Ahrefs API · Endpoint removal
search_engine on GET /v3/keywords-explorer/overview is deprecated
Deprecated, no date
Ahrefs API deprecated GET /v3/keywords-explorer/overview, query parameter search_engine without giving a shutdown date yet.
What to use instead of these calls
Stop sending search_engine.
Calls it hits
GET /v3/keywords-explorer/overviewquery parameter search_engine
The search_engine parameter has been removed from the KE
Facts
- API
- Ahrefs API
api.ahrefs.com - Kind
- Endpoint removal
- Announced
- May 18, 2026
- Takes effect
- No date given yet
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Announcement
- Last updated
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