DataForSEO
SEO, search-engine results, keyword research, backlinks and AI visibility data.
Backlinks
The individual inbound links to one target, one row per link. Returns total_count, items_count, items and a search_after_token for paging - use that rather than offset past the first few pages. mode and custom_mode control grouping, backlinks_status_type selects live, lost or all. For counts rather than rows use post_dataforseo_backlinks_summary_live; for the linking domains grouped, post_dataforseo_backlinks_referring_domains_live.
- Тип: array object[]
- targetТип: stringобязательно
domain, subdomain or webpage to get backlinks for required field a domain or a subdomain should be specified without https:// and www. a page should be specified with absolute URL (including http:// or https://)
- backlinksТип: string
_status _type 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
- customТип: object
_mode 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}
- fieldТип: string
- valueТип: integer
Integer numbers.
- excludeТип: boolean
_internal _backlinks 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
- filtersТип: array
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.
- includeТип: boolean
_subdomains 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
- limitТип: integer
the maximum number of returned backlinks optional field default value: 100 maximum value: 1000
- modeТип: string
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
- offsetТип: integer
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
- orderТип: array string[]
_by 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"]
- rankТип: string
_scale 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
- searchТип: string
_after _token 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
- tagТип: string
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
- Тип: object200
Successful response
- Тип: numbercost
total tasks cost, USD
- Тип: integerstatus
_code 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
- Тип: stringstatus
_message general informational message you can find the full list of general informational messages here
- Тип: array string[]tasks
array of tasks
- Тип: integertasks
_count the number of tasks in the tasks array
- Тип: integertasks
_error the number of tasks in the tasks array returned with an error
- Тип: numbertasks
.cost cost of the task, USD
- Тип: objecttasks
.data contains the same parameters that you specified in the POST request
- Тип: stringtasks
.id task identifier unique task identifier in our system in the UUID format
- Тип: array string[]tasks
.path URL path
- Тип: array string[]tasks
.result array of results
- Тип: integertasks
.result _count number of elements in the result array
- Тип: objecttasks
.result .custom _mode custom mode specified in a POST array
- Тип: array string[]tasks
.result .items contains relevant backlinks and referring domains data
- Тип: integertasks
.result .items _count the number of results returned in the items array
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .alt alternative text of the image this field will be null if backlink type is not image
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .anchor anchor text of the backlink
- Тип: array string[]tasks
.result .items .attributes link attributes of the referring links example: nofollow
- Тип: integertasks
.result .items .backlink _spam _score spam score of the backlink learn more about how the metric is calculated on this help center page
- Тип: booleantasks
.result .items .dofollow indicates whether the backlink is dofollow if false, the backlink is nofollow
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .domain _from domain referring to the target domain or webpage
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .domain _from _country ISO country code of the referring domain
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .domain _from _ip IP address of the referring domain
- Тип: booleantasks
.result .items .domain _from _is _ip indicates if the domain is IP if true, the domain functions as an IP address and does not have a domain name
- Тип: array string[]tasks
.result .items .domain _from _platform _type platform types of the referring domain possible values: cms, blogs, ecommerce, message-boards, wikis, news, organization
- Тип: integertasks
.result .items .domain _from _rank 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
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .domain _to domain the backlink is pointing to
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .first _seen 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
- Тип: integertasks
.result .items .group _count 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
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .image _url 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)
- Тип: array string[]tasks
.result .items .indirect _link _path indirect link path indicates a URL or a sequence of URLs that lead to url_to
- Тип: integertasks
.result .items .indirect _link _path .status _code HTTP status code of the URL
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .indirect _link _path .type indirect link type possible values: redirect, canonical
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .indirect _link _path .url indirect link URL
- Тип: booleantasks
.result .items .is _broken indicates whether the backlink is broken if true, the backlink is pointing to a page responding with a 4xx or 5xx status code
- Тип: booleantasks
.result .items .is _indirect _link 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
- Тип: booleantasks
.result .items .is _lost indicates whether the backlink was removed if true, the backlink or the entire page was removed
- Тип: booleantasks
.result .items .is _new indicates whether the backlink is new if true, the backlink was found on the page last time our crawler visited it
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .item _type link type possible values: anchor, image, meta, canonical, alternate, redirect
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .last _seen 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
- Тип: integertasks
.result .items .links _count number of identical backlinks found on the referring page
- Тип: booleantasks
.result .items .original indicates whether the backlink was present on the referring page when our crawler first visited it
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .page _from _encoding character encoding of the referring page example: utf-8
- Тип: integertasks
.result .items .page _from _external _links number of external links found on the referring page
- Тип: integertasks
.result .items .page _from _internal _links number of internal links found on the referring page
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .page _from _language language of the referring page in ISO 639-1 format example: en
- Тип: integertasks
.result .items .page _from _rank 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
- Тип: integertasks
.result .items .page _from _size size of the referring page, in bytes example: 63357
- Тип: integertasks
.result .items .page _from _status _code HTTP status code returned by the referring page example: 200
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .page _from _title title of the referring page
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .prev _seen 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
- Тип: integertasks
.result .items .rank 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
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .semantic _location indicates semantic element in HTML where the backlink is found you can get the full list of semantic elements here examples: article, section, summary
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .text _post snippet after the anchor text
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .text _pre snippet before the anchor text
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .tld _from top-level domain of the referring URL
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .type type of element = ‘backlink’
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .url _from URL of the page where the backlink is found
- Тип: booleantasks
.result .items .url _from _https indicates whether the referring URL is secured with HTTPS if true, the referring URL is secured with HTTPS
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .url _to URL the backlink is pointing to
- Тип: booleantasks
.result .items .url _to _https indicates if the URL the backlink is pointing to is secured with HTTPS if true, the URL is secured with HTTPS
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .items .url _to _redirect _target target url of the redirect target page the redirect is pointing to
- Тип: integertasks
.result .items .url _to _spam _score 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
- Тип: integertasks
.result .items .url _to _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
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .mode mode specified in a POST array
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .search _after _token 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
- Тип: stringtasks
.result .target target domain in a POST array
- Тип: integertasks
.result .total _count total amount of results relevant the request
- Тип: integertasks
.status _code 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
- Тип: stringtasks
.status _message informational message of the task you can find the full list of general informational messages here
- Тип: stringtasks
.time execution time, seconds
- Тип: stringtime
execution time, seconds
- Тип: stringversion
the current version of the API
application/json - 400
Bad request
- 401
Unauthorized
- 402
The request cannot proceed because a billing requirement is not met.
