# Explore an ASO keyword

Read the stored explore view for one keyword.

## Endpoint: GET /v1/aso/keywords/{query}

- Method: `GET`
- Path: `/v1/aso/keywords/{query}`
- Authentication: Bearer API credential or OAuth access token
- Required scope: `context:read`
- MCP tool: `aso`
- MCP action: `explore`

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `query` | path | string | yes | Keyword to explore. |

## Known errors

- 400 invalid_request for an invalid filter, identity or limit.
- 401 authentication_required for a missing or invalid credential.
- 402 subscription_required when access is not entitled.
- 403 authorization_required for a missing scope or unavailable preview access.
- 403 workspace_not_accessible when x-genviral-tenancy names a workspace the credential cannot reach.
- 404 not_found when the record is outside the accessible catalogue.
- 429 rate_limited; honor Retry-After when present.
- 429 daily_call_limit; the plan's daily API and MCP calls are used until 00:00 UTC.

## Request

Reads the stored keyword observation and its freshness state.

```
curl --get 'https://api.peekpanda.com/v1/aso/keywords/calorie%20tracker' \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $PEEKPANDA_TOKEN" \
  --header 'x-genviral-tenancy: personal'
```

## MCP request

Call aso with action explore. Path fields go in params, filters in query, and a write body in body.

```
{
  "name": "aso",
  "arguments": {
    "request": {
      "action": "explore",
      "params": {
        "query": "<query>"
      }
    }
  }
}

```

## Response

The response includes observed apps, directional difficulty and demand indicators, related suggestions and refresh state. `demand` is Apple's weekly search popularity for the phrase (1 to 100, with Apple's 1 to 5 tier). Where Apple reports nothing for a US phrase, `popularityEstimate` carries PeekPanda's own estimate: a tier (`very_low`, `low`, `medium` or `high`), never a number on Apple's scale, with `estimatedAt` and the `modelTrainedAt` of the weekly model behind it. The two never appear together: when `demand` is set, `popularityEstimate` is null. Neither is a search count.

```
{
  "query": "calorie tracker",
  "country": "us",
  "observedAt": "2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z",
  "isStale": false,
  "apps": [
    {
      "storeId": "0000000000",
      "position": 4,
      "name": "Example Calorie Tracker",
      "isSubject": false,
      "inCatalogue": true
    }
  ],
  "difficulty": {
    "score": 40
  },
  "demand": {
    "score": 90,
    "tier": 5,
    "country": "us",
    "periodStart": "2026-08-30",
    "periodEnd": "2026-09-05",
    "observedAt": "2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z"
  },
  "popularityEstimate": null,
  "relatedHints": [
    "calorie tracker app"
  ],
  "refresh": {
    "state": "fresh",
    "lastRefreshedAt": "2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z",
    "nextAllowedAt": "2026-09-06T01:00:00.000Z",
    "staleQueryCount": 0,
    "activeJobId": null,
    "budget": {
      "userRefreshesToday": 1,
      "userDailyLimit": 40
    }
  }
}

```

## Source

Dated public App Store search results and suggestion observations for the US English storefront. Positions are observed result order. Difficulty and demand are directional indicators, not search volume or advertising data.

## Refresh

This read returns stored observations. Use the related refresh command when newer evidence is needed.