This endpoint will provide you with historical backlinks data back to the beginning of 2019. You can receive the number of backlinks a given domain had in a specific time period, the number of new & lost backlinks, referring domains, and more.
Instead of ‘login’ and ‘password’ use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard
# Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard \
login="login" \
password="password" \
cred="$(printf ${login}:${password} | base64)" \
curl --location --request POST "https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/backlinks/history/live" \
--header "Authorization: Basic ${cred}" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-raw "[
{
"target": "cnn.com",
"date_from": "2020-01-01",
"date_to": "2021-01-01"
}
]"
<?php
// You can download this file from here https://cdn.dataforseo.com/v3/examples/php/php_RestClient.zip
require('RestClient.php');
$api_url = 'https://api.dataforseo.com/';
// Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard
$client = new RestClient($api_url, null, 'login', 'password');
$post_array = array();
// simple way to set a task
$post_array[] = array(
"target" => "cnn.com",
"date_from" => "2020-01-01",
"date_to" => "2021-01-01"
);
try {
// POST /v3/backlinks/history/live
$result = $client->post('/v3/backlinks/history/live', $post_array);
print_r($result);
// do something with post result
} catch (RestClientException $e) {
echo "n";
print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}n";
print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}n";
print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}n";
print $e->getTraceAsString();
echo "n";
}
$client = null;
?>
from client import RestClient
# You can download this file from here https://cdn.dataforseo.com/v3/examples/python/python_Client.zip
client = RestClient("login", "password")
post_data = dict()
# simple way to set a task
post_data[len(post_data)] = dict(
target="cnn.com",
date_from="2020-01-01",
date_to="2021-01-01"
)
# POST /v3/backlinks/history/live
response = client.post("/v3/backlinks/history/live", post_data)
# you can find the full list of the response codes here https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors
if response["status_code"] == 20000:
print(response)
# do something with result
else:
print("error. Code: %d Message: %s" % (response["status_code"], response["status_message"]))
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace DataForSeoDemos
{
public static partial class Demos
{
public static async Task backlinks_history_live()
{
var httpClient = new HttpClient
{
BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.dataforseo.com/"),
// Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard
DefaultRequestHeaders = { Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("login:password"))) }
};
var postData = new List<object>();
postData.Add(new
{
target = "dataforseo.com",
date_from = "2020-01-01",
date_to = "2021-01-01"
});
// POST /v3/backlinks/history/live
// the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
var taskPostResponse = await httpClient.PostAsync("/v3/backlinks/history/live", new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(postData)));
var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<dynamic>(await taskPostResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
// you can find the full list of the response codes here https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors
if (result.status_code == 20000)
{
// do something with result
Console.WriteLine(result);
}
else
Console.WriteLine($"error. Code: {result.status_code} Message: {result.status_message}");
}
}
}
The above command returns JSON structured like this:
All POST data should be sent in the JSON format (UTF-8 encoding). The task setting is done using the POST method. When setting a task, you should send all task parameters in the task array of the generic POST array. You can send up to 2000 API calls per minute.
You can specify the time range, and we will provide historical backlink data within the set period.
Below you will find a detailed description of the fields you can use for setting a task.
Description of the fields for setting a task:
Field name
Type
Description
target
string
domain required field
a domain should be specified without https:// and www.
date_from
string
starting date of the time range
optional field
minimum value 2019-01-01
if you don’t specify this field, the minimum value will be used by default
date format: "yyyy-mm-dd"
example: "2019-01-15"
date_to
string
ending date of the time range
optional field
if you don’t specify this field, the today’s date will be used by default
date format: "yyyy-mm-dd"
example: "2019-01-15"
tag
string
user-defined task identifier
optional field the character limit is 255
you can use this parameter to identify the task and match it with the result
you will find the specified tag value in the data object of the response
As a response of the API server, you will receive JSON-encoded data containing a tasks array with the information specific to the set tasks.
