DataForSEO

DataForSEO Backlinks API

The Backlinks API from DataForSEO — 24 operation(s) for backlinks.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Digital Marketing Management BC-400.60

Operations 24

POST /v3/backlinks/id_list Backlinks id list #
POST /v3/backlinks/errors Backlinks errors #
GET /v3/backlinks/available_filters Backlinks available filters #
GET /v3/backlinks/index Index #
POST /v3/backlinks/summary/live Summary live #
POST /v3/backlinks/history/live History live #
POST /v3/backlinks/backlinks/live Backlinks live #
POST /v3/backlinks/anchors/live Anchors live #
POST /v3/backlinks/domain_pages/live Domain pages live #
POST /v3/backlinks/domain_pages_summary/live Domain pages summary live #
POST /v3/backlinks/referring_domains/live Referring domains live #
POST /v3/backlinks/referring_networks/live Referring networks live #
POST /v3/backlinks/competitors/live Competitors live #
POST /v3/backlinks/domain_intersection/live Domain intersection live #
POST /v3/backlinks/page_intersection/live Page intersection live #
POST /v3/backlinks/timeseries_summary/live Timeseries summary live #
POST /v3/backlinks/timeseries_new_lost_summary/live Timeseries new lost summary live #
POST /v3/backlinks/bulk_ranks/live Bulk ranks live #
POST /v3/backlinks/bulk_backlinks/live Bulk backlinks live #
POST /v3/backlinks/bulk_spam_score/live Bulk spam score live #
POST /v3/backlinks/bulk_referring_domains/live Bulk referring domains live #
POST /v3/backlinks/bulk_new_lost_backlinks/live Bulk new lost backlinks live #
POST /v3/backlinks/bulk_new_lost_referring_domains/live Bulk new lost referring domains live #
POST /v3/backlinks/bulk_pages_summary/live Bulk pages summary live #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/backlinks/overview/
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APIReference
https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/backlinks/overview/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dataforseo/refs/heads/main/openapi/dataforseo-backlinks-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dataforseo/refs/heads/main/json-schema/dataforseo-backlinks-schema.json

Other Resources

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Overlay
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dataforseo/refs/heads/main/overlays/dataforseo-backlinks-overlay.yaml
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dataforseo/refs/heads/main/examples/dataforseo-backlinks-examples.json

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OpenAPI Specification

dataforseo-backlinks-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: DataForSEO Backlinks API
  description: DataForSEO API is the starting point on your journey towards building powerful SEO software. With DataForSEO you can get all the data you need to build an efficient application while also saving your time and budget. DataForSEO API is using the REST technology for interchanging data between your application and our service. The data exchange is made through the widely used HTTP protocol, which allows applying our API to almost all programming languages.
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: https://api.dataforseo.com
- url: https://sandbox.dataforseo.com
tags:


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