curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://app.surferseo.com/api/v2/workspaces/{workspace_id}/content_editors/{content_editor_id}/seo_guidelines/competitors \
  --header 'API-KEY: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "competitors": [
    {
      "included": true,
      "url": "https://acme.io/seo-tools-guide"
    },
    {
      "included": false,
      "url": "https://example.com/best-seo-tools"
    }
  ]
}
'

import requests

url = "https://app.surferseo.com/api/v2/workspaces/{workspace_id}/content_editors/{content_editor_id}/seo_guidelines/competitors"

payload = { "competitors": [
        {
            "included": True,
            "url": "https://acme.io/seo-tools-guide"
        },
        {
            "included": False,
            "url": "https://example.com/best-seo-tools"
        }
    ] }
headers = {
    "API-KEY": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {'API-KEY': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    competitors: [
      {included: true, url: 'https://acme.io/seo-tools-guide'},
      {included: false, url: 'https://example.com/best-seo-tools'}
    ]
  })
};

fetch('https://app.surferseo.com/api/v2/workspaces/{workspace_id}/content_editors/{content_editor_id}/seo_guidelines/competitors', 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://app.surferseo.com/api/v2/workspaces/{workspace_id}/content_editors/{content_editor_id}/seo_guidelines/competitors",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'competitors' => [
        [
                'included' => true,
                'url' => 'https://acme.io/seo-tools-guide'
        ],
        [
                'included' => false,
                'url' => 'https://example.com/best-seo-tools'
        ]
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "API-KEY: <api-key>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($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://app.surferseo.com/api/v2/workspaces/{workspace_id}/content_editors/{content_editor_id}/seo_guidelines/competitors"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"competitors\": [\n    {\n      \"included\": true,\n      \"url\": \"https://acme.io/seo-tools-guide\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"included\": false,\n      \"url\": \"https://example.com/best-seo-tools\"\n    }\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("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.patch("https://app.surferseo.com/api/v2/workspaces/{workspace_id}/content_editors/{content_editor_id}/seo_guidelines/competitors")
  .header("API-KEY", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"competitors\": [\n    {\n      \"included\": true,\n      \"url\": \"https://acme.io/seo-tools-guide\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"included\": false,\n      \"url\": \"https://example.com/best-seo-tools\"\n    }\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.surferseo.com/api/v2/workspaces/{workspace_id}/content_editors/{content_editor_id}/seo_guidelines/competitors")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["API-KEY"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"competitors\": [\n    {\n      \"included\": true,\n      \"url\": \"https://acme.io/seo-tools-guide\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"included\": false,\n      \"url\": \"https://example.com/best-seo-tools\"\n    }\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "data": [
    {
      "description": "An overview of the SEO tools used by leading marketing teams.",
      "domain_score": 78,
      "id": 4519,
      "included": true,
      "position": 1,
      "score": 91,
      "title": "The Ultimate SEO Tools Guide",
      "url": "https://acme.io/seo-tools-guide"
    },
    {
      "description": "Hand-picked SEO software recommendations for in-house teams and agencies.",
      "domain_score": 71,
      "id": 4520,
      "included": true,
      "position": 2,
      "score": 86,
      "title": "Best SEO Software for 2025",
      "url": "https://blog.foo.com/best-seo-software"
    },
    {
      "description": "Compare the top SEO tools to grow organic traffic, audit your site, and outrank competitors.",
      "domain_score": 67,
      "id": 4521,
      "included": false,
      "position": 3,
      "score": 82,
      "title": "10 Best SEO Tools in 2025",
      "url": "https://example.com/best-seo-tools"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "can_load_more_competitors": true,
    "load_more_status": "idle",
    "total": 3
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "details": [
      {
        "field": "keywords",
        "reason": "required"
      }
    ],
    "reason": "validation_error"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "details": [],
    "reason": "unauthorized"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "details": [],
    "reason": "permission_denied"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "details": [],
    "reason": "not_found"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "details": [
      {
        "allowed": [
          "application/json"
        ],
        "field": "accept",
        "reason": "unsupported"
      }
    ],
    "message": "Accept must be one of: application/json",
    "reason": "not_acceptable"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "details": [],
    "message": "The request conflicts with the current resource state.",
    "reason": "conflict"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "details": [],
    "message": "Set Content-Type: application/json.",
    "reason": "unsupported_media_type"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "details": [],
    "message": "The request was understood but could not be processed.",
    "reason": "unprocessable_entity"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "details": [
      {
        "retry_after": 30
      }
    ],
    "reason": "rate_limit_exceeded"
  }
}