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DataForSEO Backlinks API

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

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

DataForSEO Backlinks API is one of 12 APIs that DataForSEO publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Backlinks. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 24 operations across 24 paths, and defines 124 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.dataforseo.com, https://sandbox.dataforseo.com.

24 operations 24 paths 124 schemas 2 GET22 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.dataforseo.com
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

DataForSEO Backlinks API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth).

Paths & Operations 24

Across 24 paths, the API surfaces 24 operations — 2 GET, 22 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Backlinks 24
POST
/v3/backlinks/id_list
Backlinks id list
BacklinksIdList body → 200
POST
/v3/backlinks/errors
Backlinks errors
BacklinksErrors body → 200
GET
/v3/backlinks/available_filters
Backlinks available filters
BacklinksAvailableFilters → 200
GET
/v3/backlinks/index
Index
Index → 200
POST
/v3/backlinks/summary/live
Summary live
SummaryLive body → 200
POST
/v3/backlinks/history/live
History live
HistoryLive body → 200
POST
/v3/backlinks/backlinks/live
Backlinks live
BacklinksLive body → 200
POST
/v3/backlinks/anchors/live
Anchors live
AnchorsLive body → 200
POST
/v3/backlinks/domain_pages/live
Domain pages live
DomainPagesLive body → 200
POST
/v3/backlinks/domain_pages_summary/live
Domain pages summary live
DomainPagesSummaryLive body → 200
POST
/v3/backlinks/referring_domains/live
Referring domains live
ReferringDomainsLive body → 200
POST
/v3/backlinks/referring_networks/live
Referring networks live
ReferringNetworksLive body → 200
POST
/v3/backlinks/competitors/live
Competitors live
CompetitorsLive body → 200
POST
/v3/backlinks/domain_intersection/live
Domain intersection live
DomainIntersectionLive body → 200
POST
/v3/backlinks/page_intersection/live
Page intersection live
PageIntersectionLive body → 200
POST
/v3/backlinks/timeseries_summary/live
Timeseries summary live
TimeseriesSummaryLive body → 200
POST
/v3/backlinks/timeseries_new_lost_summary/live
Timeseries new lost summary live
TimeseriesNewLostSummaryLive body → 200
POST
/v3/backlinks/bulk_ranks/live
Bulk ranks live
BulkRanksLive body → 200
POST
/v3/backlinks/bulk_backlinks/live
Bulk backlinks live
BulkBacklinksLive body → 200
POST
/v3/backlinks/bulk_spam_score/live
Bulk spam score live
BulkSpamScoreLive body → 200
POST
/v3/backlinks/bulk_referring_domains/live
Bulk referring domains live
BulkReferringDomainsLive body → 200
POST
/v3/backlinks/bulk_new_lost_backlinks/live
Bulk new lost backlinks live
BulkNewLostBacklinksLive body → 200
POST
/v3/backlinks/bulk_new_lost_referring_domains/live
Bulk new lost referring domains live
BulkNewLostReferringDomainsLive body → 200
POST
/v3/backlinks/bulk_pages_summary/live
Bulk pages summary live
BulkPagesSummaryLive body → 200

Schemas 124

The contract defines 124 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are BacklinksBacklinksLiveItem (47 properties), BacklinksPageIntersection (45 properties), BacklinksHistoryLiveItem (28 properties), BacklinksSummaryLiveResultInfo (26 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

