide is to walk you
through the process of getting started.
We will review the following issues:
Signing up for a free trial account
Making a request to the API
Monitoring your usage
Our Data

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Signing up for a trial account
This is very straightforward and if you already have an account, feel free to
proceed to the next chapter.
To be on the safe side, lets go over the steps:
1. Go to http://developer.similarweb.com (Our API site)
2. Click on Sign Up
3. Fill the form and hit Get Started

4. You will receive a confirmation email in your inbox. If you dont find it
immediately, check your spam folder or search for SimilarWeb in your inbox.
If all else fails, try again, or contact us.
5. Click on the confirmation link.

6. Youll be directed to the login page. Please enter your user name
and password.

7. You are now ready to make your first API call.

We recommend starting in Our APIs section to learn more about all

the available data and documentation.
If youre looking for some inspiration and use cases, check out our
Use Cases page.

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Making a request to the API
All requests are HTTP requests with a programmatic structure of 3 required
parameters (Domain, Endpoint, Key) and a few optional parameters, depending on
the specific data youll try to retrieve.
Browsers can make these requests directly, and most programming languages
have libraries for making these calls. Please check out our documentation for an
updated view of client libraries and wrappers.

API call format:

http://api.similarweb.com/Site/DOMAIN/v1/[ENDPOINT]?[PARAMETER]
&Format=[FORMAT]&UserKey=[SECRETKEY]

Example for the Categorization API:

http://api.similarweb.com/Site/yahoo.com/v2/category?
Format=JSON&UserKey=2f34dd98dd72349a827s2s34

Domain Parameter (Required):

All calls requires the domain / subdomain you wish to receive data for. If you want
to get only the data relevant to the main domain not including all the subdomains,
please include the parameter md=true" (default is true). Do not add http:// before the
domain.

Endpoint Parameter (Required):

You must include an endpoint code for every call you make, based on the specific data
youre trying to retrieve.
The following table provides an overview of all the available APIs with their endpoints,
as well as the relevant parameters.

API FAMILY

API

Traffic

Rank & Reach

DESCRIPTION

Estimated Number of
Visits for the domain

SimilarWebs Global
Rank

HISTORICAL

REQUIRE

DATA

DATE RANGE

12 Months

Yes

1 Month

No

1 Months

GRANULARITY

PAGINATION

ENDPOINT

Yes

visits

traffic

No

traffic

6 Months

No

Weekly

traffic

3 Months

No

traffic

12 months

Yes

Yes

pageviews

12 months

Yes

12 months

Yes

1 Month

No

1 Month

Monthly /
Weekly / Daily

Country Rank - Ranking

in the most popular
country
Traffic Reach - Estimated
percentage of the
internet users, out of the
entire internet traffic,
who visited the domain
over the last 6 months,
week by week

Web Traffic

Traffic Sources
Distribution - relative
share of each traffic
source over the last 3
months."
Average Page
views per
Visit (Website
Engagement)
Average Visit
Duration
(Website
Engagement)

Average Page views

per Visit for the given
domain

Average Visit
Duration in the
given domain

Bounce Rate

Bounce Rate for any of

(Website

the pages in the given

Engagement)

domain

Monthly /
Weekly / Daily

Monthly /
Weekly / Daily

Monthly /

Yes

visitduration

Yes

bouncerate

similarsites

No

alsovisited

1 Month

No

tags

1 Month

No

category

1 Month

No

1 Month

No

Weekly / Daily

returns 20 similar
Similar

websites and their

Websites

similarity score for a

given domain
receive a list of

Also Visited

additional websites that

were frequently visited
by the same visitors
Returns the 10 top

Website Tags

Tags to any and their

relevance score for a
given domain

Web Content

returns a given domains

Website

category based on our

Categorization

content analysis and

machine learning
return a given domains

Category Rank

category and its global

rank within its given

CategoryRank

category
detect the presence of
Adult Websites

adult content for a given

domain

Category

API FAMILY

API

DESCRIPTION

HISTORICAL

REQUIRE

DATA

DATE RANGE

3 months

no

GRANULARITY

PAGINATION

Receive the leading

Social Referrals

social networks sending

traffic to the domain

Organic Search
Keywords

ENDPOINT

socialreferringsites

orgsearch

Get access to all the

Organic and Paid Search
keywords leading to
given domain up to 12

12 months

Yes

months back. Output

Monthly /
Weekly / Daily

Yes

is paginated (10 results

Paid Search

per page).

paidsearch

Keywords

Web Traffic
Sources

receive the 10 leading

Destinations

sites that receive direct

leadingdes3 months

No

clicks from the domain

tinationsites

all the referring websites

to a given domain up to
Referrals

12 months back. Output

12 months

Yes

is paginated (10 results

Monthly /
Weekly / Daily

Yes

referrals

per page).

