This endpoint will provide you with an overview of backlink data for the target domain available during a period between the two indicated dates. Backlink metrics will be grouped by the time range that you define: day, week, month, or year.
Data from this endpoint will be especially helpful for building time-series graphs of daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly link-building progress.
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 POST "https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/backlinks/timeseries_summary/live"
--header "Authorization: Basic ${cred}"
--header "Content-Type: application/json"
--data-raw "[
{
"target": "dataforseo.com",
"date_from": "2021-12-01",
"date_to": "2022-02-01",
"group_range": "month"
}
]"
<?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-access
$client = new RestClient($api_url, null, 'login', 'password');
$post_array = array();
// simple way to set a task
$post_array[] = array(
"target" => "dataforseo.com",
"date_from" => "2021-12-01",
"date_to" => "2022-02-01",
"group_range" => "month"
);
try {
// POST /v3/backlinks/timeseries_summary/live
$result = $client->post('/v3/backlinks/timeseries_summary/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='dataforseo.com',
date_from='2021-12-01',
date_to='2022-02-01',
group_range='month'
)
# POST /v3/backlinks/timeseries_summary/live
response = client.post("/v3/backlinks/timeseries_summary/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 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_timeseries_summary_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-access
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 = "2021-12-01",
date_to = "2022-02-01",
group_range = "month"
});
// POST /v3/backlinks/timeseries_summary/live
// the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
var taskPostResponse = await httpClient.PostAsync("/v3/backlinks/timeseries_summary/live", new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(postData)));
var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(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. The maximum number of requests that can be sent simultaneously is limited to 30.
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 to get data for required field
a domain should be specified without https:// and www.
example: "forbes.com"
date_from
string
starting date of the time range
optional field
this field indicates the date which will be used as a threshold for summary data;
minimum value: 2019-01-30
maximum value shouldn’t exceed the date specified in the date_to
date format: "yyyy-mm-dd"
example: "2021-01-01"
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
minimum value shouldn’t preceed the date specified in the date_from
maximum value: today’s date
date format: "yyyy-mm-dd"
example: "2021-01-15"
group_range
string
time range which will be used to group the results
optional field
default value: month
possible values: day, week, month, year
note: for day, we will return items corresponding to all dates between and including date_from and date_to;
for week/month/year, we will return items corresponding to full weeks/months/years, where each item will indicate the last day of the week/month/year
for example, if you specify: "group_range": "month",
"date_from": "2022-03-23",
"date_to": "2022-05-13"
we will return items falling between 2022-03-01 and 2022-05-31, namely, three items corresponding to the following dates: 2022-03-31, 2022-04-30, 2022-05-31
if there is no data for a certain day/week/month/year, we will return 0
include_subdomains
boolean
indicates if the subdomains of the target will be included in the search
optional field
if set to false, the subdomains will be ignored
default value: true
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 a 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"
group_range
object
group_range from a POST array
total_count
integer
total amount of results relevant the request
items_count
integer
the number of results returned in the items array
items
array
contains relevant summary data
type
string
type of element = ‘backlinks_timeseries_summary’
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
target rank for the given date
learn more about the metric and how it is calculated in this help center article
backlinks
integer
number of backlinks for the given date
backlinks_nofollow
integer
number of nofollow backlinks for the given date
referring_pages
integer
number of pages pointing to target for the given date
referring_domains
integer
number of referring domains for the given date
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 for the given date
referring_main_domains
integer
number of referring main domains for the given date
referring_main_domains_nofollow
integer
number of main domains pointing at least one nofollow link to the target for the given date
referring_ips
integer
number of referring IP addresses for the given date
number of IP addresses pointing to this page
referring_subnets
integer
number of referring subnetworks for the given date
referring_pages_nofollow
integer
number of referring pages pointing at least one nofollow link to the target for the given date