BacklinksBulkReferringDomainsLiveRequestInfo
object
2 properties
BacklinksBulkNewLostBacklinksLiveItem
object
3 properties
BacklinksBulkBacklinksLiveItem
object
2 properties
BacklinksBulkPagesSummaryLiveResultInfo
object
3 properties
BacklinksTimeseriesNewLostSummaryLiveRequestInfo
object
6 properties
TargetInfo
object
7 properties
PageSummary
object
21 properties
BacklinksBulkNewLostBacklinksLiveRequestInfo
object
3 properties
BacklinksIdListRequestInfo
object
6 properties
BacklinksRedirectInfo
object
3 properties
BacklinksBulkRanksLiveResultInfo
object
2 properties
BacklinksErrorsResultInfo
object
10 properties
BacklinksSummaryLiveRequestInfo
object
9 properties
BacklinksReferringNetworksLiveItem
object
22 properties
BacklinksDomainIntersectionLiveItem
object
2 properties
BacklinksErrorsTaskInfo
object
BacklinksIndexResponseInfo
object
BacklinksReferringNetworksLiveResultInfo
object
4 properties
BacklinksIdListResponseInfo
object
BacklinksTimeseriesNewLostSummaryLiveItem
object
8 properties
BacklinksIdListResultInfo
object
7 properties
BacklinksAvailableFiltersTaskInfo
object
BacklinksReferringDomainsLiveResultInfo
object
4 properties
BacklinksPageIntersection
object
45 properties
BacklinksDomainIntersectionLiveRequestInfo
object
15 properties
BacklinksBulkBacklinksLiveTaskInfo
object
BacklinksBulkPagesSummaryLiveItem
object
24 properties
BacklinksSummaryLiveResultInfo
object
26 properties
BacklinksBulkReferringDomainsLiveItem
object
5 properties
BacklinksHistoryLiveTaskInfo
object
BacklinksErrorsRequestInfo
object
5 properties
BacklinksBacklinksLiveResponseInfo
object
BacklinksBulkPagesSummaryLiveResponseInfo
object
BacklinksBacklinksLiveTaskInfo
object
BacklinksAvailableFiltersResultInfo
object
10 properties
BacklinksDomainPagesLiveItem
object
18 properties
BacklinksDomainPagesLiveResultInfo
object
4 properties
BacklinksAnchorsLiveRequestInfo
object
13 properties
BacklinksHistoryLiveResultInfo
object
5 properties
BacklinksBulkReferringDomainsLiveResultInfo
object
2 properties
BacklinksCompetitorsLiveResultInfo
object
3 properties
BacklinksPageIntersectionLiveTaskInfo
object
BacklinksDomainIntersection
object
23 properties
BacklinksAnchorsLiveTaskInfo
object
BacklinksBacklinksLiveRequestInfo
object
16 properties
BacklinksPageIntersectionLiveResponseInfo
object
BacklinksAnchorsLiveResponseInfo
object
BacklinksAnchorsLiveItem
object
23 properties
BacklinksDomainIntersectionLiveResponseInfo
object
BacklinksCompetitorsLiveRequestInfo
object
10 properties
BacklinksTimeseriesSummaryLiveResponseInfo
object
BacklinksReferringNetworksLiveRequestInfo
object
14 properties
BacklinksBulkPagesSummaryLiveTaskInfo
object
BacklinksBulkReferringDomainsLiveResponseInfo
object
BacklinksBulkNewLostBacklinksLiveResponseInfo
object
BacklinksBulkBacklinksLiveResponseInfo
object
BacklinksDomainIntersectionLiveTaskInfo
object
BacklinksAvailableFiltersResponseInfo
object
BacklinksHistoryLiveItem
object
28 properties
BacklinksPageIntersectionLiveItem
object
2 properties
BacklinksReferringDomainsLiveTaskInfo
object
BacklinksBulkSpamScoreLiveResultInfo
object
2 properties
BacklinksHistoryLiveResponseInfo
object
BacklinksReferringDomainsLiveItem
object
23 properties
BacklinksTimeseriesNewLostSummaryLiveTaskInfo
object
BacklinksDomainPagesSummaryLiveResultInfo
object
4 properties
BacklinksAnchorsLiveResultInfo
object
4 properties
BacklinksCompetitorsLiveTaskInfo
object
BacklinksSummaryLiveTaskInfo
object
IntersectionSummaryInfo
object
1 property
BacklinksBulkSpamScoreLiveTaskInfo
object
BacklinksReferringNetworksLiveResponseInfo
object
BacklinksTimeseriesNewLostSummaryLiveResultInfo
object
6 properties
BaseResponseInfo
object
7 properties
RankedKeywordsInfo
object
3 properties
BacklinksTimeseriesSummaryLiveRequestInfo
object
7 properties
BacklinksBacklinksLiveResultInfo
object
7 properties
BacklinksBulkNewLostBacklinksLiveTaskInfo
object
BacklinksBulkBacklinksLiveResultInfo
object
2 properties
BacklinksDomainPagesLiveTaskInfo
object
BacklinksIdListTaskInfo
object
BacklinksHistoryLiveRequestInfo
object
5 properties
BacklinksBulkSpamScoreLiveResponseInfo
object
BacklinksBulkPagesSummaryLiveRequestInfo
object
4 properties
BacklinksBulkNewLostReferringDomainsLiveResponseInfo
object
BacklinksIndexTaskInfo
object
BacklinksErrorsResponseInfo
object
BacklinksDomainPagesSummaryLiveTaskInfo
object
BacklinksTimeseriesSummaryLiveTaskInfo
object
BacklinksBulkRanksLiveRequestInfo
object
3 properties
BacklinksBulkNewLostReferringDomainsLiveRequestInfo
object
3 properties
BacklinksDomainIntersectionLiveResultInfo
object
4 properties
BacklinksBulkBacklinksLiveRequestInfo
object
2 properties
BacklinksTimeseriesSummaryLiveItem
object
13 properties
BacklinksDomainPagesSummaryLiveItem
object
23 properties
BacklinksPageIntersectionLiveResultInfo
object
4 properties
BacklinksPageIntersectionLiveRequestInfo
object
14 properties
BacklinksReferringNetworksLiveTaskInfo
object
BacklinksTimeseriesSummaryLiveResultInfo
object
6 properties
BacklinksBulkRanksLiveTaskInfo
object
BacklinksDomainPagesLiveResponseInfo
object
BacklinksIndexResultInfo
object
3 properties
BacklinksBulkRanksLiveItem
object
2 properties
BacklinksPageMeta
object
17 properties
BacklinksReferringDomainsLiveResponseInfo
object
BacklinksBulkNewLostReferringDomainsLiveTaskInfo
object
BaseResponseTaskInfo
object
8 properties
BacklinksBacklinksLiveItem
object
47 properties
BacklinksBulkSpamScoreLiveItem
object
3 properties
BacklinksSummaryLiveResponseInfo
object
BacklinksBulkNewLostReferringDomainsLiveResultInfo
object
2 properties
BacklinksCompetitorsLiveResponseInfo
object
BacklinksCompetitorsLiveItem
object
4 properties
IndexHistory
object
3 properties
BacklinksTimeseriesNewLostSummaryLiveResponseInfo
object
BacklinksDomainPagesLiveRequestInfo
object
12 properties
BacklinksDomainPagesSummaryLiveResponseInfo
object
BacklinksReferringDomainsLiveRequestInfo
object
13 properties
BacklinksDomainPagesSummaryLiveRequestInfo
object
13 properties
BacklinksBulkReferringDomainsLiveTaskInfo
object
BacklinksBulkNewLostBacklinksLiveResultInfo
object
2 properties
BacklinksBulkRanksLiveResponseInfo
object
BacklinksBulkSpamScoreLiveRequestInfo
object
2 properties
BacklinksBulkNewLostReferringDomainsLiveItem
object
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

dataforseo-backlinks-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Base URL
https://api.dataforseo.com
Docs
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Provider
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