Organic
Keyword
Competitors

orgkwcomprovides streamlined

petitor

access to all the

domains that are
competing against the

12 months

Yes

chosen domain for the

Monthly /
Weekly / Daily

Yes

same Organic or Paid

Paid Keyword

paidkw-

keywords.

Competitors

competitor

receive the Title, Image,

Publisher, Price, Main
App Details

Category, Main Category

1 month

No

1 month

No

1 month

No

ID, and Rating for a

GetAppDetails

requested app
Get estimated range
Mobile

Google App

of installs for a given

Installs

app (Available only for

GetAppInstalls

Google Play Store).

Receive a list of all
Site Related

mobile apps (App Store

Apps

/ Play Store) related to a

given domain.

GetRelatedSiteApps

Time granularity (not all APIs):

Some data points require specification of the time granularity of the data
being returned.
gr = daily / monthly / weekly

Date range (not all APIs):

Some data points require specification of the date range of the data being returned in
M-YYYY structure.
start = M-YYYY / end = M-YYYY

Format (Not mandatory)

You can choose if you want to receive the data as JSON or XML.
Format = XML / JSON

User Key (Required):

Well, you dont really need an explanation to that, right?

Final Example:
http://api.similarweb.com/Site/google.com/v1/visits?gr=weekly&start=52014&end=6-2014&md=false&Format=JSONUserKey=2f34dd98dd72349a827s2s34

Domain - google.com
Endpoint Visits
Granularity gr=weekly
Start Date - start=5-2014
End Date end=6-2014
Main Domain md=false
Format=JSON
UserKey=2f34dd98dd72349a827s2s34

Time granularity (not all APIs):

<Values>
<Metric>
<Date>2014-05-01T00:00:00</Date>
<Value>19422317108</Value>
</Metric>
<Metric>
<Date>2014-06-01T00:00:00</Date>
<Value>18918609379</Value>
</Metric>
</Values>

Date Time Stamp

Value Number of visits for the given domain.

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Monitoring Usage
We highly recommend you check your usage from time to time in order to
understand better your usage habits and see if your quota may be on the
wrong side of full.
1. Click on your username on the top right corner of the page:

2. Click on API Usage

3. Here you can see how many hits you already used in the specified timeframe:

4. Clicking on Methods will help you understand the breakdown among the
specific endpoints.

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Our Data
Diverse Sources
We have more than a hundred different data sources, which helps us assess and
compare the quality of our data and eliminate biases.
We combine clickstream data from our industry-leading panel with data from our
crawler, VPNs, and SDK, to analyze over a billion pages every single month and get an
even better snapshot of web and app activity.
Unlike some providers, who focus on a specific region or user type, our collection is done
on a global scale, with a statistically representative cross-section of all types of consumers.
This allows us to reach an unbiased and full understanding of a website's traffic.

Size matters
When it comes to data, the bigger the panel is, the more statistically accurate the
insights will be.
We have panel data for tens of millions of users across the world, making our panel
the biggest in the industry.
We implement big data technologies on our data center consisting of dozens of high-end
servers that analyze tens of terabytes of data every week and more than a billion data
points every single day. The volume of data we manage and process makes our insights
highly accurate and reliable.

Data Treatment
Once we have collected volumes of raw data, we use statistical analysis and
machine learning techniques to turn it into actionable knowledge.
Our raw data is treated with in-house algorithms to remove biases, filter out noisy
information, and transform it into meaningful insights. The data from our diversified
sources is intelligently combined, normalized, and projected to represent the entire
Internet population.

From Data To Insights

Our expertise in web traffic, marketing analytics, and Internet behavior is what
brings our data to life.
We work hard to filter our processed data and present it to users in a way that allows
them to quickly find the insights they need.
We work hard so that you don't have to. Instead of being overloaded with irrelevant data,
we give users focused access to the most relevant intelligence to help them achieve faster
and better research.

Questions?
Contact us at: [email protected]