{"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":"2025-04-09T10:35:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T10:35:51","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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of the fields for setting a task:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; height: 1765px;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<th style=\"width: 12.4003%; height: 24px;\">Field name<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 3.91588%; height: 24px;\">Type<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 82.9587%; height: 24px;\">Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 144px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 12.4003%; height: 144px;\"><code>target<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.91588%; height: 144px;\">string<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.9587%; height: 144px;\"><em>domain, subdomain or webpage to get competitor domains for<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>required field<\/strong><br \/>\na domain or a subdomain should be specified without <code>https:\/\/<\/code> and <code>www.<\/code><br \/>\na page should be specified with absolute URL (including <code>http:\/\/<\/code> or <code>https:\/\/<\/code>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 192px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 12.4003%; height: 169px;\"><code>limit<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.91588%; height: 169px;\">integer<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.9587%; height: 169px;\"><em>the maximum number of returned domains<\/em><br \/>\noptional field<br \/>\ndefault value: <code>100<\/code><br \/>\nmaximum value: <code>1000<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 192px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 12.4003%; height: 169px;\"><code>offset<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.91588%; height: 169px;\">integer<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.9587%; height: 169px;\"><em>offset in the results array of returned domains<\/em><br \/>\noptional field<br \/>\ndefault value: <code>0<\/code><br \/>\nif 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<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 12.4003%; height: 48px;\"><code>filters<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.91588%; height: 48px;\">array<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.9587%; height: 48px;\"><em>array of results filtering parameters<\/em><br \/>\noptional field<br \/>\n<strong>you can add several filters at once (8 filters maximum)<\/strong><br \/>\nyou should set a logical operator <code>and<\/code>, <code>or<\/code> between the conditions<br \/>\nthe following operators are supported:<br \/>\n<code>regex<\/code>, <code>not_regex<\/code>, <code>=<\/code>, <code>&lt;&gt;<\/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 \/>\nyou 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 \/>\nexample:<br \/>\n<code>[\"rank\",\"&gt;\",\"100\"]<\/code><\/p>\n<p><code>[[\"target\",\"like\",\"%forbes%\"],<br \/>\n\"and\",<br \/>\n[[\"rank\",\"&gt;\",\"100\"],\"or\",[\"intersections\",\"&gt;\",\"5\"]]]<\/code><\/p>\n<p>The full list of possible filters is available <a href=\"\/v3\/backlinks\/filters\/?bash\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 12.4003%; height: 48px;\"><code>order_by<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.91588%; height: 48px;\">array<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.9587%; height: 48px;\"><em>results sorting rules<\/em><br \/>\noptional field<br \/>\nyou can use the same values as in the <code>filters<\/code> array to sort the results<br \/>\npossible sorting types:<br \/>\n<code>asc<\/code> &#8211; results will be sorted in the ascending order<br \/>\n<code>desc<\/code> &#8211; results will be sorted in the descending order<br \/>\nyou should use a comma to set up a sorting type<br \/>\nexample:<br \/>\n<code>[\"rank,desc\"]<\/code><br \/>\n<strong>note that you can set no more than three sorting rules in a single request<\/strong><br \/>\nyou should use a comma to separate several sorting rules<br \/>\nexample:<br \/>\n<code>[\"intersections,desc\",\"rank,asc\"]<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 96px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 12.4003%; height: 77px;\"><code>main_domain<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.91588%; height: 77px;\">boolean<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.9587%; height: 77px;\"><em>indicates if only main domain of the <code>target<\/code> will be included in the search<\/em><br \/>\noptional field<br \/>\nif set to <code>true<\/code>, only the main domain will be included in search;<br \/>\ndefault value: <code>true<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 96px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 12.4003%; height: 77px;\"><code>exclude_large_domains<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.91588%; height: 77px;\">boolean<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.9587%; height: 77px;\"><em>indicates whether large domain will appear in results<\/em><br \/>\noptional field<br \/>\nif set to <code>true<\/code>, the results from the large domain (google.com, amazon.com, etc.) will be omitted;<br \/>\ndefault value: <code>true<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 96px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 12.4003%; height: 77px;\"><code>exclude_internal_backlinks<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.91588%; height: 77px;\">boolean<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.9587%; height: 77px;\"><em>indicates if internal backlinks from subdomains to the <code>target<\/code> will be excluded from the results<\/em><br \/>\noptional field<br \/>\nif 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 \/>\nif set to <code>false<\/code>, internal links will be included in the results<br \/>\ndefault value: <code>true<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 96px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 12.4003%; height: 96px;\"><code>rank_scale<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.91588%; height: 96px;\">string<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.9587%; height: 96px;\"><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 \/>\noptional field<\/p>\n<p>you can use this parameter to choose whether rank values are presented on a 0\u2013100 or 0\u20131000 scale<\/p>\n<p>possible values:<br \/>\n<code>one_hundred<\/code> \u2014 rank values are displayed on a 0\u2013100 scale<br \/>\n<code>one_thousand<\/code> \u2014 rank values are displayed on a 0\u20131000 scale<\/p>\n<p>default value: <code>one_thousand<\/code><\/p>\n<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<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 96px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 12.4003%; height: 96px;\"><code>tag<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.9884%; height: 96px;\">string<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.8862%; height: 96px;\"><em>user-defined task identifier<\/em><br \/>\noptional field<br \/>\n<em>the character limit is 255<\/em><br \/>\nyou can use this parameter to identify the task and match it with the result<br \/>\nyou will find the specified <code>tag<\/code> value in the <code>data<\/code> object of the response<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\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><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 77.3646%; height: 552px;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<th style=\"width: 38.423%; height: 24px;\">Field name<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 1.25156%; height: 24px;\">Type<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 61.7021%; height: 24px;\">Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 48px;\"><code>version<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 48px;\">string<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 48px;\"><em>the current version of the API<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.423%; height: 48px;\"><code>status_code<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.75219%; height: 48px;\">integer<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61.2015%; height: 48px;\"><i>general status code<\/i><br \/>\nyou can find the full list of the response codes <a href=\"\/v3\/appendix\/errors\">here<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Note:<\/strong> we strongly recommend designing a necessary system for handling related exceptional or error conditions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\"><code>status_message<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">string<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em>general informational message<\/em><br \/>\nyou can find the full list of general informational messages <a href=\"\/v3\/appendix\/errors\">here<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\"><code>time<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">string<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em>execution time, seconds<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\"><code>cost<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">float<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em>total <i>tasks<\/i> cost, USD<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\"><code>tasks_count<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">integer<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em>the number of tasks in the <strong><code>tasks<\/code><\/strong> array<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\"><code>tasks_error<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">integer<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em>the number of tasks in the <strong><code>tasks<\/code><\/strong> array returned with an error<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\"><strong><code>tasks<\/code><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">array<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em>array of tasks<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>id<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">string<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em>task identifier<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>unique task identifier in our system in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Universally_unique_identifier\">UUID<\/a> format<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 48px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>status_code<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 48px;\">integer<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 48px;\"><em>status code of the task<\/em><br \/>\ngenerated by DataForSEO; can be within the following range: 10000-60000<br \/>\nyou can find the full list of the response codes <a href=\"\/v3\/appendix\/errors\">here<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>status_message<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">string<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em>informational message of the task<\/em><br \/>\nyou can find the full list of general informational messages <a href=\"\/v3\/appendix\/errors\">here<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>time<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">string<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em>execution time, seconds<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>cost<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">float<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em>cost of the task, USD<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>result_count<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">integer<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em>number of elements in the <code>result<\/code> array<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>path<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">array<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em>URL path<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>data<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">object<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em>contains the same parameters that you specified in the POST request<br \/>\n<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 <code>result<\/code><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">array<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em>array of results<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>total_count<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">integer<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em>total number of relevant items in the database<\/em>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>items_count<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">integer<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em>number of items in the <code>items<\/code> array<\/em>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong><code>items<\/code><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">array<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em>items array<\/em>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>type<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">string<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em> type of element\u00a0=\u00a0<strong>&#8216;backlinks_competitors&#8217;<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>target<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">string<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em>competitor domain<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>rank<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">integer<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em>domain rank<\/em><br \/>\ndomain rank across all domains in the database<br \/>\n<code>rank<\/code> is calculated based on the method for node ranking in a linked database &#8211; a principle used in the original Google PageRank algorithm<br \/>\nlearn 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><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 24.3517%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <code>intersections<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.19209%; height: 24px;\">integer<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.8065%; height: 24px;\"><em>indicates the number of backlink intersections with the <code>target<\/code> specified in the POST array<\/em>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\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. 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