Grab 'DataForSeo' API data x

What is DataForSeo?
​DataForSEO is a paid API that provides SEO data
How to use the API?
First, you need to grab your credentials can be found inside your personal dashboard
DataForSEO
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# great package for working with HTTP requests
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library(httr)
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# credentials can be found here https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard
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username <- "APILOGIN"
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password <- "APIPWD"
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headers = c(
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  `Authorization` = paste('Basic',base64_enc(paste0(username,":",password))),
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  `Content-Type` = 'application/json'
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)
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Sample request asking for a keywords position
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data = '[{"keyword":"r for seo",
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           "location_code":2826,
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            "language_code":"en",
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            "device":"desktop",
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            "os":"windows"}]'
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We are asking  for the position of the keyword "r for seo" from an IP in England (code 2826) 
all the location codes are available here​
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res <- httr::POST(url = 'https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/organic/live/advanced', httr::add_headers(.headers=headers), body = data)
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res_text <- content(res, "text")
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require(jsonlite)
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res_json <- fromJSON(res_text, flatten = TRUE)
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View(res_json)
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Sample request asking for a keywords position