{"id":14896,"date":"2022-07-21T10:21:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T10:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs_v3.dataforseo.com\/v3\/?page_id=14896"},"modified":"2026-07-22T16:26:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:26:58","slug":"backlinks-competitors-live","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/docs.dataforseo.com\/v3\/backlinks-competitors-live\/","title":{"rendered":"backlinks\/competitors\/live"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"setting-serp-tasks\">Competitors<\/h2>\n<p>\u200c\u200c<br \/>\nThis endpoint will provide you with a list of competitors that share some part of the backlink profile with a target website, along with a number of backlink intersections and the rank of every competing website.   <\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]    <div class=\"endpoint\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"endpoint__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.dataforseo.com\/v3\/wp-content\/themes\/dataforseo\/assets\/img\/icons\/checked-circle.svg\" alt=\"checked\">\n\n                    POST            <button class=\"btn-reset button-link copy-button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/v3\/backlinks\/competitors\/live\">\n                https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/v3\/backlinks\/competitors\/live                <svg width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\">\n                    <use href=\"https:\/\/docs.dataforseo.com\/v3\/wp-content\/themes\/dataforseo\/assets\/img\/icons\/sprite.svg#layers\"><\/use>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n            <\/div>\n    \t<article class=\"info-card info-card--yellow\">\n\t\t<header class=\"info-card__header\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info-card__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<use href=\"https:\/\/docs.dataforseo.com\/v3\/wp-content\/themes\/dataforseo\/assets\/img\/icons\/sprite.svg#label\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info-card__title\">Pricing<\/div>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-card__content\">\n\t\t\t<p> Your account will be charged for each request.<br \/>\nThe cost can be calculated on the <a title=\"Pricing\" href=\"https:\/\/dataforseo.com\/pricing\/backlinks\/backlinks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pricing<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\t[vc_column_text]All POST data should be sent in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/JSON\">JSON<\/a> 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, each Live API call can contain only one task. The maximum number of calls that can be sent simultaneously is limited to 30.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of the fields for setting a task:<\/strong><br \/>\n<div class=\"dfs-doc-container dfs-doc-request\"><table><thead><tr><th>Field name<\/th><th>Type<\/th><th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr data-doc-id=\"target\"><td><code>target<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>domain, subdomain or webpage to get competitor domains for<\/em><br><strong>required field<\/strong><br>a domain or a subdomain should be specified without <code>https:\/\/<\/code> and <code>www.<\/code><br>a page should be specified with absolute URL (including <code>http:\/\/<\/code> or <code>https:\/\/<\/code>)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"limit\"><td><code>limit<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>the maximum number of returned domains<\/em><br>optional field<br>default value: <code>100<\/code><br>maximum value: <code>1000<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"offset\"><td><code>offset<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>offset in the results array of returned domains<\/em><br>optional field<br>default value: <code>0<\/code><br>if you specify the <code>10<\/code> value, the first ten domains in the results array will be omitted and the data will be provided for the successive pages<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"filters\"><td><code>filters<\/code><\/td><td>array<\/td><td><p><em>array of results filtering parameters<\/em><br>optional field<br><strong>you can add several filters at once (8 filters maximum)<\/strong><br>you should set a logical operator <code>and<\/code>, <code>or<\/code> between the conditions<br>the following operators are supported:<br><code>regex<\/code>, <code>not_regex<\/code>, <code>=<\/code>, <code><><\/code>, <code>in<\/code>, <code>not_in<\/code>, <code>like<\/code>, <code>not_like<\/code>, <code>ilike<\/code>, <code>not_ilike<\/code>, <code>match<\/code>, <code>not_match<\/code><br>you can use the <code>%<\/code> operator with <code>like<\/code> and <code>not_like<\/code> to match any string of zero or more