Backlinks
This endpoint will provide you with a list of backlinks and relevant data for the specified domain, subdomain, or webpage.
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Authorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Body
results grouping type optional field possible grouping types: as_is – returns all backlinks one_per_domain – returns one backlink per domain one_per_anchor – returns one backlink per anchor default value: as_is
detailed results grouping type optional field use this object to get a specific number of backlinks per field if you use custom_mode, then mode will be ignored example: "custom_mode": {"field": "domain", "value": 100}
array of results filtering parameters optional field you can add several filters at once (8 filters maximum) you should set a logical operator and, or between the conditions the following operators are supported: =, , in, not_in, like, not_like, ilike, not_ilike, regex, not_regex, match, not_match you can use the % operator with like and not_like to match any string of zero or more characters example: ["rank",">","80"] [["page_from_rank",">","55"], "and", ["dofollow","=",true]] [["first_seen",">","2017-10-23 11:31:45 +00:00"], "and", [["anchor","like","%seo%"],"or",["text_pre","like","%seo%"]]] The full list of possible filters is available here.
results sorting rules optional field you can use the same values as in the filters array to sort the results possible sorting types: asc – results will be sorted in the ascending order desc – results will be sorted in the descending order you should use a comma to set up a sorting type example: ["rank,desc"] note that you can set no more than three sorting rules in a single request you should use a comma to separate several sorting rules example: ["domain_from_rank,desc","page_from_rank,asc"]
offset in the results array of the returned backlinks optional field default value: 0 if you specify the 10 value, the first ten backlinks in the results array will be omitted and the data will be provided for the successive backlinks; Note: the maximum value is 20,000, use the search_after_token if you would like to offset more results
token for subsequent requests optional field provided in the identical filed of the response to each request; use this parameter to avoid timeouts while trying to obtain over 20,000 results in a single request; by specifying the unique search_after_token value from the response array, you will get the subsequent results of the initial task; search_after_token values are unique for each subsequent task ; Note: if the search_after_token is specified in the request, all other parameters should be identical to the previous request
the maximum number of returned backlinks optional field default value: 100 maximum value: 1000
set what backlinks to return and count optional field you can use this field to choose what backlinks will be returned and used for aggregated metrics for your target; possible values: all – all backlinks will be returned and counted; live – backlinks found during the last check will be returned and counted; lost – lost backlinks will be returned and counted; default value: live
indicates if the subdomains of the target will be included in the search optional field if set to false, the subdomains will be ignored default value: true
indicates if internal backlinks from subdomains to the target will be excluded from the results optional field if set to true, the results will not include data on internal backlinks from subdomains of the same domain as target if set to false, internal links will be included in the results default value: true
defines the scale used for calculating and displaying the rank, domain_from_rank, and page_from_rank values optional field you can use this parameter to choose whether rank values are presented on a 0–100 or 0–1000 scale possible values: one_hundred — rank values are displayed on a 0–100 scale one_thousand — rank values are displayed on a 0–1000 scale default value: one_thousand learn more about how this parameter works and how ranking metrics are calculated in this Help Center article
user-defined task identifier optional field the character limit is 255 you can use this parameter to identify the task and match it with the result you will find the specified tag value in the data object of the response
Response
Successful response
the current version of the API
general status code you can find the full list of the response codes here Note: we strongly recommend designing a necessary system for handling related exceptional or error conditions
general informational message you can find the full list of general informational messages here
execution time, seconds
total tasks cost, USD
the number of tasks in the tasks array
the number of tasks in the tasks array returned with an error
array of tasks
task identifier unique task identifier in our system in the UUID format
status code of the task generated by DataForSEO; can be within the following range: 10000-60000 you can find the full list of the response codes here
informational message of the task you can find the full list of general informational messages here
execution time, seconds
cost of the task, USD
number of elements in the result array
URL path
contains the same parameters that you specified in the POST request
array of results
target domain in a POST array
mode specified in a POST array
custom mode specified in a POST array
total amount of results relevant the request
the number of results returned in the items array
contains relevant backlinks and referring domains data
type of element = ‘backlink’
domain referring to the target domain or webpage
URL of the page where the backlink is found
indicates whether the referring URL is secured with HTTPS if true, the referring URL is secured with HTTPS
domain the backlink is pointing to
URL the backlink is pointing to
indicates if the URL the backlink is pointing to is secured with HTTPS if true, the URL is secured with HTTPS
top-level domain of the referring URL
indicates whether the backlink is new if true, the backlink was found on the page last time our crawler visited it
indicates whether the backlink was removed if true, the backlink or the entire page was removed
spam score of the backlink learn more about how the metric is calculated on this help center page
backlink rank rank that the given backlink passes to the target rank is calculated based on the method for node ranking in a linked database – a principle used in the original Google PageRank algorithm learn more about the metric and how it is calculated in this help center article
page rank of the referring page page_from_rank is calculated based on the method for node ranking in a linked database – a principle used in the original Google PageRank algorithm learn more about the metric and how it is calculated in this help center article
domain rank of the referring domain domain_from_rank is calculated based on the method for node ranking in a linked database – a principle used in the original Google PageRank algorithm learn more about the metric and how it is calculated in this help center article
platform types of the referring domain possible values: cms, blogs, ecommerce, message-boards, wikis, news, organization
indicates if the domain is IP if true, the domain functions as an IP address and does not have a domain name
IP address of the referring domain
ISO country code of the referring domain
number of external links found on the referring page
number of internal links found on the referring page
size of the referring page, in bytes example: 63357
character encoding of the referring page example: utf-8
language of the referring page in ISO 639-1 format example: en
title of the referring page
HTTP status code returned by the referring page example: 200
date and time when our crawler found the backlink for the first time in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00” example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
previous to the most recent date when our crawler visited the backlink in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00” example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
most recent date when our crawler visited the backlink in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00” example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
link type possible values: anchor, image, meta, canonical, alternate, redirect
link attributes of the referring links example: nofollow
indicates whether the backlink is dofollow if false, the backlink is nofollow
indicates whether the backlink was present on the referring page when our crawler first visited it
alternative text of the image this field will be null if backlink type is not image
URL of the image the URL leading to the image on the original resource or DataForSEO storage (in case the original source is not available)
anchor text of the backlink
snippet before the anchor text
snippet after the anchor text
indicates semantic element in HTML where the backlink is found you can get the full list of semantic elements here examples: article, section, summary
number of identical backlinks found on the referring page
indicates total number of backlinks from this domain for example, if mode is set to one_per_domain, this field will indicate the total number of backlinks coming from this domain
indicates whether the backlink is broken if true, the backlink is pointing to a page responding with a 4xx or 5xx status code
status code of the referenced page if the value is null, our crawler hasn’t yet visited the webpage the link is pointing to example: 200
spam score of the referenced page if the value is null, our crawler hasn’t yet visited the webpage the link is pointing to; learn more about how the metric is calculated on this help center page
target url of the redirect target page the redirect is pointing to
indicates whether the backlink is an indirect link if true, the backlink is an indirect link pointing to a page that either redirects to url_to, or points to a canonical page
indirect link path indicates a URL or a sequence of URLs that lead to url_to
indirect link type possible values: redirect, canonical
HTTP status code of the URL
indirect link URL
token for subsequent requests by specifying the unique search_after_token when setting a new task, you will get the subsequent results of the initial task; search_after_token values are unique for each subsequent task