SEO Backlink anchors API

Get AnyAPI SEO anchor texts of the backlinks pointing at a domain or URL, each with backlink and referring domain counts, authority rank, and spam score as normalized JSON.

POST/v1/run/seo.backlink_anchors

Requests

30d

Pricing

One price, in dollars

Providers

Owl- served- uptime- p50---$0.08/1k resultsup to $0.0768 / request

Call it

Make your first request

import os, requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/seo.backlink_anchors",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['ANYAPI_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "target": ""
    },
)
print(res.json())

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Sample response

{
  "data": {
    "anchors": [
      {
        "anchor": "example",
        "backlinks": 42,
        "brokenBacklinks": 42,
        "brokenPages": 29,
        "firstSeenUtc": 12.5,
        "linksByAttribute": {},
        "linksByCountry": {},
        "linksByPlatformType": {},
        "linksBySemanticLocation": {},
        "linksByTld": {},
        "linksByType": {},
        "lostUtc": 12.5,
        "rank": 1,
        "referringDomains": 42,
        "referringDomainsNofollow": 42,
        "referringIps": 42,
        "referringMainDomains": 42,
        "referringMainDomainsNofollow": 42,
        "referringPages": 29,
        "referringPagesNofollow": 29,
        "referringSubnets": 42,
        "spamScore": 5
      }
    ],
    "totalCount": 12500
  },
  "found": true,
  "reason": "not_found"
}

Response interface

interface SeoBacklinkAnchorsResponse {
  data: {
    anchors: {
      anchor?: string;
      backlinks?: number;
      brokenBacklinks?: number;
      brokenPages?: number;
      firstSeenUtc?: number;
      linksByAttribute?: {
      };
      linksByCountry?: {
      };
      linksByPlatformType?: {
      };
      linksBySemanticLocation?: {
      };
      linksByTld?: {
      };
      linksByType?: {
      };
      lostUtc?: number;
      rank?: number;
      referringDomains?: number;
      referringDomainsNofollow?: number;
      referringIps?: number;
      referringMainDomains?: number;
      referringMainDomainsNofollow?: number;
      referringPages?: number;
      referringPagesNofollow?: number;
      referringSubnets?: number;
      spamScore?: number;
    }[];
    totalCount?: number;
  } | null;
  found: boolean;
  reason?: "not_found";
}

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Request, response, and price

Last verified 2026-09-24 · uptime and latency measured over 30d

POST /v1/run/seo.backlink_anchors

curl -X POST https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/seo.backlink_anchors \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANYAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"limit":10,"target":"ahrefs.com"}'

Field	Type	Example value
Request body
target	string	"ahrefs.com"Domain, subdomain, or full page URL to analyze. Send a domain without a protocol or leading www.
includeSubdomains	boolean	Count links pointing at the target's subdomains as well as the target itself.
limit	integer	10Maximum number of anchor texts to return. You are billed per returned result, so a lower limit costs less.
status	enum	Count backlinks that are live now, ones that have been lost, or both.
Response
data	object
data.anchors	object[]	Anchor texts of backlinks to the target. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.anchors[].anchor	string	Anchor text. Absent for links without text, such as image links. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.anchors[].backlinks	integer	Backlinks counted. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.anchors[].brokenBacklinks	integer	Backlinks pointing at pages that no longer resolve.
data.anchors[].brokenPages	integer	Linked pages with an error status.
data.anchors[].firstSeenUtc	number	When the first of these backlinks was seen. UTC epoch timestamp in seconds (Unix time). Multiply by 1000 for a JS Date in milliseconds.
data.anchors[].linksByAttribute	object	Count of these backlinks, by rel attribute (nofollow, sponsored, ugc, noopener, and so on).
data.anchors[].linksByCountry	object	Count of these backlinks, by country code of the linking domain. An empty key means the country is unknown.
data.anchors[].linksByPlatformType	object	Count of these backlinks, by type of linking site (blogs, news, ecommerce, and so on).
data.anchors[].linksBySemanticLocation	object	Count of these backlinks, by the page section holding the link (article, footer, nav, and so on). An empty key means no section was detected.
data.anchors[].linksByTld	object	Count of these backlinks, by top-level domain of the linking page.
data.anchors[].linksByType	object	Count of these backlinks, by link type (anchor, image, redirect, canonical, alternate).
data.anchors[].lostUtc	number	When the last of these backlinks was lost, if they were. UTC epoch timestamp in seconds (Unix time). Multiply by 1000 for a JS Date in milliseconds.
data.anchors[].rank	integer	Authority rank on a 0-1000 scale. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.anchors[].referringDomains	integer	Distinct linking domains.
data.anchors[].referringDomainsNofollow	integer	Linking domains whose every link is nofollow.
data.anchors[].referringIps	integer	Distinct IP addresses of linking pages.
data.anchors[].referringMainDomains	integer	Distinct linking registrable domains.
data.anchors[].referringMainDomainsNofollow	integer	Linking registrable domains whose every link is nofollow.
data.anchors[].referringPages	integer	Distinct linking pages.
data.anchors[].referringPagesNofollow	integer	Linking pages whose links are all nofollow.
data.anchors[].referringSubnets	integer	Distinct subnets of linking pages.
data.anchors[].spamScore	integer	Average spam score of those backlinks on a 0-100 scale.
data.totalCount	integer	Total anchor texts, before the limit. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
found	boolean
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.
Price
Price per request (ceiling)	USD	$0.0768
Price /1k results	USD	$0.08

FAQ

About the SEO Backlink anchors API

The AnyAPI SEO Backlink anchors API returns SEO backlink anchors data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/seo.backlink_anchors. Get AnyAPI SEO anchor texts of the backlinks pointing at a domain or URL, each with backlink and referring domain counts, authority rank, and spam score as normalized JSON. AnyAPI returns one normalized schema whichever source serves it. It costs $0.08 per 1,000 results, and never more than $0.0768 for a single request, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum.

It costs $0.08 per 1,000 results, and never more than $0.0768 for a single request, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. You fund one USD wallet, each call draws it down, and a failed request costs $0.

Get AnyAPI SEO anchor texts of the backlinks pointing at a domain or URL, each with backlink and referring domain counts, authority rank, and spam score as normalized JSON. 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.

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