Semrush API

Semrush Overview API

a Semrush SEO overview for any domain: Authority Score, organic and paid traffic, keyword and backlink counts, top country, and the domain's top organic keywords.

$4.95/1k req, pay per request, no subscription.

What the API returneditems[0]
{
"domain": "ahrefs.com",
"database": "us",
"authorityScore": 78,
"backlinks": 15400000,
"referringDomains": 92300,
"followBacklinks": 12800000,
"nofollowBacklinks": 2600000,
"organicTraffic": 612000,
... 12 more fields
}
Uptime
99.74%
30d · 761 calls
Requests
767
30d · weekly, last 12 wks
Response
9.5s
median · 30d

Pricing

Semrush Overview API pricing

You pay
$49.50
$4.95/1k req, only for what you use. No monthly plan.
Your first 20 requests are free with the $0.10 starting balance.

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{
  "found": true,
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "domain": "ahrefs.com",
        "database": "us",
        "authorityScore": 78,
        "backlinks": 15400000,
        "referringDomains": 92300,
        "followBacklinks": 12800000,
        "nofollowBacklinks": 2600000,
        "organicTraffic": 612000,
        "totalTraffic": 648000,
        "organicKeywords": 421000,
        "organicTrafficCostUsd": 1840000,
        "paidTraffic": 3200,
        "paidKeywords": 140,
        "paidTrafficCostUsd": 9800,
        "aiVisibility": 41,
        "topCountry": "US",
        "topCountryTraffic": 198000,
        "mozDomainAuthority": 91,
        "mozSpamScore": "1%",
        "topKeywords": [
          {
            "keyword": "backlink checker",
            "position": 2,
            "searchVolume": 40500,
            "cpcUsd": 6.2,
            "keywordDifficulty": 71,
            "traffic": 18300,
            "url": "https://ahrefs.com/backlink-checker",
            "intents": [
              "commercial"
            ]
          },
          {
            "keyword": "keyword research tool",
            "position": 4,
            "searchVolume": 18100,
            "cpcUsd": 8.4,
            "keywordDifficulty": 68,
            "traffic": 5400,
            "url": "https://ahrefs.com/keyword-generator",
            "intents": [
              "commercial",
              "informational"
            ]
          },
          {
            "keyword": "seo tools",
            "position": 6,
            "searchVolume": 27100,
            "cpcUsd": 5.1,
            "keywordDifficulty": 74,
            "traffic": 3100,
            "url": "https://ahrefs.com/",
            "intents": [
              "informational"
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Full parameter and response reference - every field, type, and example for this endpoint.

Reference

One request, one response shape.

Every field you send and every field you get back, each with a real example.

Last verified 2026-10-31 · uptime and latency measured over 30d

Request body

JSON, posted to this endpoint.

  • domainstring

    ahrefs.com

    The domain to analyze (e.g. ahrefs.com).

  • databasestring

    us

    Two-letter Semrush regional database that scopes the metrics (e.g. us, uk, de).

  • includeMozboolean

    true

    Add Moz Domain Authority and Spam Score to the response.

You send. A small JSON body. The values shown are examples to replace with your own.

Response

JSON, one example value per field.

each itemdata.items[]

Domain overview records: Authority Score, organic and paid traffic, keyword and backlink counts, top country, and the domain's top organic keywords. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • aiVisibilityinteger

    41

    Semrush AI visibility metric for the domain.

  • authorityScoreinteger

    78

    Semrush Authority Score, 0-100.

  • backlinksinteger

    15400000

    Total number of backlinks pointing at the domain.

  • databasestring

    us

    Two-letter Semrush regional database the metrics are scoped to.

  • domainstring

    ahrefs.com

    The analyzed domain. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • followBacklinksinteger

    12800000

    Number of dofollow backlinks.

  • mozDomainAuthorityinteger

    91

    Moz Domain Authority, 0-100, or null when includeMoz is false or Moz has no data for the domain.

  • mozSpamScorestring

    1%

    Moz Spam Score as a percentage string, or null when includeMoz is false or Moz has no data for the domain.

