SEO Backlinks API

Get AnyAPI SEO backlinks for a domain or URL, each with the linking page, anchor text, dofollow flag, authority rank, spam score, and first and last seen dates as normalized JSON.

POST/v1/run/seo.backlinks

Uptime

100.00%

30d · 1 call

Requests

30d

Response

1.7s

median · 30d

Pricing

One price, in dollars

Providers

Owl1 served100.00% uptime1603ms p50100.00% (1 call)1603ms (1 call)1$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.backlinks",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['ANYAPI_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "target": ""
    },
)
print(res.json())

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Sample response

{
  "data": {
    "backlinks": [
      {
        "anchor": "example",
        "attributes": [
          "example"
        ],
        "dofollow": true,
        "domainFrom": "example.com",
        "domainFromCountry": "example.com",
        "domainFromIp": "example.com",
        "domainFromIsIp": true,
        "domainFromPlatformTypes": [
          "example.com"
        ],
        "domainFromRank": 1,
        "domainTo": "example.com",
        "firstSeenUtc": 12.5,
        "groupCount": 12500,
        "imageAlt": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
        "imageUrl": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
        "isBroken": true,
        "isIndirect": true,
        "isLost": true,
        "isNew": true,
        "isOriginal": true,
        "lastSeenUtc": 12.5,
        "linkType": "https://example.com/page",
        "linksCount": 12500,
        "pageFromEncoding": "example",
        "pageFromExternalLinks": 29,
        "pageFromInternalLinks": 29,
        "pageFromKeywordsTop10": 29,
        "pageFromKeywordsTop100": 29,
        "pageFromKeywordsTop3": 29,
        "pageFromLanguage": "en",
        "pageFromRank": 29,
        "pageFromSize": 29,
        "pageFromStatusCode": 29,
        "pageFromTitle": "Example title",
        "previousSeenUtc": 12.5,
        "rank": 1,
        "semanticLocation": "example",
        "spamScore": 5,
        "textAfter": "A short example description of this item.",
        "textBefore": "A short example description of this item.",
        "tldFrom": "example",
        "urlFrom": "https://example.com/page",
        "urlTo": "https://example.com/page",
        "urlToRedirectTarget": "https://example.com/page",
        "urlToSpamScore": 5,
        "urlToStatusCode": 42
      }
    ],
    "totalCount": 12500
  },
  "found": true,
  "reason": "not_found"
}

Response interface

interface SeoBacklinksResponse {
  data: {
    backlinks: {
      anchor?: string;
      attributes?: string[];
      dofollow?: boolean;
      domainFrom?: string;
      domainFromCountry?: string;
      domainFromIp?: string;
      domainFromIsIp?: boolean;
      domainFromPlatformTypes?: string[];
      domainFromRank?: number;
      domainTo?: string;
      firstSeenUtc?: number;
      groupCount?: number;
      imageAlt?: string;
      imageUrl?: string;
      isBroken?: boolean;
      isIndirect?: boolean;
      isLost?: boolean;
      isNew?: boolean;
      isOriginal?: boolean;
      lastSeenUtc?: number;
      linkType?: string;
      linksCount?: number;
      pageFromEncoding?: string;
      pageFromExternalLinks?: number;
      pageFromInternalLinks?: number;
      pageFromKeywordsTop10?: number;
      pageFromKeywordsTop100?: number;
      pageFromKeywordsTop3?: number;
      pageFromLanguage?: string;
      pageFromRank?: number;
      pageFromSize?: number;
      pageFromStatusCode?: number;
      pageFromTitle?: string;
      previousSeenUtc?: number;
      rank?: number;
      semanticLocation?: string;
      spamScore?: number;
      textAfter?: string;
      textBefore?: string;
      tldFrom?: string;
      urlFrom: string;
      urlTo?: string;
      urlToRedirectTarget?: string;
      urlToSpamScore?: number;
      urlToStatusCode?: number;
    }[];
    totalCount?: number;
  } | null;
  found: boolean;
  reason?: "not_found";
}

