Fetching Alexa data

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How is it possible to get traffic data, sub domains data, country rank in percentage like in http://www.websiteoutlook.com/www.google.com?

score 98 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 06 '19 at 15:50

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NB: This approach doesn't work anymore. The endpoint simply returns "Ok", even for URLs which aren't assigned.

There is a free API (though I haven't been able to find any documentation for it anywhere).

http://data.alexa.com/data?cli=10&url=%YOUR_URL%

You can also query for more data the following way:

http://data.alexa.com/data?cli=10&dat=snbamz&url=%YOUR_URL%

All the letters in dat are the ones that determine which info you get. This dat string is the one I've been able to find which seems to have more options. Also, cli changes the output completely, this option makes it return an XML with quite a lot of information.

EDIT: This API is the one used by the Alexa toolbar.

edited Mar 06 '19 at 15:50

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answered Jun 03 '11 at 07:38

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Awesome... works well. Do you know if there's a way to get the per country rank though? Say I want to get my websites rank in Australia. – mlevit Nov 26 '11 at 04:07
There isn't a way, since the toolbar doesn't need that information (it doesn't show it). In case it's necessary, you should consider the paid API. – Lumbendil Nov 30 '11 at 12:00
I read that making lot of requests to this URL will give you "503" error.. – Ayush Goyal Jan 26 '13 at 16:43
I haven't verified it, but since they have a paid API, it's logical that they'd put some kind of throttling in this one, which isn't meant for general use, but for their toolbar. – Lumbendil Jan 27 '13 at 15:47
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+1 for the incredible free link. – Masud Rahman Aug 21 '13 at 00:40
It seems not working now. – ZillGate Dec 26 '13 at 01:13
@ZillGate I just used it and had no issues. – Lumbendil Jan 02 '14 at 11:45
Anyone knows what's the limit to the number of requests? It seems like it basically only provides the dmoz.org info, which I'm sure could be had from elsewhere. – cnst Jan 27 '14 at 18:58
@cnst it provides a bit more information. The relevant additional info is on . As for the limit of requests, I don't currently know, since, as stated, it's a "private" API. – Lumbendil Jan 29 '14 at 12:06
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It works great, thanks! I've just used this API the other day, and there appears to be no limits (as long as you don't stuff Alexa with as many requests per second as it could possibly handle -- a small delay between the requests is all that's needed to have all of them return `200 OK`). – cnst Jan 30 '14 at 05:53
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This API not working for now and return Okay! – Hadi Akbarzadeh May 11 '18 at 22:47
@nabeghe i have the same response, is there a solution? – mma7 May 19 '18 at 21:47
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Where are the "dat" letters documented? – Cerin Jan 16 '19 at 23:01

Warface · Answer 2 · 2013-05-09T02:22:22.680

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A simple function to get the alexa rank

function alexa_rank($url){
    $xml = simplexml_load_file("http://data.alexa.com/data?cli=10&url=".$url);
    if(isset($xml->SD)):
        return $xml->SD->REACH->attributes();
    endif;
}

Works pretty well and free ;)

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answered May 09 '13 at 00:59

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Perfect thanks! I just added this to return the number with thousands separator: return number_format(floatval($xml->SD->REACH->attributes())); – Daniele B Nov 26 '14 at 15:41

score 14 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 22 '13 at 14:52

you can use this too

<?php
$url="http://stackoverflow.com/";
$xml = simplexml_load_file('http://data.alexa.com/data?cli=10&dat=snbamz&url='.$url);
$rank=isset($xml->SD[1]->POPULARITY)?$xml->SD[1]->POPULARITY->attributes()->TEXT:0;
$web=(string)$xml->SD[0]->attributes()->HOST;
echo $web." has Alexa Rank ".$rank;
?>

this will output it like

stackoverflow.com has Alexa Rank 55

score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 09 '10 at 12:13

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Alexa have an API here. It's not free, though.

answered Sep 09 '10 at 12:13

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Hi, yes I know about the AWIS, but I am just curious to know if there are any free services for same? – Prakash Sep 09 '10 at 12:17
@Prakash I don't know, but very hardly I think. Gathering these statistics is expensive... – Pekka Sep 09 '10 at 12:18
I also think such freebie don't exist; at least not for alexa detailed information. – Prakash Sep 09 '10 at 12:28
It is free. "http://data.alexa.com/data?cli=10&url=".$url – Florin Jul 16 '14 at 18:18
data.alexa.com not working to scripts anymore – Ashraf Jun 06 '18 at 01:07
@Ashraf see https://support.alexa.com/hc/en-us/articles/200450214-Is-Alexa-s-data-available-via-an-API- – Pekka Jun 06 '18 at 07:40

score 3 · Answer 5 · edited Feb 20 '14 at 16:55

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SimilarWeb has an API that exposes its traffic and ranking data. They also provide engagement metrics, referrals and domain categorization APIs, among others, so maybe it'll be good for you.

API - developer.similarweb.com

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answered Aug 27 '13 at 08:45

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What about the pricing? – tixastronauta Feb 21 '17 at 22:35

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 20 '14 at 16:58

Usage for SimilarWeb Traffic API:

function api_traffic (URL, KEY) {

  var apiurl = "http://api.similarweb.com/Site/"
  + URL
  + "/v2/EstimatedTraffic?Format=JSON&UserKey=";
  + "KEY";


var fetch_visitors = UrlFetchApp.fetch(apiurl);
    Utilities.sleep(2000);

      var data = JSON.parse( fetch_visitors);
    return data.EstimatedVisitors;
    }

score 1 · Answer 7 · edited Nov 26 '18 at 21:17

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By using http://data.alexa.com/data?cli=10&url=%YOUR_URL% API you can have all data.

edited Nov 26 '18 at 21:17

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answered Oct 26 '11 at 06:23

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tutology returns 404 Not Found. – cnst Jan 27 '14 at 18:59
Here is a saved version: https://web.archive.org/web/20131127045346/http://tutology.net/category/how-php/get-alexa-rank-php-and-alexa-api – Alexxandar Nov 22 '14 at 12:40

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 17 '15 at 23:06

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http://www.siteprice.org/api/ is the cheapest I think and easy to use.

$worthofwebsite= file_get_contents('http://www.siteprice.org/WorthApi.aspx?type=1&key=testkey&url=google.com'); 
echo "Website Worth: ".$worthofwebsite;

answered Aug 17 '15 at 23:06

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