Does anyone know how to get monthly search data from google?

[Phasm]

Sorry if this has been answered - I tried to search but didn't find anything.

I'm working on a basic kw research tool and I'm not sure how to pull/scrape/get the amount of monthly searches from the Google keyword tool. Is there an API or some sort of way to connect and get that data? How do other tools do it?

Any help is appreciated

 

[dchuk]

Yes there is an api, but you need to apply to get to it. You can scrape, but it's tricky.

I would check out joojab.com

 

[Phasm]

Is it tough to get access to that API? Where do I apply?

Thanks for your help btw!

 

[fatmoocow]

Let me google that for you

 

[7figures]

Its actually part of the adwords API. You need an MCC account, ideally with some spending history on one of the client accounts. Took less than 24 hours to get approved, and they gave me 5 million free credits a month.