Description of the fields in the results array:
Field name
Type
Description
version
string
the current version of the API
status_code
integer
general status code
you can find the full list of the response codes here Note: we strongly recommend designing a necessary system for handling related exceptional or error conditions
status_message
string
general informational message
you can find the full list of general informational messages here
time
string
execution time, seconds
cost
float
total tasks cost, USD
tasks_count
integer
the number of tasks in the tasks array
tasks_error
integer
the number of tasks in the tasks array returned with an error
tasks
array
array of tasks
id
string
task identifier unique task identifier in our system in the UUID format
status_code
integer
status code of the task
generated by DataForSEO; can be within the following range: 10000-60000
you can find the full list of the response codes here
status_message
string
informational message of the task
you can find the full list of general informational messages here
time
string
execution time, seconds
cost
float
cost of the task, USD
result_count
integer
number of elements in the result array
path
array
URL path
data
object
contains the same parameters that you specified in the POST request
result
array
array of results
target
string
target from the POST array
date_from
string
starting date of the time range
in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd”
example: 2019-01-01
date_to
string
ending date of the time range
in the UTC format: "yyyy-mm-dd"
example: "2019-01-15"
items_count
integer
the number of results returned in the items array
items
array
contains historical backlink data for the specified domain
the data is provided month-by-month;
the metrics are aggregated according to the backlinks the specified domain had on the first day of each given month
type
string
type of element = ‘backlinks_history’
date
string
date and time when the data for the target was stored
in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00”
example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
rank
integer
domain rank on the given date
learn more about the metric and how it is calculated in this help center article
backlinks
integer
number of backlinks
new_backlinks
integer
number of new backlinks for the target
data is provided based in a comparison with the previous period Note: this data is available from May 2021;
if the date range specified in the POST request precedes May 2021, the field will equal 0
lost_backlinks
integer
number of lost backlinks for the target
data is provided based in a comparison with the previous period Note: this data is available from May 2021;
if the date range specified in the POST request precedes May 2021, the field will equal 0
new_referring_domains
integer
number of new referring domains for the target
data is provided based in a comparison with the previous period Note: this data is available from May 2021;
if the date range specified in the POST request precedes May 2021, the field will equal 0
lost_referring_domains
integer
number of lost referring domains for the target
data is provided based in a comparison with the previous period Note: this data is available from May 2021;
if the date range specified in the POST request precedes May 2021, the field will equal 0
crawled_pages
integer
number of crawled pages for the target
info
object
information about the target
server
string
server
cms
string
content management system
platform_type
array
platform type
ip_address
string
IP address of the target
country
string
country code that the target domain is determined to belong to
is_ip
boolean
indicates if the target is IP
if true, the domain, subdomain or webpage functions as an IP address and does not have a domain name
target_spam_score
integer
spam score of the target
if the target is a domain/subdomain, this fields indicates the average spam score of all pages of that domain/subdomain;
learn more about how the metric is calculated on this help center page
internal_links_count
integer
number of internal links
calculated as the sum of internal links on the pages of the specified target
external_links_count
integer
number of external links on the page
calculated as the sum of external links on the pages of the specified target
broken_backlinks
integer
number of broken backlinks
number of broken backlinks pointing to the target
broken_pages
integer
number of broken pages
number of pages that receive backlinks but respond with 4xx or 5xx status codes
referring_domains
integer
number of referring domains
referring domains include subdomains that are counted as separate domains for this metric
referring_domains_nofollow
integer
number of domains pointing at least one nofollow link to the target
referring_main_domains
integer
number of referring main domains
referring_main_domains_nofollow
integer
number of main domains pointing at least one nofollow link to the target
referring_ips
integer
number of referring IP addresses
number of IP addresses pointing to this page
referring_subnets
integer
number of referring subnetworks
referring_pages
integer
number of pages pointing to the target
referring_links_tld
object
top-level domains of the referring links
contains top-level domains and referring link count per each
referring_links_types
object
types of referring links
indicates the types of the referring links and link count per each type
possible values: anchor, image, link, meta, canonical, alternate, redirect
referring_links_attributes
object
link attributes of the referring links
indicates link attributes of the referring links and link count per each attribute
referring_links_platform_types
object
types of referring platforms
indicates referring platform types and and link count per each platform
referring_links_semantic_locations
object
semantic locations of the referring links
indicates semantic elements in HTML where the referring links are located and link count per each semantic location
you can get the full list of semantic elements here
examples: article, section, summary
referring_links_countries
object
ISO country codes of the referring links
indicates ISO country codes of the domains where the referring links are located and the link count per each country
referring_pages_nofollow
integer
number of referring pages pointing at least one nofollow link to the target