Connected Topics
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search/co-mentions/topics \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-API-KEY: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"query": {
"text": "Type a theme to get connected topics..."
}
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search/co-mentions/topics"
payload = { "query": { "text": "Type a theme to get connected topics..." } }
headers = {
"X-API-KEY": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'X-API-KEY': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({query: {text: 'Type a theme to get connected topics...'}})
};
fetch('https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search/co-mentions/topics', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search/co-mentions/topics",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'query' => [
'text' => 'Type a theme to get connected topics...'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-API-KEY: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search/co-mentions/topics"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"query\": {\n \"text\": \"Type a theme to get connected topics...\"\n }\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search/co-mentions/topics")
.header("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"query\": {\n \"text\": \"Type a theme to get connected topics...\"\n }\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search/co-mentions/topics")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-KEY"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"query\": {\n \"text\": \"Type a theme to get connected topics...\"\n }\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"results": {
"topics": [
{
"id": "economy,taxes,import-tax,,",
"total_chunks_count": 2787,
"total_headlines_count": 384
}
]
},
"usage": {
"api_query_units": 0.7
},
"metadata": {
"request_id": "0d353dca-fc68-41ff-9f40-c27206f1650d",
"timestamp": "2025-10-02T15:24:34.017171+00:00"
}
}Co-mentions
Connected Topics
Explore topics associated with your search filters to reveal deeper connections. This endpoint retrieves the top N topics ranked by chunk volume and headline volume, merges the two sets, and returns topics with combined or individual counts.
POST
/
v1
/
search
/
co-mentions
/
topics
Connected Topics
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search/co-mentions/topics \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-API-KEY: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"query": {
"text": "Type a theme to get connected topics..."
}
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search/co-mentions/topics"
payload = { "query": { "text": "Type a theme to get connected topics..." } }
headers = {
"X-API-KEY": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'X-API-KEY': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({query: {text: 'Type a theme to get connected topics...'}})
};
fetch('https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search/co-mentions/topics', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search/co-mentions/topics",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'query' => [
'text' => 'Type a theme to get connected topics...'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-API-KEY: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search/co-mentions/topics"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"query\": {\n \"text\": \"Type a theme to get connected topics...\"\n }\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search/co-mentions/topics")
.header("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"query\": {\n \"text\": \"Type a theme to get connected topics...\"\n }\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search/co-mentions/topics")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-KEY"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"query\": {\n \"text\": \"Type a theme to get connected topics...\"\n }\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"results": {
"topics": [
{
"id": "economy,taxes,import-tax,,",
"total_chunks_count": 2787,
"total_headlines_count": 384
}
]
},
"usage": {
"api_query_units": 0.7
},
"metadata": {
"request_id": "0d353dca-fc68-41ff-9f40-c27206f1650d",
"timestamp": "2025-10-02T15:24:34.017171+00:00"
}
}Authorizations
Body
application/json
Response
200 - application/json
Topics co-mentions results
Object containing array of topics that are co-mentioned with the search query.
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API usage for the request. Shape depends on the account consumption model.
- Query Units
- Tokens
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Request metadata and timing information.
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