# Keyword Metrics (`squat_rainfall/keyword-metrics`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/squat\_rainfall/keyword-metrics.md
- **Developed by:** [Neri Garcia](https://apify.com/squat_rainfall) (community)
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## Pricing

$990.00 / 1,000 keyword batches

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Keyword Search Volume & CPC — Google Ads

Get Google Ads keyword search volume, CPC, competition, and monthly trends for up to 1,000 keywords in one API call. This Actor is highly API/automation friendly, delivering clean, structured Dataset outputs for programmatic workflows or bulk data exports.

### What it does

This Actor queries live Google Ads keyword metrics in bulk. You can submit up to 1,000 keywords in a single batch, and it will return detailed metrics for each keyword, including:

- **Search Volume**: Average monthly search volume.
- **CPC**: Estimated Cost Per Click.
- **Competition**: The competition level for the keyword (LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH, etc.).
- **Monthly Search Trends**: Historical search volume broken down by month.

### Input Example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "running shoes",
    "best running shoes",
    "trail running shoes"
  ],
  "location": "United States",
  "language": "English"
}
```

### Output Example

The Actor returns a structured JSON Dataset where each record corresponds to a submitted keyword:

```json
{
  "keyword": "running shoes",
  "searchVolume": 110000,
  "cpc": 1.25,
  "competition": "HIGH",
  "monthlySearches": [
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "month": 8,
      "search_volume": 110000
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "month": 7,
      "search_volume": 135000
    }
  ]
}
```

### Pricing

**Pay Per Event (PPE): $0.99 per successful batch.**

You are charged exactly once per completed batch run, and you can include up to 1,000 keywords in a single batch. You will not be charged if the input validation fails or if the run encounters a critical error before producing a valid dataset result.

### Important Behavior

- **Zero-volume terms:** Keywords without available metrics in Google Ads (e.g. extremely long-tail or nonsensical queries) will still be present in the final Dataset, but they will return `null` values for `searchVolume`, `cpc`, and `competition` rather than being silently removed. This ensures your input list matches 1:1 with your output Dataset.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

List of up to 1,000 keywords to analyze in a single batch.

## `location` (type: `string`):

Location for search volume (e.g. United States, United Kingdom)

## `language` (type: `string`):

Language for search volume (e.g. English, Spanish)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "location": "United States",
  "language": "English"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Structured keyword metrics returned by the Actor.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("squat_rainfall/keyword-metrics").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("squat_rainfall/keyword-metrics").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call squat_rainfall/keyword-metrics --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,squat_rainfall/keyword-metrics"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/GS7FgvWx6kKPK7Esj/builds/IA31SCdw0rPZ1ji0i/openapi.json