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This endpoint will provide you with a list of internal and external links detected on a target website.
The following link types are supported: anchor, image, link, canonical, meta, alternate, redirect.

Instead of ‘login’ and ‘password’ use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard

<?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 get a result
$post_array[] = array(
   "id" => "07281559-0695-0216-0000-c269be8b7592",
   "page_from" => "/apis/google-trends-api",
   "filters" => [
      ["dofollow", "=", true],
      "and",
      ["direction", "=", "external"]
   ],
   "limit" => 10
);
try {
   // POST /v3/on_page/links
   // the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
   $result = $client->post('/v3/on_page/links', $post_array);
   print_r($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;
?>

The above command returns JSON structured like this:

{
  "version": "0.1.20201117",
  "status_code": 20000,
  "status_message": "Ok.",
  "time": "0.1513 sec.",
  "cost": 0,
  "tasks_count": 1,
  "tasks_error": 0,
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "11301131-1535-0216-0000-014c8e8501d3",
      "status_code": 20000,
      "status_message": "Ok.",
      "time": "0.0737 sec.",
      "cost": 0,
      "result_count": 1,
      "path": [
        "v3",
        "on_page",
        "links"
      ],
      "data": {
        "api": "on_page",
        "function": "links",
        "page_from": "/apis/google-trends-api",
        "limit": 10
      },
      "result": [
        {
          "crawl_progress": "finished",
          "crawl_status": {
            "max_crawl_pages": 10,
            "pages_in_queue": 0,
            "pages_crawled": 10
          },
          "total_items_count": 15,
          "items_count": 10,
          "items": [
            {
              "type": "image",
              "domain_from": "dataforseo.com",
              "domain_to": "www.woorank.com",
              "page_from": "/apis/google-trends-api",
              "page_to": "/",
              "link_from": "https://dataforseo.com/apis/google-trends-api",
              "link_to": "https://www.woorank.com/",
              "link_attribute": null,
              "dofollow": true,
              "page_from_scheme": "https",
              "page_to_scheme": "https",
              "direction": "external",
              "is_broken": false,
              "text": null,
              "image_alt": "4-client",
              "image_src": "https://dataforseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/4-client-new-no-color.png",
              "is_link_relation_conflict": false,
              "page_to_status_code": null
            },
            {
              "type": "anchor",
              "domain_from": "dataforseo.com",
              "domain_to": "dataforseo.com",
              "page_from": "/apis/google-trends-api",
              "page_to": "/apis/keyword-data-api",
              "link_from": "https://dataforseo.com/apis/google-trends-api",
              "link_to": "https://dataforseo.com/apis/keyword-data-api",
              "link_attribute": null,
              "dofollow": true,
              "page_from_scheme": "https",
              "page_to_scheme": "https",
              "direction": "internal",
              "is_broken": false,
              "text": "Keyword Data API",
              "is_link_relation_conflict": false,
              "page_to_status_code": null
            },
            {
              "type": "image",
              "domain_from": "dataforseo.com",
              "domain_to": "longtailux.com",
              "page_from": "/apis/google-trends-api",
              "page_to": "/",
              "link_from": "https://dataforseo.com/apis/google-trends-api",
              "link_to": "https://longtailux.com/",
              "link_attribute": null,
              "dofollow": true,
              "page_from_scheme": "https",
              "page_to_scheme": "https",
              "direction": "external",
              "is_broken": false,
              "text": null,
              "image_alt": "8-client",
              "image_src": "https://dataforseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/8-client-new-no-color.png",
              "is_link_relation_conflict": false,
              "page_to_status_code": null
            },
            {
              "type": "anchor",
              "domain_from": "dataforseo.com",
              "domain_to": "dataforseo.com",
              "page_from": "/apis/google-trends-api",
              "page_to": "/apis/dataforseo-labs-api",
              "link_from": "https://dataforseo.com/apis/google-trends-api",
              "link_to": "https://dataforseo.com/apis/dataforseo-labs-api",
              "link_attribute": null,
              "dofollow": true,
              "page_from_scheme": "https",
              "page_to_scheme": "https",
              "direction": "internal",
              "is_broken": false,
              "text": "DataForSEO Labs API",
              "is_link_relation_conflict": false,
              "page_to_status_code": null
