This endpoint will provide you with the total number of backlinks, domains, and pages our database contains for the moment when you make a request. You will also get stats for the last 12 months.
Note that monthly index data is available starting from 2021-10-01; subsequent months will be added over time.
Instead of ‘login’ and ‘password’ use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access
# Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access \
login="login" \
password="password" \
cred="$(printf ${login}:${password} | base64)" \
curl --location --request GET "https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/backlinks/index" \
--header "Authorization: Basic ${cred}" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
<?php
// You can download this file from here https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/_examples/php/_php_RestClient.zip
require('RestClient.php');
$api_url = 'https://api.dataforseo.com/';
try {
// Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access
$client = new RestClient($api_url, null, 'login', 'password');
} 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";
exit();
}
try {
// using this method you can get information about current user
// GET /v3/backlinks/index
$result = $client->get('/v3/backlinks/index');
print_r($result);
// do something with 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";
}
$client = null;
?>
from random import Random
from client import RestClient
# You can download this file from here https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/_examples/python/_python_Client.zip
client = RestClient("login", "password")
# using this method you can get information about current user
# GET /v3/backlinks/index
response = client.get("/v3/backlinks/index")
# you can find the full list of the response codes here https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors
if response["status_code"] == 20000:
print(response)
# do something with result
else:
print("error. Code: %d Message: %s" % (response["status_code"], response["status_message"]))
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace DataForSeoDemos
{
public static partial class Demos
{
public static async Task backlinks_index()
{
var httpClient = new HttpClient
{
BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.dataforseo.com/"),
// Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access
DefaultRequestHeaders = { Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("login:password"))) }
};
// using this method you can get information about current user
// GET /v3/backlinks/index
var response = await httpClient.GetAsync("/v3/backlinks/index");
var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
// you can find the full list of the response codes here https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors
if (result.status_code == 20000)
{
// do something with result
Console.WriteLine(result);
}
else
Console.WriteLine($"error. Code: {result.status_code} Message: {result.status_message}");
}
}
}
const axios = require('axios');
axios({
method: 'get',
url: 'https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/backlinks/index',
auth: {
username: 'login',
password: 'password'
},
headers: {
'content-type': 'application/json'
}
}).then(function (response) {
var result = response['data']['tasks'][0]['result'];
// Result data
console.log(result);
}).catch(function (error) {
console.log(error);
});
The above command returns JSON structured like this:
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 parameters passed in the URL of the GET request
result
array
array of results
total_backlinks
integer
total number of backlinks our database contains for the moment of checking
total_pages
integer
total number of pages our database contains for the moment of checking
total_domains
integer
total number of domains our database contains for the moment of checking
index_history
array
index volume data for the past 12 months
date
string
date for which index volume data is provided
in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd”
example: 2021-10-01
total_backlinks
integer
total number of backlinks our database contained on the given date
total_pages
integer
total number of pages our database contained on the given date
total_domains
integer
total number of domains our database contained on the given date