Track a keyword daily, or stop · REST API

Track a keyword daily, or stop The star on a Keywords row: Google positions are checked every day (once a week the top 100). The keyword must be in the list; POST /sites/{siteId}/actions adds a gap keyword. Starting counts against the plan's tracked keywords and posts the first check at once. Recorded in the website's Activity as the key owner.

Parameters

Name	In	Details
`siteId`Required	path	stringWebsite id, from GET /sites.

Request body

Field	Details
`keyword_id`	string · Keyword id, from GET /keywords
`keyword`	string · Or the keyword text, in the website's current location
`on`	true or false · Default true; false stops tracking

{
  "keyword": "gravel bike tires"
}

Response

200 · application/json

Field	Details
`keyword`	object · required
`keyword.id`	string · required; Keyword id
`keyword.keyword`	string · required; The search phrase
`keyword.tracked`	true or false · required; Checked daily now
`link`	address (URL) · required; The Keywords screen in the app

Errors

Status	Meaning
`400`	Bad request. Codes: `missing_keyword`, `bad_on`, `not_tracked`.
`401`	Missing, unknown or revoked key. Codes: `missing_key`, `invalid_key`.
`403`	The key lacks the scope, covers another website, or its owner lost access. Codes: `missing_scope`, `other_site`, `owner_left`, `no_owner`, forbidden.
`404`	Not found. Codes: `not_found`, `keyword_not_found`.
`429`	Too many requests this hour for this key. Codes: `rate_limited`.

Example request

curl -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer mr_ws_…" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"keyword":"gravel bike tires"}' \
  "https://app.monoranks.com/api/v1/sites/SITE_ID/keywords/track"

const res = await fetch("https://app.monoranks.com/api/v1/sites/SITE_ID/keywords/track", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer mr_ws_…", "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "keyword": "gravel bike tires"
  }),
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error((await res.json()).error.message);
const data = await res.json();

import requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://app.monoranks.com/api/v1/sites/SITE_ID/keywords/track",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer mr_ws_…"},
    json={
        "keyword": "gravel bike tires",
    },
)
res.raise_for_status()
data = res.json()

<?php
$ch = curl_init("https://app.monoranks.com/api/v1/sites/SITE_ID/keywords/track");
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["Authorization: Bearer mr_ws_…", "Content-Type: application/json"],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"keyword":"gravel bike tires"}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

import axios from "axios";

const { data } = await axios.post(
  "https://app.monoranks.com/api/v1/sites/SITE_ID/keywords/track",
  {
    "keyword": "gravel bike tires"
  },
  { headers: { Authorization: "Bearer mr_ws_…" } },
);

Example response

{
  "keyword": {
    "id": "2d4f6b8d-0f2b-4d4f-9b6d-0f2b4d6f8b0d",
    "keyword": "gravel bike tires",
    "tracked": true
  },
  "link": "https://app.monoranks.com/sites/3f6c2a1e-8b4d-4c7a-9e21-5d0b7a6f4c13/keywords"
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "missing_keyword",
    "message": "Send keyword (the text) or keyword_id (from GET /keywords)."
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "missing_key",
    "message": "Send the key as Authorization: Bearer mr_site_…"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "missing_scope",
    "message": "This key does not have the scope this call needs."
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "Website not found."
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "message": "More than 1200 requests this hour for this key."
  }
}

The MCP server does the same with the tool track_keyword.