            },
            {
              "type": "image",
              "domain_from": "dataforseo.com",
              "domain_to": "neilpatel.com",
              "page_from": "/apis/google-trends-api",
              "page_to": "/",
              "link_from": "https://dataforseo.com/apis/google-trends-api",
              "link_to": "https://neilpatel.com/",
              "link_attribute": null,
              "dofollow": true,
              "page_from_scheme": "https",
              "page_to_scheme": "https",
              "direction": "external",
              "is_broken": false,
              "text": null,
              "image_alt": "1-client",
              "image_src": "https://dataforseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1-client-new-no-color.png",
              "is_link_relation_conflict": false,
              "page_to_status_code": null
            },
            {
              "type": "alternate",
              "domain_from": "dataforseo.com",
              "domain_to": "dataforseo.com",
              "page_from": "/apis/google-trends-api",
              "page_to": "/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https://dataforseo.com/apis/google-trends-api&format=xml",
              "link_from": "https://dataforseo.com/apis/google-trends-api",
              "link_to": "https://dataforseo.com/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https://dataforseo.com/apis/google-trends-api&format=xml",
              "dofollow": true,
              "page_from_scheme": "https",
              "page_to_scheme": "https",
              "direction": "internal",
              "is_broken": false,
              "is_link_relation_conflict": false,
              "page_to_status_code": null
            },
            {
              "type": "image",
              "domain_from": "dataforseo.com",
              "domain_to": "www.ignitur.com",
              "page_from": "/apis/google-trends-api",
              "page_to": "/",
              "link_from": "https://dataforseo.com/apis/google-trends-api",
              "link_to": "https://www.ignitur.com/",
              "link_attribute": null,
              "dofollow": true,
              "page_from_scheme": "https",
              "page_to_scheme": "https",
              "direction": "external",
              "is_broken": false,
              "text": null,
              "image_alt": "5-client",
              "image_src": "https://dataforseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/5-client-new-no-color.png",
              "is_link_relation_conflict": false,
              "page_to_status_code": null
            },
            {
              "type": "anchor",
              "domain_from": "dataforseo.com",
              "domain_to": "dataforseo.com",
              "page_from": "/apis/google-trends-api",
              "page_to": "/apis/google-ads-api",
              "link_from": "https://dataforseo.com/apis/google-trends-api",
              "link_to": "https://dataforseo.com/apis/google-ads-api",
              "link_attribute": null,
              "dofollow": true,
              "page_from_scheme": "https",
              "page_to_scheme": "https",
              "direction": "internal",
              "is_broken": false,
              "text": "Google Ads",
              "is_link_relation_conflict": false,
              "page_to_status_code": null
            },
            {
              "type": "image",
              "domain_from": "dataforseo.com",
              "domain_to": "agencyanalytics.com",
              "page_from": "/apis/google-trends-api",
              "page_to": "/",
              "link_from": "https://dataforseo.com/apis/google-trends-api",
              "link_to": "https://agencyanalytics.com/",
              "link_attribute": null,
              "dofollow": true,
              "page_from_scheme": "https",
              "page_to_scheme": "https",
              "direction": "external",
              "is_broken": false,
              "text": null,
              "image_alt": "7-client",
              "image_src": "https://dataforseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/7-client-new-no-color.png",
              "is_link_relation_conflict": false,
              "page_to_status_code": null
            },
            {
              "type": "anchor",
              "domain_from": "dataforseo.com",
              "domain_to": "dataforseo.com",
              "page_from": "/apis/google-trends-api",
              "page_to": "/apis/on-page-api",
              "link_from": "https://dataforseo.com/apis/google-trends-api",
              "link_to": "https://dataforseo.com/apis/on-page-api",
              "link_attribute": null,
              "dofollow": true,
              "page_from_scheme": "https",
              "page_to_scheme": "https",
              "direction": "internal",
              "is_broken": false,
              "text": "On-Page API",
              "is_link_relation_conflict": false,
              "page_to_status_code": null

            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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.

