This actor allows you to check the difficulty of keywords using the Ahrefs API. It provides comprehensive keyword difficulty analysis including SERP data and competition metrics.

Features

Keyword difficulty analysis
SERP (Search Engine Results Page) data
Competition shortage metrics
Country-specific analysis
Real-time data collection
Rate limiting protection

Input Parameters

keyword (required): The keyword to check difficulty for
country (optional, default: 'us'): Country code for the search

Output Data

The actor outputs keyword difficulty data, including:

keyword: The searched keyword
country: Country code used for the search
difficulty: Keyword difficulty score (0-100)
shortage: Competition shortage metric
serpResults: Search engine results page data
lastUpdate: Last update timestamp
scrapedAt: When the data was collected

Usage Example

{
    "keyword": "scrape",
    "country": "us"
}

Output Example

{
	"keyword": "scrape",
	"country": "us",
	"difficulty": 7,
	"shortage": 8,
	"serpResults": [
		{
			"content": [
				"knowledge_card",
				"None"
			],
			"pos": 1
		},
		{
			"content": [
				"questions",
				[
					[
						"Some",
						{
							"title": "What is a scrape in slang?",
							"link": "None"
						}
					],
					[
						"Some",
						{
							"title": "What is a scrape on a wound?",
							"link": "None"
						}
					],
					[
						"Some",
						{
							"title": "What is a scrape animal?",
							"link": "None"
						}
					],
					[
						"Some",
						{
							"title": "What does scrape by mean?",
							"link": "None"
						}
					]
				]
			],
			"pos": 2
		},
		{
			"content": [
				"organic",
				{
					"link": [
						"Some",
						{
							"title": "SCRAPE Definition & Meaning",
							"url": [
								"Url",
								{
									"url": "https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrape",
									"input": {
										"mode": "exact",
										"protocol": "https",
										"protocollessUrl": "www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrape",
										"signatureInfo": {
											"notAfter": "2025-06-22T03:13:22Z",
											"signature": "fFyf7qHaoZXsaCEygdQBhRs32lim0ym1322m0P4OgL0="
										}
									}
								}
							],
							"attribute": null,
							"isTarget": null,
							"metrics": {
								"rank": 728,
								"domainRating": 91,
								"urlRating": 18,
								"refpages": 537,
								"domains": 89,
								"traffic": 287,
								"cost": 49906,
								"keywords": 86,
								"topKeyword": "scrapes",
								"topVolume": 3400,
								"nrWords": 1288,
								"httpCode": 200
							}
						}
					],
					"siteLinks": []
				}
			],
			"pos": 3,
			"posWithMetrics": 1
		},
		{
			"content": [
				"top_stories",
				[
					[
						"Some",
						{
							"title": "Glass scrape studies. \n#glassart #fluidart #satisfyingart #satisfyingvideo #abstractpainting  #arttechniques  #scrapeart #artideas #paintingtechniques",
							"url": {
								"url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLDYmM6OXNT/",
								"input": {
									"mode": "exact",
									"protocol": "https",
									"protocollessUrl": "www.instagram.com/reel/DLDYmM6OXNT/",
									"signatureInfo": {
										"notAfter": "2025-06-22T03:13:22Z",
										"signature": "r3lREKmOkGIMdMER2q/+1mPzqxech2DM76z9cR5Wusg="
									}
								}
							},
							"attribute": "Video",
							"isTarget": null
						}
					],
					[
						"Some",
						{
							"title": "How to Scrape Data From Any Website Using Deepseek",
							"url": {
								"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8ECuA_c1SU",
								"input": {
									"mode": "exact",
									"protocol": "https",
									"protocollessUrl": "www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8ECuA_c1SU",
									"signatureInfo": {
										"notAfter": "2025-06-22T03:13:22Z",
										"signature": "Jn5QiRMAvcR7+KMgeCmo+WyBW8nk1isEdqBxSnx5A3k="
									}
								}
							},
							"attribute": "Thumbnail",
							"isTarget": null
						}
					],
					[
						"Some",
						{
							"title": "Need to scrape ~3 million items from a website — what's the best approach for large-scale scraping?",
							"url": {
								"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1kr1dfo/need_to_scrape_3_million_items_from_a_website/",
								"input": {
									"mode": "exact",
									"protocol": "https",
									"protocollessUrl": "www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1kr1dfo/need_to_scrape_3_million_items_from_a_website/",
									"signatureInfo": {
										"notAfter": "2025-06-22T03:13:22Z",
										"signature": "M8Z2BTD8OxLfbE8WXZ6S8oyPAIfuQqiZuf316/jX8As="
									}
								}
							},
							"attribute": null,
							"isTarget": null
						}
					]
				]
			],
			"pos": 4
		},
		{
			"content": [
				"organic",
				{
					"link": [
						"Some",
						{
							"title": "SCRAPE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary",
							"url": [
								"Url",
								{
									"url": "https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/scrape",
									"input": {
										"mode": "exact",
										"protocol": "https",
										"protocollessUrl": "dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/scrape",
