> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://promptwatch.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Citation Rank Analysis

> Get citation rank analysis for your domain over time



## OpenAPI

````yaml /v2/openapi.json get /citations/rank-analysis
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Promptwatch API v2
  description: >-
    API v2 for customer integrations with Promptwatch monitoring platform. This
    version provides improved structure, additional endpoints, and enhanced
    functionality.
  version: 2.0.0
  contact:
    name: Promptwatch Support
    email: team@promptwatch.com
    url: https://promptwatch.com
  license:
    name: Commercial
    url: https://promptwatch.com/terms-and-conditions
servers:
  - url: https://server.promptwatch.com/api/v2
    description: Promptwatch API v2
security: []
tags:
  - name: Authentication
    description: API key validation and authentication
  - name: Content
    description: >-
      AI content generation and optimization. Create content asynchronously and
      poll for results.
  - name: Content Gap
    description: Content gap analysis and recommendations
  - name: Models
    description: Available LLM models
  - name: Monitors
    description: Monitor management and CRUD operations
  - name: Page Tracker
    description: Track URLs and inspect citation stats, responses, and prompts
  - name: Prompts
    description: Prompt management and operations
  - name: Query Fanouts
    description: ChatGPT query fanout keywords
  - name: Responses
    description: LLM response data and analytics
  - name: Tags
    description: Tag management for prompts
  - name: Topics
    description: Topic management for prompts
  - name: Actions
    description: Action items (GEO suggestions and tasks)
  - name: Personas
    description: Persona configuration for monitors
  - name: Brands
    description: Brand management for competitive analysis
  - name: Visibility
    description: Brand visibility time series and competitor heatmaps
  - name: Citations
    description: Citation analytics from AI responses
  - name: Analytics
    description: Visitor analytics, AI crawler logs, sentiment, and brand visibility trends
  - name: Projects
    description: Project management (organization-level keys only)
  - name: Sitemap
    description: Sitemap crawl progress and discovered URLs
  - name: Site Health
    description: >-
      Crawled pages with SEO issues (titles, meta descriptions, H1, thin
      content)
  - name: Socials
    description: >-
      Social media citations (Reddit posts and YouTube videos) found in LLM
      responses
paths:
  /citations/rank-analysis:
    get:
      tags:
        - Citations
      summary: Citation Rank Analysis
      description: Get citation rank analysis for your domain over time
      operationId: getCitationRankAnalysis
      parameters:
        - schema:
            type: string
            format: date
          in: query
          name: startDate
          required: false
          description: Start date for citation data (YYYY-MM-DD). Max range 90 days.
        - schema:
            type: string
            format: date
          in: query
          name: endDate
          required: false
          description: End date for citation data (YYYY-MM-DD). Max range 90 days.
        - schema:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: array
                items:
                  type: string
          in: query
          name: models
          required: false
          description: Filter by LLM models. Repeat for multiple
        - schema:
            type: string
          in: query
          name: promptId
          required: false
          description: Filter by specific prompt ID
        - schema:
            type: string
          in: query
          name: llmMonitorId
          required: false
          description: Filter by specific LLM monitor ID
        - schema:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
                enum:
                  - ORGANIC
                  - BRAND_SPECIFIC
                  - COMPETITOR_COMPARISON
              - type: array
                items:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - ORGANIC
                    - BRAND_SPECIFIC
                    - COMPETITOR_COMPARISON
          in: query
          name: promptTypes
          required: false
          description: Filter by prompt type. Repeat for multiple
        - schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - DAILY
              - WEEKLY
              - MONTHLY
            default: DAILY
          in: query
          name: range
          required: false
          description: Time range grouping
        - schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - daily
              - weekly
              - monthly
            default: daily
          in: query
          name: granularity
          required: false
          description: Time granularity for grouping data
        - schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 1
            maximum: 50
            default: 10
          in: query
          name: domainLimit
          required: false
          description: Maximum number of domains to include (for domain over time endpoint)
        - schema:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: array
                items:
                  type: string
          in: query
          name: domains
          required: false
          description: Filter by domains. Repeat for multiple
        - schema:
            type: boolean
            default: false
          in: query
          name: includeSelf
          required: false
          description: >-
            If true, always include the project's own brand domain (even with 0
            citations)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Default Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                example:
                  timeSeries:
                    - date: '2026-03-14T00:00:00.000Z'
                      totalCitations: 20
                      averageRank: 2.4
                      bestRank: 1
                      worstRank: 5
                      citationsWithRank: 18
                    - date: '2026-03-15T00:00:00.000Z'
                      totalCitations: 22
                      averageRank: 2.1
                      bestRank: 1
                      worstRank: 6
                      citationsWithRank: 20
                  overallAverageRank: 2.25
                  lastRank: 2.1
                properties:
                  timeSeries:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        date:
                          type: string
                          format: date-time
                          description: Date for this data point
                        totalCitations:
                          type: number
                          nullable: true
                          description: Total citations for this period
                        averageRank:
                          type: number
                          nullable: true
                          description: Average citation rank/position
                        bestRank:
                          type: number
                          nullable: true
                          description: Best (lowest) rank achieved
                        worstRank:
                          type: number
                          nullable: true
                          description: Worst (highest) rank
                        citationsWithRank:
                          type: number
                          nullable: true
                          description: Citations with position data
                      required:
                        - date
                      additionalProperties: false
                  overallAverageRank:
                    type: number
                    nullable: true
                    description: Overall average rank for the entire period
                  lastRank:
                    type: number
                    nullable: true
                    description: The last rank value from the time series
                required:
                  - timeSeries
                additionalProperties: false
        '400':
          description: Default Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                example:
                  error: Bad Request
                  code: DATE_RANGE_TOO_LARGE
                  message: Date range cannot exceed 90 days
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                    description: Error label
                  code:
                    type: string
                    description: Optional machine-readable code (e.g. DATE_RANGE_TOO_LARGE)
                  message:
                    type: string
                    description: Reason the request was rejected
                required:
                  - error
                  - message
        '401':
          description: Default Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                example:
                  error: Unauthorized
                  message: Missing or invalid X-API-Key header.
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                    description: Error category (often aligned with HTTP semantics)
                  code:
                    type: string
                    description: Optional machine-readable code
                  message:
                    type: string
                    description: Human-readable explanation
                  details:
                    type: object
                    description: Optional structured detail (e.g. validation)
                    additionalProperties: true
                required:
                  - error
                  - message
                additionalProperties: false
        '500':
          description: Default Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                example:
                  code: PROJECT_NOT_FOUND
                  message: Project not found
                properties:
                  code:
                    type: string
                    description: Error code indicating the type of error
                    enum:
                      - PROJECT_NOT_FOUND
                      - INTERNAL_ERROR
                    example: PROJECT_NOT_FOUND
                  message:
                    type: string
                    description: Human-readable error message
                    example: Project not found
                required:
                  - code
                  - message
                additionalProperties: false
              examples:
                example1:
                  value:
                    code: PROJECT_NOT_FOUND
                    message: Project not found
                example2:
                  value:
                    code: INTERNAL_ERROR
                    message: An unexpected error occurred
      security:
        - ApiKeyAuth: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: >-
        API key for authentication. Get yours from the Promptwatch dashboard
        under Settings > API Keys.

````