Get Citations

Retrieve citation sources referenced by AI platforms in their responses.

GET /ai-analytics-service/api/public/v1/analytics/citations

Get Citations

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.slatehq.ai/ai-analytics-service/api/public/v1/analytics/citations \
  --header 'Authorization: <authorization>'

200

{
  "citations": [
    {
      "domain": "<string>",
      "url": "<string>",
      "title": "<string>",
      "mentions": 123,
      "date": "<string>",
      "platform": "<string>",
      "position": 123,
      "category": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

Returns citation data from AI platform responses. Citations are the URLs and sources that AI models reference when generating answers to your tracked prompts.

Parameters

Authorization · string · required

Bearer token. Format: Bearer slat_<your-token>.

dateRange · string

Date range filter for citations.

topicId · number

Filter by topic ID.

platform · string[]

Filter by one or more platforms: CHATGPT, PERPLEXITY, GOOGLE_AI_OVERVIEW, GOOGLE_AI_MODE, GEMINI, CLAUDE.

sentiment · string

Filter by sentiment label.

channelType · string

Filter by channel type.

brandRelevance · string

Filter by brand relevance.

Response

Returns 200 OK with an array of citation objects.

citations · object[] · required

Array of citation objects.

Show citation object

domain · string · required

Domain of the cited source.

url · string · required

Full URL of the cited page.

title · string

Page title of the cited source.

mentions · integer · required

Number of times the source was cited.

date · string · required

Date the citation was recorded. Format: YYYY-MM-DD.

platform · string · required

AI platform that cited the source.

position · integer

Position of the citation in the AI response.

category · string

Citation category (e.g., OWNED, EARNED, COMPETITOR).

Example

cURL

curl -s "https://api.slatehq.ai/ai-analytics-service/api/public/v1/analytics/citations?dateRange=30&topicId=42" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer slat_YOUR_TOKEN"

Response

[
  {
    "domain": "example.com",
    "url": "https://example.com/pm-tools-comparison",
    "title": "Best Project Management Tools 2026",
    "mentions": 15,
    "date": "2026-02-11",
    "platform": "CHATGPT",
    "position": 1,
    "category": "OWNED"
  },
  {
    "domain": "techreview.com",
    "url": "https://techreview.com/project-management-guide",
    "title": "The Complete Guide to PM Software",
    "mentions": 8,
    "date": "2026-02-11",
    "platform": "PERPLEXITY",
    "position": 2,
    "category": "EARNED"
  }
]

Status codes

Status	Description
200	Citations returned.
401	Missing or invalid Bearer token. See Authentication.
500	Internal server error.

What’s next

• Get Trends — View visibility trends over time.
• Get Overall Sentiment — Analyze sentiment in AI mentions.