characters<br>example:<br><code>[\"rank\",\">\",\"100\"]<\/code><p><code>[[\"target\",\"like\",\"%forbes%\"],<br>\"and\",<br>[[\"rank\",\">\",\"100\"],\"or\",[\"intersections\",\">\",\"5\"]]]<\/code><p>The full list of possible filters is available <a href=\"\/v3\/backlinks\/filters\/?bash\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"order_by\"><td><code>order_by<\/code><\/td><td>array<\/td><td><p><em>results sorting rules<\/em><br>optional field<br>you can use the same values as in the <code>filters<\/code> array to sort the results<br>possible sorting types:<br><code>asc<\/code> - results will be sorted in the ascending order<br><code>desc<\/code> - results will be sorted in the descending order<br>you should use a comma to set up a sorting type<br>example:<br><code>[\"rank,desc\"]<\/code><br><strong>note that you can set no more than three sorting rules in a single request<\/strong><br>you should use a comma to separate several sorting rules<br>example:<br><code>[\"intersections,desc\",\"rank,asc\"]<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"main_domain\"><td><code>main_domain<\/code><\/td><td>boolean<\/td><td><p><em>indicates if only main domain of the <code>target<\/code> will be included in the search<\/em><br>optional field<br>if set to <code>true<\/code>, only the main domain will be included in search;<br>default value: <code>true<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"exclude_large_domains\"><td><code>exclude_large_domains<\/code><\/td><td>boolean<\/td><td><p><em>indicates whether large domain will appear in results<\/em><br>optional field<br>if set to <code>true<\/code>, the results from the large domain (google.com, amazon.com, etc.) will be omitted;<br>default value: <code>true<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"exclude_internal_backlinks\"><td><code>exclude_internal_backlinks<\/code><\/td><td>boolean<\/td><td><p><em>indicates if internal backlinks from subdomains to the <code>target<\/code> will be excluded from the results<\/em><br>optional field<br>if set to <code>true<\/code>, the results will not include data on internal backlinks from subdomains of the same domain as <code>target<\/code><br>if set to <code>false<\/code>, internal links will be included in the results<br>default value: <code>true<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"rank_scale\"><td><code>rank_scale<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>defines the scale used for calculating and displaying the <code>rank<\/code>, <code>domain_from_rank<\/code>, and <code>page_from_rank<\/code> values<\/em><br>optional field<p>you can use this parameter to choose whether rank values are presented on a 0\u2013100 or 0\u20131000 scale<p>possible values:<br><code>one_hundred<\/code> \u2014 rank values are displayed on a 0\u2013100 scale<br><code>one_thousand<\/code> \u2014 rank values are displayed on a 0\u20131000 scale<p>default value: <code>one_thousand<\/code><p>learn more about how this parameter works and how ranking metrics are calculated in <a href=\"https:\/\/dataforseo.com\/help-center\/what_is_rank_in_backlinks_api#rank_scale\">this Help Center article<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tag\"><td><code>tag<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>user-defined task identifier<\/em><br>optional field<br><em>the character limit is 255<\/em><br>you can use this parameter to identify the task and match it with the result<br>you will find the specified <code>tag<\/code> value in the <code>data<\/code> object of the response<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><br \/>\n\u200c\u200c\u200c\u200c\u200c\u200c<br \/>\nAs a response of the API server, you will receive <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/JSON\">JSON<\/a>-encoded data containing a <code>tasks<\/code> array with the information specific to the set tasks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of the fields in the results array:<\/strong><br \/>\n<div class=\"dfs-doc-container dfs-doc-response\"><div class=\"api-block-main\"><div class=\"api-section\"><table><thead><tr><th>Field name<\/th><th>Type<\/th><th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr data-doc-id=\"version\"><td><code>version<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>the current version of the API<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"status_code\"><td><code>status_code<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><i>general status code<\/i><br>you can find the full list of the response codes <a href=\"\/v3\/appendix\/errors\">here<\/a><br><strong>Note:<\/strong> we strongly recommend designing a necessary system for handling related exceptional or error conditions<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"status_message\"><td><code>status_message<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>general informational message<\/em><br>you can find the full list of general informational messages <a