Citations Time Series
Daily count of citation entries on LLM responses that point to a tracked brand domain.
curl --request GET \
--url 'https://api.aiclicks.io/api/v1/citations-time-series?domain_id=8f1d3c0a-2f9b-4c11-9b80-7a82e1f0c3f3&days=30' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer ak_live_xxx'
import httpx, os
resp = httpx.get(
"https://api.aiclicks.io/api/v1/citations-time-series",
params={
"domain_id": "8f1d3c0a-2f9b-4c11-9b80-7a82e1f0c3f3",
"days": 30,
},
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['AICLICKS_API_KEY']}"},
)
resp.raise_for_status()
for row in resp.json()["data"]["items"]:
print(f"{row['date']}: {row['value']} citations")
const url = new URL("https://api.aiclicks.io/api/v1/citations-time-series");
url.searchParams.set("domain_id", "8f1d3c0a-2f9b-4c11-9b80-7a82e1f0c3f3");
url.searchParams.set("days", "30");
const resp = await fetch(url, {
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AICLICKS_API_KEY}` },
});
const { data } = await resp.json();
for (const row of data.items) {
console.log(`${row.date}: ${row.value} citations`);
}
{
"data": {
"items": [
{ "date": "2026-05-19", "value": 4 },
{ "date": "2026-05-20", "value": 7 },
{ "date": "2026-05-21", "value": 2 }
]
},
"domain_id": "8f1d3c0a-2f9b-4c11-9b80-7a82e1f0c3f3",
"days": 30,
"generated_at": "2026-06-17T10:00:11.218Z"
}
{ "detail": "domain_id query parameter is required. List the domains this key can access with GET /api/v1/domains, then pass ?domain_id=<uuid>." }
{ "detail": "Invalid or revoked API key" }
{ "detail": "API access is not enabled for this team. Contact support@aiclicks.io." }
{ "detail": "Domain not found" }
{ "detail": "Too many requests. Please try again later." }
Citations is the raw count of citation entries in LLM responses that pointed to the brand domain each day, summed across every model channel.
value = sum over models of brand_citation_count
brand_citation_count for a (date, model) is the total number of citation array entries on responses that day whose URL host matches the tracked brand. The metric uses the same per-day, per-model SQL as the prompts page Mentions chart, so the values reconcile.
A response that cites three different brand URLs contributes three. A response with no brand citations contributes zero. For the share-of-citations percentage on the same data, use GET /citability-time-series.
domain_id is a required query parameter. Use GET /api/v1/domains to discover which domains the calling key can access.
Authorizations
Your API key formatted as Bearer ak_live_<your-key>. Create one in the dashboard under Settings → Developers.
Optional UUID for log correlation. If omitted, we generate one and echo it back in the response.
Query parameters
UUID of the domain. Find domains via GET /api/v1/domains. Omitting this returns 400.
Look-back window, 1–365. Defaults to 30. Snapped to the nearest known bucket: 1, 7, 14, 30, 90, 180, 270, or 365 days.
Response
The list payload.
One row per day in the window, oldest first. Days with no responses are omitted.
Calendar date in YYYY-MM-DD (UTC).
Total brand citation entries across all model channels that day.
Echo of the requested domain.
Echo of the requested window.
ISO-8601 timestamp of when the server produced (or cached) this response.
Response headers
| Header | Description |
|---|---|
X-Cache | HIT or MISS. Indicates whether the response came from cache. |
X-Request-Id | Unique request id. Echoes incoming if you set one. |
X-RateLimit-Limit | Max requests per minute for this key. |
X-RateLimit-Remaining | Requests remaining in current minute. |
X-RateLimit-Reset | Unix epoch seconds when the window resets. |
Caching
Cached for 1 hour per (domain_id, days). Newly completed analyses appear after the TTL expires.
How citations is calculated
For each (date, model) in the window:
- Take every response that ran on a tracked prompt at that date and model.
- For each response, walk its
citationsarray and count entries whose URL host matches the brand domain.
Then sum those per-model counts within each date — that's the day's value. The unit is citation entries, not unique URLs: if a response's citations array contains the same brand URL twice, both entries count. The brand domain is resolved from the domain's configured website host with exact-host matching.
Errors
domain_id query parameter missing. Body points you at /api/v1/domains.
Missing, malformed, or revoked API key.
Team's developer_access flag is off, the domain belongs to a team your API key is not scoped to, or your allowed_domains allowlist excludes it.
domain_id is malformed, does not exist, or your user is not a member of its team.
Rate limit exceeded. Inspect the Retry-After header for how long to wait.
Empty result
If no analyses ran in the window, the response is a successful 200 with an empty list:
{
"data": { "items": [] },
"domain_id": "8f1d3c0a-2f9b-4c11-9b80-7a82e1f0c3f3",
"days": 30,
"generated_at": "2026-06-17T10:00:11.218Z"
}