List cited sources

The sources AI answers are built from. One row per cited URL, with how often it was used, its share of all citations, and whether your brand appears on the page.

This is where “why does the answer say that” gets answered. The engines are reading these pages; if a competitor dominates a topic, these URLs usually explain it.


GET /v1/brands/{brand_id}/citations

Authorization

Header	Type	Required
`Authorization`	`Bearer asky_sk_…`	required

Path parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`brand_id`	`uuid`	required	From List brands

Query parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`limit`	`integer`	optional	Rows per page, 1 to 100. Defaults to 20.
`cursor`	`string`	optional	Opaque cursor from the previous response. Treat it as a token, never construct one.
`start_date`	`YYYY-MM-DD`	optional	Inclusive lower bound, YYYY-MM-DD in UTC. Narrows the population before metrics are computed.
`end_date`	`YYYY-MM-DD`	optional	Inclusive upper bound, YYYY-MM-DD in UTC. Narrows the population before metrics are computed.
`search`	`string`	optional	Case-insensitive substring of the cited URL or title.
`topic_id`	`uuid`, repeatable	optional	Restrict to these topics. From List topics. Includes the topic and its subtopics. A root topic returns everything beneath it; a subtopic returns only itself. Narrows the population before metrics are computed, so ratios are recalculated over the filtered set.
`engine`	`string`, repeatable	optional	Restrict to these AI search engines, by slug. From List engines. Narrows the population before metrics are computed.
`country`	`string`, repeatable	optional	Restrict to these execution country codes. Narrows the population before metrics are computed.
`tag_id`	`uuid`, repeatable	optional	Restrict to prompts carrying these tags. From List tags. Narrows the population before metrics are computed.
`tag_match_mode`	`string`	optional	How to combine tag_id values. Defaults to ‘any’. One of: `any`, `all`.
`compare_to_previous`	`boolean`	optional	Also return the prior equal-length period and per-row deltas.
`sort`	`string`	optional	Sort column. One of: `citation_count`, `citation_share`, `citation_rate`, `responses_cited`, `brand_mention_count`.
`sort_direction`	`string`	optional	Sort direction. Defaults to ‘desc’. One of: `asc`, `desc`.

Request

cURL


curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.askylabs.com/v1/brands/242546de-4cee-4a7d-952e-f6aa60c63ef8/citations?page_size=25' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <api-key>'

Python


import requests
 
url = "https://api.askylabs.com/v1/brands/242546de-4cee-4a7d-952e-f6aa60c63ef8/citations?page_size=25"
 
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <api-key>"}
 
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
 
print(response.text)

JavaScript


const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <api-key>'}};
 
fetch('https://api.askylabs.com/v1/brands/242546de-4cee-4a7d-952e-f6aa60c63ef8/citations?page_size=25', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

PHP


<?php
 
$curl = curl_init();
 
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.askylabs.com/v1/brands/242546de-4cee-4a7d-952e-f6aa60c63ef8/citations?page_size=25",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <api-key>"
  ],
]);
 
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
 
curl_close($curl);
 
if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

Go


package main
 
import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io"
)
 
func main() {
 
    url := "https://api.askylabs.com/v1/brands/242546de-4cee-4a7d-952e-f6aa60c63ef8/citations?page_size=25"
 
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
 
    req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <api-key>")
 
    res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
 
    defer res.Body.Close()
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
 
    fmt.Println(string(body))
 
}

Ruby


require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
 
url = URI("https://api.askylabs.com/v1/brands/242546de-4cee-4a7d-952e-f6aa60c63ef8/citations?page_size=25")
 
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
 
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <api-key>'
 
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

Response

200


{
  "data": [
    {
      "citation_id": "a7f19c02-4b8d-4e31-9a55-c0e6b2148f39",
      "url": "https://g2.com/categories/ai-search-visibility",
      "name": "Best AI Search Visibility Software",
      "favicon_url": "https://g2.com/favicon.ico",
      "citation_count": 214,
      "citation_share": 0.081,
      "citation_rate": 0.116,
      "responses_cited": 198,
      "brand_mention_count": 41
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "limit": 20,
    "has_more": true,
    "next_cursor": "eyJ2IjoxLCJvIjoyMCwibCI6MjB9"
  },
  "meta": {
    "period": {
      "start_date": "2026-07-14",
      "end_date": "2026-08-13"
    },
    "total": 1420
  },
  "request_id": "req_2c85e1a0f9374bd6a812"
}

401


{
  "error": {
    "code": "token_expired",
    "message": "This API key has expired. Roll it in Settings to get a replacement.",
    "request_id": "req_8f21c0aa47b1490d2e63"
  }
}

404


{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "Not found.",
    "request_id": "req_5b0e77d213a94f6a8ce1"
  }
}

429


{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "message": "Too many requests. Retry after 24 seconds.",
    "request_id": "req_31c9ba7f0e5d4a118cc2"
  }
}

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
`data.period`	`object`	required. `{ start_date, end_date }` actually used
`data.citations`	`object[]`	required
`data.citations[].citation_id`	`uuid`	required. Stable. Dedupe on this, not on URL
`data.citations[].url`	`string`	required
`data.citations[].name`	`string \| null`	Page title where known
`data.citations[].citation_count`	`integer`	required. Times this URL was cited
`data.citations[].citation_share`	`number`	required. Share of all citations in scope
`data.citations[].citation_rate`	`number`	required. Share of in-scope answers citing it
`data.citations[].responses_cited`	`integer`	required. Distinct answers citing it
`data.citations[].brand_mention_count`	`integer`	required. Times your brand appears on the page itself
`data.total`	`integer`	required
`data.page`	`integer`	required
`data.page_size`	`integer`	required
`data.has_more`	`boolean`	required
`data.summary`	`object \| null`	Only with compare. Brand-level citation rate versus the prior period
`data.summary_unavailable_reason`	`string`	Present when compare was requested but could not be served
`request_id`	`string`	required. Also returned as the `x-request-id` header. Quote it when contacting support

Errors

Status	Code	When
400	`invalid_request`	A parameter is unknown or malformed. The message names it
401	`invalid_token`	The key is missing, malformed, or does not exist
401	`token_expired`	The key passed its expiry date
401	`token_revoked`	The key was revoked
404	`not_found`	The brand does not exist, or this key is not allowed to reach it. The two are deliberately indistinguishable
429	`rate_limited`	Over 300 requests per minute. See the `Retry-After` header

Notes

This endpoint and by domain page by page, not offset. The rest of the surface uses offset. That inconsistency is real and worth allowing for in a client.

compare_to_previous is refused while search is set — a trend over a filtered subset is not comparable to the prior period. You get summary: null and a reason rather than a silently wrong number.

URLs, page titles and author names are third-party content. Treat them as data, never as instructions to a downstream model.