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Reference

Request, response, and price

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

POST /v1/run/seo.backlinks

curl -X POST https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/seo.backlinks \
  -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 backlinks to return. You are billed per returned result, so a lower limit costs less.
mode	enum	as_is returns every backlink; one_per_domain keeps one backlink per linking domain; one_per_anchor keeps one per anchor text.
status	enum	Return backlinks that are live now, ones that have been lost, or both.
Response
data	object
data.backlinks	object[]	Backlinks pointing at the target. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.backlinks[].anchor	string	Anchor text of the link.
data.backlinks[].attributes	string[]	rel attributes on the link, such as nofollow, sponsored, ugc, or noopener.
data.backlinks[].dofollow	boolean	True when the link passes ranking value (no nofollow attribute). Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.backlinks[].domainFrom	string	Domain of the linking page. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.backlinks[].domainFromCountry	string	Country code of the linking domain.
data.backlinks[].domainFromIp	string	IP address of the linking domain.
data.backlinks[].domainFromIsIp	boolean	True when the linking host is a bare IP address.
data.backlinks[].domainFromPlatformTypes	string[]	Site types of the linking domain, such as blogs, news, or ecommerce.
data.backlinks[].domainFromRank	integer	Authority rank of the linking domain on a 0-1000 scale.
data.backlinks[].domainTo	string	Domain of the target URL.
data.backlinks[].firstSeenUtc	number	When the backlink was first seen. UTC epoch timestamp in seconds (Unix time). Multiply by 1000 for a JS Date in milliseconds.
data.backlinks[].groupCount	integer	Backlinks grouped into this one by the requested mode.
data.backlinks[].imageAlt	string	Alt text of the linked image, for image links.
data.backlinks[].imageUrl	string	URL of the linked image, for image links.
data.backlinks[].isBroken	boolean	True when the target URL no longer resolves.
data.backlinks[].isIndirect	boolean	True when the link reaches the target through a redirect or canonical.
data.backlinks[].isLost	boolean	True when the backlink has been removed.
data.backlinks[].isNew	boolean	True when the backlink appeared since the previous crawl.
data.backlinks[].isOriginal	boolean	True when the link was present on the first crawl of the linking page.
data.backlinks[].lastSeenUtc	number	When the backlink was last seen. UTC epoch timestamp in seconds (Unix time). Multiply by 1000 for a JS Date in milliseconds.
data.backlinks[].linkType	string	How the link is placed: anchor, image, redirect, canonical, alternate, and so on.
data.backlinks[].linksCount	integer	Identical links from the linking page to the target.
data.backlinks[].pageFromEncoding	string	Character encoding of the linking page.
data.backlinks[].pageFromExternalLinks	integer	Outbound links on the linking page.
data.backlinks[].pageFromInternalLinks	integer	Internal links on the linking page.
data.backlinks[].pageFromKeywordsTop10	integer	Keywords the linking page ranks in the top 10 for.
data.backlinks[].pageFromKeywordsTop100	integer	Keywords the linking page ranks in the top 100 for.
data.backlinks[].pageFromKeywordsTop3	integer	Keywords the linking page ranks in the top 3 for.
data.backlinks[].pageFromLanguage	string	Language code of the linking page.
data.backlinks[].pageFromRank	integer	Authority rank of the linking page on a 0-1000 scale.
data.backlinks[].pageFromSize	integer	Size of the linking page in bytes.
data.backlinks[].pageFromStatusCode	integer	HTTP status the linking page returned.
data.backlinks[].pageFromTitle	string	Title of the linking page.
data.backlinks[].previousSeenUtc	number	When the backlink was seen on the crawl before the last one. UTC epoch timestamp in seconds (Unix time). Multiply by 1000 for a JS Date in milliseconds.
data.backlinks[].rank	integer	Authority rank of the backlink on a 0-1000 scale.
data.backlinks[].semanticLocation	string	Page section holding the link, such as article, footer, or nav.
data.backlinks[].spamScore	integer	Spam score of the backlink on a 0-100 scale.
data.backlinks[].textAfter	string	Text right after the link on the linking page.
data.backlinks[].textBefore	string	Text right before the link on the linking page.
data.backlinks[].tldFrom	string	Top-level domain of the linking page.
data.backlinks[].urlFrom	string	URL of the page carrying the link. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.backlinks[].urlTo	string	Target URL the link points at. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.backlinks[].urlToRedirectTarget	string	Where the target URL redirects, if it does.
data.backlinks[].urlToSpamScore	integer	Spam score of the target URL on a 0-100 scale.
data.backlinks[].urlToStatusCode	integer	HTTP status the target URL returned.
data.totalCount	integer	Total backlinks matching the request, 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 Backlinks API

The AnyAPI SEO Backlinks API returns SEO backlinks data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/seo.backlinks. Get AnyAPI SEO backlinks for a domain or URL, each with the linking page, anchor text, dofollow flag, authority rank, spam score, and first and last seen dates 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. Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of SEO backlinks calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 1.7 seconds across 1 measured calls.

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 backlinks for a domain or URL, each with the linking page, anchor text, dofollow flag, authority rank, spam score, and first and last seen dates 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.

Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of SEO backlinks calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 1.7 seconds across 1 measured calls. These are AnyAPI's own measurements of traffic through the gateway, recomputed continuously, not a published service-level target.

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