Description of the fields for setting a task:

Field name Type Description
id string ID of the task
required field
you can get this ID in the response of the Task POST endpoint
example:
“07131248-1535-0216-1000-17384017ad04”
page_from string relative page URL
optional field
if you use this field, the API response will contain only links from the specified page
note that in this field you can specify relative URLs only
page_to string relative page URL
optional field
if you use this field, the API response will contain only internal links pointing to the specified page
note that in this field you can specify relative URLs only
limit integer the maximum number of returned links
optional field
default value: 100
maximum value: 1000
offset integer offset in the results array of returned links
optional field
default value: 0
if you specify the 10 value, the first ten links in the results array will be omitted and the data will be provided for the successive links
filters array array of results filtering parameters
optional field
you can add several filters at once (8 filters maximum)
you should set a logical operator and, or between the conditions
the following operators are supported:
regex, =, <>, in, not_in, like, not_like
you can use the % operator with like and not_like to match any string of zero or more characters
example:
["direction","=","external"]

[["domain_to","<>","example.com"],
"and",
["link_from","not_like","%example.com/blog%"]]

[["direction","=","external"],
"and",
[["link_from","like","%example.com/blog%"],"or",["link_from","like","%example.com/help%"]]]

The full list of possible filters is available by this link.

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

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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
            crawl_progress string status of the crawling session
possible values: in_progress, finished
            crawl_status object details of the crawling session
               max_crawl_pages integer maximum number of pages to crawl
indicates the max_crawl_pages limit you specified when setting a task
               pages_in_queue integer number of pages that are currently in the crawling queue
               pages_crawled integer number of crawled pages
            total_items_count integer total number of relevant items in the database
            items_count integer number of items in the results array
            items array items array
                anchor link
                type string type of the link = ‘anchor’
<a> tag
                domain_from string referring domain
the link was found on this domain
                domain_to string referenced domain
the link is pointing to this domain
                page_from string referring page
relative URL of the page on which the link was found
                page_to string referenced page
relative URL of the page to which the link is pointing
                link_from string referring page
absolute URL of the page on which the link was found
                link_to string referenced page
absolute URL of the page to which the link is pointing
                link_attribute array link attribute added to external link
indicates link attributes added to the link_to on the page_from
example:
["ugc","noopener"]
               dofollow boolean indicates whether the link is dofollow
if the value is true, the link doesn’t have a rel="nofollow" attribute
               page_from_scheme string url scheme of the referring page
               page_to_scheme string url scheme of the referenced page
               direction string direction of the link
possible values: internal, external
               is_broken boolean link is broken
indicates whether a link is directing to a broken page or resource
               text string anchor text
               is_link_relation_conflict boolean indicates that the link may have a conflict with another link
if true, at least one link pointing to link_to has a rel="nofollow" attribute and at least one is dofollow
                page_to_status_code integer status code of the referenced page
status code of the page to which the link is pointing
                image link
                type string type of the link = ‘image’
<img> tag contained in the <a> tag
                domain_from string referring domain
the link was found on this domain
                domain_to string referenced domain
the link is pointing to this domain
                page_from string referring page
relative URL of the page on which the link was found
                page_to string referenced page
relative URL of the page to which the link is pointing
                link_from string referring page
absolute URL of the page on which the link was found
                link_to string referenced page
absolute URL of the page to which the link is pointing
                link_attribute array link attribute added to external link
indicates link attributes added to the link_to on the page_from
["ugc","noopener"]
               dofollow boolean indicates whether the link is dofollow
if the value is true, the link doesn’t have a rel="nofollow" attribute
               page_from_scheme string url scheme of the referring page
               page_to_scheme string url scheme of the referenced page
               direction string direction of the link
possible values: internal, external
               is_broken boolean link is broken
indicates whether a link is directing to a broken page or resource
               text string image text
               image_alt string alternative text for the image
               image_src string url of the image
               is_link_relation_conflict boolean indicates that the link may have a conflict with another link
if true, at least one link pointing to link_to has a rel="nofollow" attribute and at least one is dofollow
                page_to_status_code integer status code of the referenced page
status code of the page to which the link is pointing
                link tag link
                type string type of the link = ‘link’
<link> tag
                domain_from string referring domain
the link was found on this domain
                domain_to string referenced domain
the link is pointing to this domain
                page_from string referring page
relative URL of the page on which the link was found
                page_to string referenced page
relative URL of the page to which the link is pointing
                link_from string referring page
absolute URL of the page on which the link was found
                link_to string referenced page
absolute URL of the page to which the link is pointing
               dofollow boolean indicates whether the link is dofollow
if the value is true, the link doesn’t have a rel="nofollow" attribute
               page_from_scheme string url scheme of the referring page
