---
title: "Get competitor suggestions"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/tools/get_competitor_suggestions"
tags: ["default"]
---

# Get competitor suggestions

`POST /api/v1/tools/get_competitor_suggestions`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.affiliatespy.io`
- URL: `https://www.affiliatespy.io/api/v1/tools/get_competitor_suggestions`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

The Competitors page's Suggested rail: up to 12 brands the scans found that are not on the list, best first, with why (sites that co-promote them, bumps, a program, paid ads, App Store similar, shared searches), and swap_out: at the cap, the mined competitor with the fewest receipt sites that a swap would take out. Read-only.

## Request body

- object
  - `app_id` string, uuid: Project id from list_apps. Omit to use your most recently added project.

## Response `200`

The tool's JSON result (same payload the MCP tool returns).

- unknown

## Other responses

- `400`: Arguments failed validation; body lists the issues.
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key.
- `403`: Guarded tool with Unrestricted MCP off.
- `429`: Rate limited (60 requests per minute per key).

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/affiliatespy/apis/affiliatespy-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/affiliatespy/apis/affiliatespy-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/affiliatespy/apis/affiliatespy-api/revisions/0300d370b356?raw)