href=\"\/v3\/appendix\/errors\">here<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"time\"><td><code>time<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>execution time, seconds<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"cost\"><td><code>cost<\/code><\/td><td>float<\/td><td><p><em>total <i>tasks<\/i> cost, USD<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks_count\"><td><code>tasks_count<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>the number of tasks in the <strong><code>tasks<\/code><\/strong> array<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks_error\"><td><code>tasks_error<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>the number of tasks in the <strong><code>tasks<\/code><\/strong> array returned with an error<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks\"><td><strong><code>tasks<\/code><\/strong><\/td><td>array<\/td><td><p><em>array of tasks<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-id\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>id<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>task identifier<\/em><br><strong>unique task identifier in our system in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Universally_unique_identifier\">UUID<\/a> format<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-status_code\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>status_code<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>status code of the task<\/em><br>generated by DataForSEO; can be within the following range: 10000-60000<br>you can find the full list of the response codes <a href=\"\/v3\/appendix\/errors\">here<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-status_message\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>status_message<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>informational message of the task<\/em><br>you can find the full list of general informational messages <a href=\"\/v3\/appendix\/errors\">here<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-time\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>time<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>execution time, seconds<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-cost\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>cost<\/code><\/td><td>float<\/td><td><p><em>cost of the task, USD<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result_count\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>result_count<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>number of elements in the <code>result<\/code> array<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-path\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>path<\/code><\/td><td>array<\/td><td><p><em>URL path<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-data\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>data<\/code><\/td><td>object<\/td><td><p><em>contains the same parameters that you specified in the POST request<br><\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><code>result<\/code><\/strong><\/td><td>array<\/td><td><p><em>array of results<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-total_count\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>total_count<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>total number of relevant items in the database<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items_count\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>items_count<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>number of items in the <code>items<\/code> array<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><code>items<\/code><\/strong><\/td><td>array<\/td><td><p><em>items array<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-type\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>type<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em> type of element<em>=<\/em><strong>'backlinks_competitors'<\/strong><\/em>n<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-target\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>target<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>competitor domain<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-rank\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>rank<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>domain rank<\/em><br>domain rank across all domains in the database<br><code>rank<\/code> is calculated based on the method for node ranking in a linked database - a principle used in the original Google PageRank algorithm<br>learn more about the metric and how it is calculated in <a href=\"https:\/\/dataforseo.com\/help-center\/what_is_rank_in_backlinks_api\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">this help center article<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-intersections\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>intersections<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>indicates the number of