               page_to_scheme string url scheme of the referenced page
               direction string direction of the link
possible values: internal, external
               is_broken boolean link is broken
indicates whether a link is directing to a broken page or resource
               is_link_relation_conflict boolean indicates that the link may have a conflict with another link
if true, at least one link pointing to link_to has a rel="nofollow" attribute and at least one is dofollow
                page_to_status_code integer status code of the referenced page
status code of the page to which the link is pointing
                canonical link
                type string type of the link = ‘canonical’
<meta rel=”canonical”> tag
                domain_from string referring domain
the link was found on this domain
                domain_to string referenced domain
the link is pointing to this domain
                page_from string referring page
relative URL of the page on which the link was found
                page_to string referenced page
relative URL of the page to which the link is pointing
                link_from string referring page
absolute URL of the page on which the link was found
                link_to string referenced page
absolute URL of the page to which the link is pointing
               dofollow boolean indicates whether the link is dofollow
if the value is true, the link doesn’t have a rel="nofollow" attribute
               page_from_scheme string url scheme of the referring page
               page_to_scheme string url scheme of the referenced page
               direction string direction of the link
possible values: internal, external
               is_broken boolean link is broken
indicates whether a link is directing to a broken page or resource
               is_link_relation_conflict boolean indicates that the link may have a conflict with another link
if true, at least one link pointing to link_to has a rel="nofollow" attribute and at least one is dofollow
                page_to_status_code integer status code of the referenced page
status code of the page to which the link is pointing
                meta link
                type string type of the link = ‘meta’
<meta http-equiv=”refresh” content=”X;url=https://wikipedia.org”> tag
                domain_from string referring domain
the link was found on this domain
                domain_to string referenced domain
the link is pointing to this domain
                page_from string referring page
relative URL of the page on which the link was found
                page_to string referenced page
relative URL of the page to which the link is pointing
                link_from string referring page
absolute URL of the page on which the link was found
                link_to string referenced page
absolute URL of the page to which the link is pointing
               dofollow boolean indicates whether the link is dofollow
if the value is true, the link doesn’t have a rel="nofollow" attribute
               page_from_scheme string url scheme of the referring page
               page_to_scheme string url scheme of the referenced page
               direction string direction of the link
possible values: internal, external
               is_broken boolean link is broken
indicates whether a link is directing to a broken page or resource
               is_link_relation_conflict boolean indicates that the link may have a conflict with another link
if true, at least one link pointing to link_to has a rel="nofollow" attribute and at least one is dofollow
                page_to_status_code integer status code of the referenced page
status code of the page to which the link is pointing
                alternate link
                type string type of the link = ‘alternate’
<link rel=”alternate”> tag
                domain_from string referring domain
the link was found on this domain
                domain_to string referenced domain
the link is pointing to this domain
                page_from string referring page
relative URL of the page on which the link was found
                page_to string referenced page
relative URL of the page to which the link is pointing
                link_from string referring page
absolute URL of the page on which the link was found
                link_to string referenced page
absolute URL of the page to which the link is pointing
               dofollow boolean indicates whether the link is dofollow
if the value is true, the link doesn’t have a rel="nofollow" attribute
               page_from_scheme string url scheme of the referring page
               page_to_scheme string url scheme of the referenced page
               direction string direction of the link
possible values: internal, external
               is_broken boolean link is broken
indicates whether a link is directing to a broken page or resource
               is_link_relation_conflict boolean indicates that the link may have a conflict with another link
if true, at least one link pointing to link_to has a rel="nofollow" attribute and at least one is dofollow
                page_to_status_code integer status code of the referenced page
status code of the page to which the link is pointing
                redirect link
                type string type of the link = ‘redirect’
HTTP redirect with 3xx status code
                domain_from string referring domain
the link was found on this domain
                domain_to string referenced domain
the link is pointing to this domain
                page_from string referring page
relative URL of the page on which the link was found
                page_to string referenced page
relative URL of the page to which the link is pointing
                link_from string referring page
absolute URL of the page on which the link was found
                link_to string referenced page
absolute URL of the page to which the link is pointing
               dofollow boolean indicates whether the link is dofollow
if the value is true, the link doesn’t have a rel="nofollow" attribute
               page_from_scheme string url scheme of the referring page
               page_to_scheme string url scheme of the referenced page
               direction string direction of the link
possible values: internal, external
               is_broken boolean link is broken
indicates whether a link is directing to a broken page or resource
               is_link_relation_conflict boolean indicates that the link may have a conflict with another link
if true, at least one link pointing to link_to has a rel="nofollow" attribute and at least one is dofollow
                page_to_status_code integer status code of the referenced page
status code of the page to which the link is pointing

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