WordZe API Python Script
Can be run from the command line or in another application. Built for Python 2.4 with pyCURL
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import sys, pycurl, re, time, string, urllib from datetime import date import xml.dom.minidom class WordZe: def __init__(self, key='ADD YOUR KEY HERE'): self.apiKey = key self.caretakerObj = WordZeCaretaker() self.userAgent = 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; es-ES; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/20090624 Firefox/3.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)' def singleKeywordLookup(self, keyList = []): if len(keyList) == 0: raise Error('You need to pass a list to the singleKeywordLookup to perform a request.') else: # TODO: DB CHECK FOR VALUE PULLED WITHIN LAST 30 DAYS keyString = string.join(keyList, ',') requestObj = pycurl.Curl() requestObj.setopt(pycurl.USERAGENT, self.userAgent) requestObj.setopt(pycurl.FOLLOWLOCATION, 1) requestObj.setopt(pycurl.WRITEFUNCTION, self.caretakerObj.remotecallback) requestObj.setopt(pycurl.HTTPGET, 1) keyString = str(keyString).replace(' ','+') requestObj.setopt(pycurl.URL, str('http://api.wordze.com/KeywordSingle?ApiKey=' + str(self.apiKey) + '&Query=' + str(keyString))) requestObj.perform() requestObj.close() return self.caretakerObj.getDict() class WordZeCaretaker: def __init__(self): self.contents = '' def getDict(self): docMod = xml.dom.minidom.parseString(self.contents) return self.handleKeywords(docMod) def handleKeywords(self, docMod): returnDict = [] keywords = docMod.getElementsByTagName("Keyword") for keyword in keywords: keyDict = { 'keyword':self.getText(keyword.childNodes), 'count':int(keyword.attributes['Count'].value), 'estimated':int(keyword.attributes['Estimated'].value) } returnDict.append(keyDict) # TODO: DB INSERT return returnDict def getText(self,nodelist): rc = "" for node in nodelist: if node.nodeType == node.TEXT_NODE: rc = rc + node.data return rc def remotecallback(self, buf): self.contents = self.contents + buf if __name__ == '__main__': lookupObj = WordZe() keywords = raw_input('Comma sep, no spaces list of terms: ') termList = str(keywords).split(',') cleanList = [] for term in termList: cleanList.append(str(term)) lookupObj.singleKeywordLookup(cleanList)
This is really useful, thanks Cody – Reading through other posts I see you encounter alot of the same issues as me!
As an aside, how are you getting on with Wordze? I’ve been checking out a few services and this seems the best for API work. Is it good value?
Thanks, Cole. I really appreciate the kind words.
As of late, I’ve fallen back to the AdWords suggest tool. The real issue I’ve found with AdWords in the past is the lack of absolute traffic numbers, but the benefit of having a complete picture is priceless for niche terms. When making a term selection, it seems having a complete but relative count for all terms is better than having gaps in the data.
Of all the services of this nature I’ve encountered in the past, WordZe seems the most useful. I have to admit it’s been some time since I’ve explored them (and may be a viable solution to a bigger problem with automation I’ve been dealing with lately). Have you had much luck with it? What other services have you tried?