backlink intersections with the <code>target<\/code> specified in the POST array<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u200c\u200c[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Instead of \u2018login\u2019 and \u2018password\u2019 use your credentials from https:\/\/app.dataforseo.com\/api-access<\/p><\/blockquote><div id=\"curl\" class=\"tab-content example__content\"><div class=\"example__code\"><pre><code class=\"language-bash hljs\"># Instead of &#039;login&#039; and &#039;password&#039; use your credentials from https:\/\/app.dataforseo.com\/api-access \r\nlogin=&quot;login&quot; \r\npassword=&quot;password&quot; \r\ncred=&quot;$(printf ${login}:${password} | base64)&quot; \r\ncurl --location --request POST &quot;https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/v3\/backlinks\/competitors\/live&quot; \r\n--header &quot;Authorization: Basic ${cred}&quot;  \r\n--header &quot;Content-Type: application\/json&quot; \r\n--data-raw &#039;[\r\n    {\r\n        &quot;target&quot;: &quot;dataforseo.com&quot;,\r\n        &quot;filters&quot;: [&quot;rank&quot;, &quot;&gt;&quot;, 100],\r\n        &quot;order_by&quot;: [&quot;rank,desc&quot;],\r\n        &quot;limit&quot;: 5\r\n    }\r\n]&#039;<\/code><\/pre><\/div><\/div><div id=\"php\" class=\"tab-content example__content\"><div class=\"example__code\"><pre><code class=\"language-php hljs\">&lt;?php\r\n\/\/ You can download this file from here https:\/\/cdn.dataforseo.com\/v3\/examples\/php\/php_RestClient.zip\r\nrequire(&#039;RestClient.php&#039;);\r\n$api_url = &#039;https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/&#039;;\r\n\/\/ Instead of &#039;login&#039; and &#039;password&#039; use your credentials from https:\/\/app.dataforseo.com\/api-access\r\n$client = new RestClient($api_url, null, &#039;login&#039;, &#039;password&#039;);\r\n$post_array = array();\r\n\/\/ simple way to get a result\r\n$post_array[] = array(\r\n   &quot;target&quot; =&gt; &quot;dataforseo.com&quot;,\r\n   &quot;filters&quot; =&gt; [&quot;rank&quot;, &quot;&gt;&quot;, 100],\r\n   &quot;order_by&quot; =&gt; [&quot;rank,desc&quot;],\r\n   &quot;limit&quot; =&gt; 5\r\n);\r\ntry {\r\n   \/\/ POST \/v3\/backlinks\/competitors\/live\r\n   \/\/ the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation\r\n   $result = $client-&gt;post(&#039;\/v3\/backlinks\/competitors\/live&#039;, $post_array);\r\n   print_r($result);\r\n   \/\/ do something with post result\r\n} catch (RestClientException $e) {\r\n   echo &quot;n&quot;;\r\n   print &quot;HTTP code: {$e-&gt;getHttpCode()}n&quot;;\r\n   print &quot;Error code: {$e-&gt;getCode()}n&quot;;\r\n   print &quot;Message: {$e-&gt;getMessage()}n&quot;;\r\n   print  $e-&gt;getTraceAsString();\r\n   echo &quot;n&quot;;\r\n}\r\n$client = null;\r\n?&gt;<\/code><\/pre><\/div><\/div><div id=\"javascript\" class=\"tab-content example__content\"><div class=\"example__code\"><pre><code class=\"language-javascript hljs\">const post_array = [];\r\n\r\npost_array.push({\r\n\r\n        &quot;target&quot;: &quot;dataforseo.com&quot;,\r\n        &quot;filters&quot;: [&quot;rank&quot;, &quot;&gt;&quot;, 100],\r\n        &quot;order_by&quot;: [&quot;rank,desc&quot;],\r\n        &quot;limit&quot;: 5\r\n});\r\n\r\nconst axios = require(&#039;axios&#039;);\r\n\r\naxios({\r\n  method: &#039;post&#039;,\r\n  url: &#039;https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/v3\/backlinks\/competitors\/live&#039;,\r\n  auth: {\r\n    username: &#039;login&#039;,\r\n    password: &#039;password&#039;\r\n  },\r\n  data: post_array,\r\n  headers: {\r\n    &#039;content-type&#039;: &#039;application\/json&#039;\r\n  }\r\n}).then(function (response) {\r\n  var result = response[&#039;data&#039;][&#039;tasks&#039;];\r\n  \/\/ Result data\r\n  console.log(result);\r\n}).catch(function (error) {\r\n  console.log(error);\r\n});<\/code><\/pre><\/div><\/div><div id=\"python\" class=\"tab-content example__content\"><div class=\"example__code\"><pre><code class=\"language-python hljs\">from client import RestClient\r\n# You can download this file from here https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/v3\/_examples\/python\/_python_Client.zip\r\nclient = RestClient(&quot;login&quot;, &quot;password&quot;)\r\npost_data = dict()\r\n# simple way to set a task\r\npost_data[len(post_data)] = dict(\r\n    target=&quot;dataforseo.com&quot;,\r\n    filters=[&quot;rank&quot;, &quot;&gt;&quot;, 100],\r\n    order_by=[&quot;rank,desc&quot;],\r\n    limit=5\r\n)\r\n# POST \/v3\/backlinks\/competitors\/live\r\n# the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation\r\nresponse = client.post(&quot;\/v3\/backlinks\/competitors\/live&quot;, post_data)\r\n# you can find the full list of the response codes here https:\/\/docs.dataforseo.com\/v3\/appendix\/errors\r\nif response[&quot;status_code&quot;] == 20000:\r\n    print(response)\r\n    # do something with result\r\nelse:\r\n    print(&quot;error. Code: %d Message: %s&quot; % (response[&quot;status_code&quot;], response[&quot;status_message&quot;]))<\/code><\/pre><\/div><\/div><div id=\"csharp\" class=\"tab-content example__content\"><div class=\"example__code\"><pre><code class=\"language-csharp hljs\">using Newtonsoft.Json;\r\nusing System;\r\nusing System.Collections.Generic;\r\nusing System.Net.Http;\r\nusing System.Net.Http.Headers;\r\nusing System.Text;\r\nusing System.Threading.Tasks;\r\nnamespace DataForSeoDemos\r\n{\r\n    public static partial class Demos\r\n    {\r\n        public static async Task backlinks_competitors_live()\r\n        {\r\n            var httpClient = new HttpClient\r\n            {\r\n                BaseAddress = new Uri(&quot;https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/&quot;),\r\n                \/\/ Instead of &#039;login&#039; and &#039;password&#039; use your credentials from https:\/\/app.dataforseo.com\/api-access\r\n                DefaultRequestHeaders = { Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue(&quot;Basic&quot;, Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(&quot;login:password&quot;))) }\r\n            };\r\n            var postData = new List&lt;object&gt;();\r\n            \/\/ simple way to get a result\r\n            postData.Add(new\r\n            {\r\n                target = &quot;dataforseo.com&quot;,\r\n                filters = new object[]\r\n                {\r\n                    new object[] { &quot;rank&quot;, &quot;&gt;&quot;, 100 }\r\n                },\r\n                order_by = new object[] { &quot;rank,desc&quot; },\r\n                limit = 5\r\n            });\r\n            \/\/ POST \/v3\/backlinks\/competitors\/live\r\n            \/\/ the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation\r\n            var taskPostResponse = await httpClient.PostAsync(&quot;\/v3\/backlinks\/competitors\/live&quot;, new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(postData)));\r\n            var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject&lt;dynamic&gt;(await taskPostResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());\r\n            \/\/ you can find the full list of the response codes here https:\/\/docs.dataforseo.com\/v3\/appendix\/errors\r\n            if (result.status_code == 20000)\r\n            {\r\n                \/\/ do something with result\r\n                Console.WriteLine(result);\r\n            }\r\n            else\r\n                Console.WriteLine($&quot;error. Code: {result.status_code} Message: {result.status_message}&quot;);\r\n        }\r\n    }\r\n}<\/code><\/pre><\/div><\/div><blockquote><p>The above command returns JSON structured like this:<\/p><\/blockquote><div class=\"example example--json\"><div class=\"example__content\"><div class=\"example__code example__code-json\"><pre><code class=\"language-json hljs\">{\r\n  &quot;version&quot;: &quot;0.1.20220720&quot;,\r\n  &quot;status_code&quot;: 20000,\r\n  &quot;status_message&quot;: &quot;Ok.&quot;,\r\n  &quot;time&quot;: &quot;4.9002 sec.&quot;,\r\n  &quot;cost&quot;: 0.0203,\r\n  &quot;tasks_count&quot;: 1,\r\n  &quot;tasks_error&quot;: 0,\r\n  &quot;tasks&quot;: [\r\n    {\r\n      &quot;id&quot;: &quot;07211149-1535-0461-0000-583da4215b2d&quot;,\r\n      &quot;status_code&quot;: 20000,\r\n      &quot;status_message&quot;: &quot;Ok.&quot;,\r\n      &quot;time&quot;: &quot;4.1549 sec.&quot;,\r\n      &quot;cost&quot;: 0.0203,\r\n      &quot;result_count&quot;: 1,\r\n      &quot;path&quot;: [\r\n        &quot;v3&quot;,\r\n        &quot;backlinks&quot;,\r\n        &quot;competitors&quot;,\r\n        &quot;live&quot;\r\n      ],\r\n      &quot;data&quot;: {\r\n        &quot;api&quot;: &quot;backlinks&quot;,\r\n        &quot;function&quot;: &quot;competitors&quot;,\r\n        &quot;target&quot;: &quot;dataforseo.com&quot;,\r\n        &quot;main_domain&quot;: true,\r\n        &quot;exclude_large_domains&quot;: true,\r\n        &quot;order_by&quot;: [\r\n          &quot;rank,desc&quot;\r\n        ],\r\n        &quot;filters&quot;: [\r\n          [\r\n            &quot;rank&quot;,\r\n            &quot;&gt;&quot;,\r\n            100\r\n          ]\r\n        ],\r\n        &quot;limit&quot;: 10\r\n      },\r\n      &quot;result&quot;: [\r\n        {\r\n          &quot;total_count&quot;: 390,\r\n          &quot;items_count&quot;: 10,\r\n          &quot;items&quot;: [\r\n            {\r\n              &quot;type&quot;: &quot;backlinks_competitors&quot;,\r\n              &quot;target&quot;: &quot;muskatli.hu&quot;,\r\n              &quot;rank&quot;: 368,\r\n              &quot;intersections&quot;: 4\r\n            },\r\n            {\r\n              &quot;type&quot;: &quot;backlinks_competitors&quot;,\r\n              &quot;target&quot;: &quot;kani.hu&quot;,\r\n              &quot;rank&quot;: 333,\r\n              &quot;intersections&quot;: 2\r\n            },\r\n            {\r\n              &quot;type&quot;: &quot;backlinks_competitors&quot;,\r\n              &quot;target&quot;: &quot;dnsstuff.com&quot;,\r\n              &quot;rank&quot;: 333,\r\n              &quot;intersections&quot;: 2\r\n            },\r\n            {\r\n              &quot;type&quot;: &quot;backlinks_competitors&quot;,\r\n              &quot;target&quot;: &quot;keyboost.co.uk&quot;,\r\n              &quot;rank&quot;: 310,\r\n              &quot;intersections&quot;: 83\r\n            },\r\n            {\r\n              &quot;type&quot;: &quot;backlinks_competitors&quot;,\r\n              &quot;target&quot;: &quot;mapmyuser.com&quot;,\r\n              &quot;rank&quot;: 302,\r\n              &quot;intersections&quot;: 71\r\n            },\r\n            {\r\n              &quot;type&quot;: &quot;backlinks_competitors&quot;,\r\n              &quot;target&quot;: &quot;ahrefs.com&quot;,\r\n              &quot;rank&quot;: 288,\r\n              &quot;intersections&quot;: 257\r\n            },\r\n            {\r\n              &quot;type&quot;: &quot;backlinks_competitors&quot;,\r\n              &quot;target&quot;: &quot;seopageoptimizer.co.uk&quot;,\r\n              &quot;rank&quot;: 286,\r\n              &quot;intersections&quot;: 61\r\n            },\r\n            {\r\n              &quot;type&quot;: &quot;backlinks_competitors&quot;,\r\n              &quot;target&quot;: &quot;linkremoval.net&quot;,\r\n              &quot;rank&quot;: 285,\r\n              &quot;intersections&quot;: 59\r\n            },\r\n            {\r\n              &quot;type&quot;: &quot;backlinks_competitors&quot;,\r\n              &quot;target&quot;: &quot;saijogeorge.com&quot;,\r\n              &quot;rank&quot;: 282,\r\n              &quot;intersections&quot;: 32\r\n            },\r\n            {\r\n              &quot;type&quot;: &quot;backlinks_competitors&quot;,\r\n              &quot;target&quot;: &quot;ipower.eu&quot;,\r\n              &quot;rank&quot;: 280,\r\n              &quot;intersections&quot;: 58\r\n            }\r\n          ]\r\n        }\r\n      ]\r\n    }\r\n  ]\r\n}<\/code><\/pre><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Competitors \u200c\u200c This endpoint will provide you with a list of competitors that share some part of the backlink profile with a target website, along with a number of backlink intersections and the rank of every competing website. [\/vc_column_text] POST https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/v3\/backlinks\/competitors\/live Pricing Your account will be charged for each request. The cost can be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template.php","meta":{"apibase_doc_request_yaml":"parameters:\n  - name: target\n    type: string\n    description: |\n      <em>domain, subdomain or webpage to get competitor domains for<\/em><br><strong>required field<\/strong><br>a domain or a subdomain should be specified without <code>https:\/\/<\/code> and <code>www.<\/code><br>a page should be specified with absolute URL (including <code>http:\/\/<\/code> or <code>https:\/\/<\/code>)\n  - name: limit\n    type: integer\n    description: |\n      <em>the maximum number of returned domains<\/em><br>optional field<br>default value: <code>100<\/code><br>maximum value: <code>1000<\/code>\n  - name: offset\n    type: integer\n    description: |\n      <em>offset in the results array of returned domains<\/em><br>optional field<br>default value: <code>0<\/code><br>if you specify the <code>10<\/code> value, the first ten domains in the results array will be omitted and the data will be provided for the successive pages\n  - 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name: exclude_internal_backlinks\n    type: boolean\n    description: |\n      <em>indicates if internal backlinks from subdomains to the <code>target<\/code> will be excluded from the results<\/em><br>optional field<br>if set to <code>true<\/code>, the results will not include data on internal backlinks from subdomains of the same domain as <code>target<\/code><br>if set to <code>false<\/code>, internal links will be included in the results<br>default value: <code>true<\/code>\n  - name: rank_scale\n    type: string\n    description: |\n      <em>defines the scale used for calculating and displaying the <code>rank<\/code>, <code>domain_from_rank<\/code>, and <code>page_from_rank<\/code> values<\/em><br>optional field<p>you can use this parameter to choose whether rank values are presented on a 0\u2013100 or 0\u20131000 scale<p>possible values:<br><code>one_hundred<\/code> \u2014 rank values are displayed on a 0\u2013100 scale<br><code>one_thousand<\/code> \u2014 rank values are displayed on a 0\u20131000 scale<p>default value: <code>one_thousand<\/code><p>learn more about how this parameter works and how ranking metrics are calculated in <a href=\"https:\/\/dataforseo.com\/help-center\/what_is_rank_in_backlinks_api#rank_scale\">this Help Center article<\/a>\n  - 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