  • nofollowBacklinksinteger

    2600000

    Number of nofollow backlinks.

  • organicKeywordsinteger

    421000

    Number of keywords the domain ranks for organically.

  • organicTrafficinteger

    612000

    Estimated monthly organic search traffic.

  • organicTrafficCostUsdnumber

    1840000

    Estimated USD value of the organic traffic.

  • paidKeywordsinteger

    140

    Number of keywords the domain bids on.

  • paidTrafficinteger

    3200

    Estimated monthly paid search traffic.

  • paidTrafficCostUsdnumber

    9800

    Estimated USD value of the paid traffic.

  • referringDomainsinteger

    92300

    Number of unique domains linking to the domain.

  • topCountrystring

    US

    Two-letter code of the country sending the most traffic.

  • topCountryTrafficinteger

    198000

    Estimated monthly traffic from the top country.

  • totalTrafficinteger

    648000

    Estimated total monthly traffic across organic and paid.

each topKeyworddata.items[].topKeywords[]

The domain's top organic keywords with position, volume, and value. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • cpcUsdnumber

    6.2

    Average cost per click in USD.

  • intentsstring[]

    Search intents associated with the keyword.

  • keywordstring

    backlink checker

    The organic keyword.

  • keywordDifficultyinteger

    71

    Semrush Keyword Difficulty, 0-100.

  • positioninteger

    2

    Current SERP position for this keyword.

  • searchVolumeinteger

    40500

    Monthly search volume for this keyword.

  • trafficinteger

    18300

    Estimated monthly traffic this keyword drives to the domain.

  • urlstring

    https://ahrefs.com/backlink-checker

    The ranking URL on the domain.

top level
  • foundboolean

    true

  • reason"not_found"

    Present only when `found` is false, and says why there is no result. `not_found`: the source states the target does not exist, or returned nothing for it. A `found: false` answer is a successful call, not an error, and `costUsd` is what it actually cost.

You get back. Named, typed fields in the same shape whichever source answers.

FAQ

About the Semrush Overview API

The AnyAPI Semrush Overview API returns Semrush overview data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/semrush.overview. a Semrush SEO overview for any domain: Authority Score, organic and paid traffic, keyword and backlink counts, top country, and the domain's top organic keywords. AnyAPI returns one normalized schema whichever source serves it. It costs from $4.95 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 99.7% of Semrush overview calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 9.5 seconds across 761 measured calls.

It costs from $4.95 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. You fund one USD wallet and each call draws it down. Some failed wallet-funded requests incur processing charges that we pass through at cost, with no markup; the error response shows the amount charged.

a Semrush SEO overview for any domain: Authority Score, organic and paid traffic, keyword and backlink counts, top country, and the domain's top organic keywords. The response is normalized JSON with the same envelope every AnyAPI endpoint returns, so parsing a second endpoint is a change of URL and nothing else.

Over the last 30 days, 99.7% of Semrush overview calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 9.5 seconds across 761 measured calls. These are AnyAPI's own measurements of traffic through the gateway, recomputed continuously, not a published service-level target.

Yes. A new AnyAPI account starts with $0.10 of free balance and no card required, which covers 20 Semrush Overview calls at $0.00495 each.

Send a POST request to https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/semrush.overview with your AnyAPI key in an "Authorization: Bearer" header and the input as a JSON body. The same key and the same wallet work on every AnyAPI endpoint.

No. You add US dollars to one prepaid AnyAPI balance and each request draws it down. There is no monthly plan and no minimum, and the same balance pays for every AnyAPI endpoint.

Yes. Install @getanyapi/sdk from npm for TypeScript or getanyapi from pip for Python. Both call every AnyAPI endpoint with the same key, and any HTTP client works too.

Yes. An agent can connect to the AnyAPI MCP server at https://api.getanyapi.com/mcp, or create its own free-trial key with one unauthenticated POST to https://api.getanyapi.com/agent/signup and call this endpoint over HTTP.