										"signatureInfo": {
											"notAfter": "2025-06-22T03:13:22Z",
											"signature": "g5ZYKn6Sud726AKS/DOBeR1udYHHq9BmZCFoWeaa2C4="
										}
									}
								}
							],
							"attribute": null,
							"isTarget": null,
							"metrics": {
								"rank": 539,
								"domainRating": 92,
								"urlRating": 0,
								"refpages": 6,
								"domains": 5,
								"traffic": 53,
								"cost": 4648,
								"keywords": 42,
								"topKeyword": "scrapes",
								"topVolume": 3400,
								"nrWords": null,
								"httpCode": null
							}
						}
					],
					"siteLinks": []
				}
			],
			"pos": 5,
			"posWithMetrics": 2
		},
		{
			"content": [
				"organic",
				{
					"link": [
						"Some",
						{
							"title": "Scrape: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia",
							"url": [
								"Url",
								{
									"url": "https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007212.htm",
									"input": {
										"mode": "exact",
										"protocol": "https",
										"protocollessUrl": "medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007212.htm",
										"signatureInfo": {
											"notAfter": "2025-06-22T03:13:22Z",
											"signature": "9bpc43piktdD56UNT0hD6By1a61rNEG1Gp+yjoY1jA4="
										}
									}
								}
							],
							"attribute": null,
							"isTarget": null,
							"metrics": {
								"rank": 861,
								"domainRating": 91,
								"urlRating": 4,
								"refpages": 36,
								"domains": 12,
								"traffic": 111,
								"cost": 15924,
								"keywords": 40,
								"topKeyword": "scrapes",
								"topVolume": 3400,
								"nrWords": 686,
								"httpCode": 200
							}
						}
					],
					"siteLinks": []
				}
			],
			"pos": 6,
			"posWithMetrics": 3
		},
		{
			"content": [
				"organic",
				{
					"link": [
						"Some",
						{
							"title": "Scrape - Webster's Dictionary 1828",
							"url": [
								"Url",
								{
									"url": "https://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/scrape",
									"input": {
										"mode": "exact",
										"protocol": "https",
										"protocollessUrl": "webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/scrape",
										"signatureInfo": {
											"notAfter": "2025-06-22T03:13:22Z",
											"signature": "a+jSVxq+d3A/BkGEm00RmBPWrdGzRJd/ZBzdHRCC3U8="
										}
									}
								}
							],
							"attribute": null,
							"isTarget": null,
							"metrics": null
						}
					],
					"siteLinks": []
				}
			],
			"pos": 7,
			"posWithMetrics": 4
		},
		{
			"content": [
				"organic",
				{
					"link": [
						"Some",
						{
							"title": "Scrape - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms",
							"url": [
								"Url",
								{
									"url": "https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/scrape",
									"input": {
										"mode": "exact",
										"protocol": "https",
										"protocollessUrl": "www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/scrape",
										"signatureInfo": {
											"notAfter": "2025-06-22T03:13:22Z",
											"signature": "gGLBbKKmXv/o1CY7j7q4CAZ09/1XV9Hme/wXGOwgVWs="
										}
									}
								}
							],
							"attribute": null,
							"isTarget": null,
							"metrics": null
						}
					],
					"siteLinks": []
				}
			],
			"pos": 8,
			"posWithMetrics": 5
		},
		{
			"content": [
				"organic",
				{
					"link": [
						"Some",
						{
							"title": "SCRAPE Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words",
							"url": [
								"Url",
								{
									"url": "https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrape",
									"input": {
										"mode": "exact",
										"protocol": "https",
										"protocollessUrl": "www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrape",
										"signatureInfo": {
											"notAfter": "2025-06-22T03:13:22Z",
											"signature": "QkOzaQvhrBeXRHahSmUnGsG0s42LEsNFvLVCgCb4T+s="
										}
									}
								}
							],
							"attribute": null,
							"isTarget": null,
							"metrics": null
						}
					],
					"siteLinks": []
				}
			],
			"pos": 9,
			"posWithMetrics": 6
		},
		{
			"content": [
				"organic",
				{
					"link": [
						"Some",
						{
							"title": "Scrape",
							"url": [
								"Url",
								{
									"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrape",
									"input": {
										"mode": "exact",
										"protocol": "https",
										"protocollessUrl": "en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrape",
										"signatureInfo": {
											"notAfter": "2025-06-22T03:13:22Z",
											"signature": "Tm6YGheqEwF7tdnAI3+2o1jG4SYHC4L4Ccii2Bp7YzU="
										}
									}
								}
							],
							"attribute": null,
							"isTarget": null,
							"metrics": null
						}
					],
					"siteLinks": []
				}
			],
			"pos": 10,
			"posWithMetrics": 7
		}
	],
	"lastUpdate": "2025-06-19T23:59:21Z",
	"scrapedAt": "2025-06-20T03:13:22.721Z"
}

Supported Countries

The actor supports various country codes including:

us - United States
uk - United Kingdom
ca - Canada
au - Australia
And many more...

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