- 403
The account is not permitted to perform this operation.
- 429
Rate limit exceeded
- 500
Internal server error
- 502
The service could not complete the request.
- 503
The API or billing service is temporarily unavailable.
- 504
The service timed out while processing the request.
- default
The operation failed. Keep the response request ID when contacting Felo support.
curl https://openapi.felo.ai/v1/beta/dataforseo/backlinks/backlinks/live \
--request POST \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN' \
--data '[
{
"target": "",
"mode": "",
"custom_mode": {
"field": "",
"value": 1
},
"filters": [],
"order_by": [
""
],
"offset": 1,
"search_after_token": "",
"limit": 1,
"backlinks_status_type": "",
"include_subdomains": true,
"exclude_internal_backlinks": true,
"rank_scale": "",
"tag": ""
}
]'
{
"version": "string",
"status_code": 1,
"status_message": "string",
"time": "string",
"cost": 1,
"tasks_count": 1,
"tasks_error": 1,
"tasks": [
"string"
],
"tasks.id": "string",
"tasks.status_code": 1,
"tasks.status_message": "string",
"tasks.time": "string",
"tasks.cost": 1,
"tasks.result_count": 1,
"tasks.path": [
"string"
],
"tasks.data": {},
"tasks.result": [
"string"
],
"tasks.result.target": "string",
"tasks.result.mode": "string",
"tasks.result.custom_mode": {},
"tasks.result.total_count": 1,
"tasks.result.items_count": 1,
"tasks.result.items": [
"string"
],
"tasks.result.items.type": "string",
"tasks.result.items.domain_from": "string",
"tasks.result.items.url_from": "string",
"tasks.result.items.url_from_https": true,
"tasks.result.items.domain_to": "string",
"tasks.result.items.url_to": "string",
"tasks.result.items.url_to_https": true,
"tasks.result.items.tld_from": "string",
"tasks.result.items.is_new": true,
"tasks.result.items.is_lost": true,
"tasks.result.items.backlink_spam_score": 1,
"tasks.result.items.rank": 1,
"tasks.result.items.page_from_rank": 1,
"tasks.result.items.domain_from_rank": 1,
"tasks.result.items.domain_from_platform_type": [
"string"
],
"tasks.result.items.domain_from_is_ip": true,
"tasks.result.items.domain_from_ip": "string",
"tasks.result.items.domain_from_country": "string",
"tasks.result.items.page_from_external_links": 1,
"tasks.result.items.page_from_internal_links": 1,
"tasks.result.items.page_from_size": 1,
"tasks.result.items.page_from_encoding": "string",
"tasks.result.items.page_from_language": "string",
"tasks.result.items.page_from_title": "string",
"tasks.result.items.page_from_status_code": 1,
"tasks.result.items.first_seen": "string",
"tasks.result.items.prev_seen": "string",
"tasks.result.items.last_seen": "string",
"tasks.result.items.item_type": "string",
"tasks.result.items.attributes": [
"string"
],
"tasks.result.items.dofollow": true,
"tasks.result.items.original": true,
"tasks.result.items.alt": "string",
"tasks.result.items.image_url": "string",
"tasks.result.items.anchor": "string",
"tasks.result.items.text_pre": "string",
"tasks.result.items.text_post": "string",
"tasks.result.items.semantic_location": "string",
"tasks.result.items.links_count": 1,
"tasks.result.items.group_count": 1,
"tasks.result.items.is_broken": true,
"tasks.result.items.url_to_status_code": 1,
"tasks.result.items.url_to_spam_score": 1,
"tasks.result.items.url_to_redirect_target": "string",
"tasks.result.items.is_indirect_link": true,
"tasks.result.items.indirect_link_path": [
"string"
],
"tasks.result.items.indirect_link_path.type": "string",
"tasks.result.items.indirect_link_path.status_code": 1,
"tasks.result.items.indirect_link_path.url": "string",
"tasks.result.search_after_token": "string"
}