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POST
/
api
/
analytics
/
tags
/
sources
Get citation sources for a specific tag
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.mentionlab.io/api/analytics/tags/sources \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-project-id: <x-project-id>' \
  --data '
{
  "tagType": "query",
  "tagId": "42",
  "startDate": "2025-01-01",
  "endDate": "2025-02-01",
  "countries": [
    "BE",
    "FR"
  ],
  "languages": [
    "en",
    "fr"
  ],
  "models": [
    "gpt-4o",
    "claude-3-5-sonnet"
  ],
  "queryIds": [
    "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6"
  ],
  "queryTagIds": [
    "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6"
  ],
  "execTagIds": [
    "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6"
  ],
  "queryTagMode": "or",
  "execTagMode": "or",
  "timezone": "Europe/Brussels",
  "entityIds": [
    "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6"
  ],
  "limit": 15,
  "sort": [
    {
      "field": "resultCount",
      "direction": "desc"
    }
  ]
}
'
{
  "tagId": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "resultCount": 340,
  "totalPageCitations": 892,
  "sources": [
    {
      "domain": "reddit.com",
      "resultCount": 102,
      "citationRate": 30,
      "pageCount": 178,
      "shareOfCitations": 19.9,
      "brandPageCount": 45,
      "trueReach": 25.3
    }
  ]
}

Headers

x-project-id
string
required

Project ID to specify the project context

Body

application/json
tagType
enum<string>
required

Which tag system the tagId belongs to

Available options:
query,
execution
Example:

"query"

tagId
string
required

Tag ID to get sources for

Example:

"42"

startDate
string

Start date (inclusive)

Example:

"2025-01-01"

endDate
string

End date (exclusive)

Example:

"2025-02-01"

countries
string[]

Filter by country codes

Example:
["BE", "FR"]
languages
string[]

Filter by language codes

Example:
["en", "fr"]
models
string[]

Filter by AI models

Example:
["gpt-4o", "claude-3-5-sonnet"]
queryIds
string[]

Filter by query IDs

Example:
["3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6"]
hasSources
enum<string>

Filter by source presence: "sources" (only with sources), "no_sources" (only without), "all" (no filter). Legacy true/false values are still accepted.

Available options:
all,
sources,
no_sources
hasShopping
enum<string>

Filter by shopping presence: "shopping" (only with shopping), "no_shopping" (only without), "all" (no filter). Legacy true/false values are still accepted.

Available options:
all,
shopping,
no_shopping
queryTagIds
string[]

Filter by query tag IDs

Example:
["3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6"]
execTagIds
string[]

Filter by execution tag IDs

Example:
["3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6"]
queryTagMode
enum<string>
default:or

Query tag matching mode: "or" matches ANY tag (default), "and" matches ALL tags.

Available options:
and,
or
execTagMode
enum<string>
default:or

Execution tag matching mode: "or" matches ANY tag (default), "and" matches ALL tags.

Available options:
and,
or
timezone
string
default:UTC

IANA timezone for date bucketing and filtering (e.g. "Europe/Brussels"). Defaults to UTC.

Example:

"Europe/Brussels"

entityIds
string[]

Entity IDs for brand reach calculation (defaults to primary non-blacklisted)

Example:
["3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6"]
limit
number

Max number of source domains to return (top N by result count)

Example:

15

sort
object[]

Sorting options for the returned source domains. Allowed fields: domain, resultCount, citationRate, pageCount, shareOfCitations, brandPageCount, trueReach.

Example:
[
  {
    "field": "resultCount",
    "direction": "desc"
  }
]

Response

tagId
string
required

Tag ID (UUID).

Example:

"550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"

resultCount
number
required

Total number of AI responses for this tag in the filtered scope. Used as the denominator for citationRate.

Example:

340

totalPageCitations
number
required

Sum of pageCount across all source domains for this tag. Used as the denominator for shareOfCitations.

Example:

892

sources
object[]
required

Per-domain citation and reach statistics for this tag, ordered by resultCount descending.