{"id":8342,"date":"2021-03-03T10:37:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T10:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs_v3.dataforseo.com\/v3\/?page_id=8342"},"modified":"2026-07-22T16:15:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:15:38","slug":"backlinks-anchors-live","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/docs.dataforseo.com\/v3\/backlinks-anchors-live\/","title":{"rendered":"backlinks\/anchors\/live"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"setting-serp-tasks\">Anchors<\/h2>\n<p>\u200c\u200c<br \/>\nThis endpoint will provide you with a detailed overview of anchors used when linking to the specified website with relevant backlink data for each of them.<\/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\/anchors\/live\">\n                https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/v3\/backlinks\/anchors\/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 anchors 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 anchors<\/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 anchors<\/em><br>optional field<br>default value: <code>0<\/code><br>if you specify the <code>10<\/code> value, the first ten anchors in the results array will be omitted and the data will be provided for the successive anchors<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"internal_list_limit\"><td><code>internal_list_limit<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>maximum number of elements within internal arrays<\/em><br>optional field<br>you can use this field to limit the number of elements within the following arrays:<br><code>referring_links_tld<\/code><br><code>referring_links_types<\/code><br><code>referring_links_attributes<\/code><br><code>referring_links_platform_types<\/code><br><code>referring_links_semantic_locations<\/code><p>default value: <code>10<\/code><br>maximum value: <code>1000<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"backlinks_status_type\"><td><code>backlinks_status_type<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>set what backlinks to return and count<\/em><br>optional field<br>you can use this field to choose what backlinks will be returned and used for aggregated metrics for your <code>target<\/code>;<br>possible values: <br><code>all<\/code> - all backlinks will be returned and counted;<br><code>live<\/code> - backlinks found during the last check will be returned and counted;<br><code>lost<\/code> - lost backlinks will be returned and counted;<p>default value: <code>live<\/code><\/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>[\"referring_links_types.anchors\",\">\",\"1\"]<\/code><p><code>[[\"broken_pages\",\">\",\"2\"],<br>\"and\",<br>[\"backlinks\",\">\",\"10\"]]<\/code><p><code>[[\"first_seen\",\">\",\"2017-10-23 11:31:45 +00:00\"],<br>\"and\",<br>[[\"anchor\",\"like\",\"%seo%\"],\"or\",[\"referring_domains\",\">\",\"10\"]]]<\/code><p>The full list of possible filters is available <a href=\"\/v3\/backlinks\/filters\/?bash\">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>[\"backlinks,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>[\"backlinks,desc\",\"rank,asc\"]<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"backlinks_filters\"><td><code>backlinks_filters<\/code><\/td><td>array<\/td><td><p><em>filter the backlinks of your <code>target<\/code><\/em><br>optional field<br>you can use this field to filter the initial backlinks that will be included in the dataset for aggregated metrics for your <code>target<\/code><br>you can filter the backlinks by all fields available in the response of <a href=\"\/v3\/backlinks\/backlinks\/live\/\">this endpoint<\/a><br>using this parameter, you can include only dofollow backlinks in the response and create a flexible backlinks dataset to calculate the metrics for<br>example:<br><code>\"backlinks_filters\": [[\"dofollow\", \"=\", true]]<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"include_subdomains\"><td><code>include_subdomains<\/code><\/td><td>boolean<\/td><td><p><em>indicates if the subdomains of the <code>target<\/code> will be included in the search<\/em><br>optional field<br>if set to <code>false<\/code>, the subdomains will be ignored<br>default value: <code>true<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"include_indirect_links\"><td><code>include_indirect_links<\/code><\/td><td>boolean<\/td><td><p><em>indicates if indirect links to the <code>target<\/code> will be included in the results<\/em><br>optional field<br>if set to <code>true<\/code>, the results will include data on indirect links pointing to a page that either redirects to the target, or points to a canonical page<br>if set to <code>false<\/code>, indirect links will be ignored<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 whether the backlinks from subdomains of the <code>target<\/code> are excluded<\/em><br>optional field<br>if set to <code>false<\/code>, the backlinks from subdomains of the <code>target<\/code> will be ommited and you won't receive the same domain in the response;<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-target\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>target<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>target in the post array<\/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 results 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_anchor'<\/strong><\/em>n<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-anchor\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>anchor<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>anchor of the backlink<\/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>rank of the anchor links<\/em><br>rank volume that referring websites pass to the <code>target<\/code> through links with a particular anchor<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-backlinks\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>backlinks<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>indicates the number of backlinks<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-first_seen\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>first_seen<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>date and time when our crawler found the backlink with this anchor for the first time<\/em><br>in the UTC format: \u201cyyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00\u201d<br>example:<br><code>2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-lost_date\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>lost_date<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>date and time when the last backlink with this anchor was lost<\/em><br>indicates the date and time when our crawler visited the page and it responded with 4xx or 5xx status code or the last backlink was removed<br>in the UTC format: \"yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00\"<br>example:<br><code>2017-01-24 13:20:59 +00:00<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-backlinks_spam_score\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>backlinks_spam_score<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>average spam score of all backlinks with this anchor<\/em><br>learn more about how the metric is calculated on <a href=\"https:\/\/dataforseo.com\/help-center\/what-is-spam-score-and-how-is-it-calculated\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">this help center page<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-broken_backlinks\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>broken_backlinks<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>number of broken backlinks<\/em><br>number of broken backlinks pointing to the <code>target<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-broken_pages\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>broken_pages<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>number of broken pages<\/em><br>number of pages that respond with 4xx or 5xx status codes where backlinks are pointing to<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-referring_domains\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>referring_domains<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>indicates the number of referring domains<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-referring_domains_nofollow\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>referring_domains_nofollow<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>number of domains pointing at least one nofollow link to the <code>target<\/code><\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-referring_main_domains\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>referring_main_domains<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>indicates the number of referring main domains<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-referring_main_domains_nofollow\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>referring_main_domains_nofollow<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>number of main domains pointing at least one nofollow link to the <code>target<\/code><\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-referring_ips\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>referring_ips<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>number of referring IP addresses<\/em><br>number of IP addresses pointing to this page<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-referring_subnets\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>referring_subnets<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>number of referring subnetworks<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-referring_pages\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>referring_pages<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>indicates the number of pages pointing to <code>target<\/code> with this anchor<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-referring_links_tld\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>referring_links_tld<\/code><\/td><td>object<\/td><td><p><em>top-level domains of the referring links<\/em><br>contains top level domains and referring link count per each<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-referring_links_types\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>referring_links_types<\/code><\/td><td>object<\/td><td><p><em>types of referring links<\/em><br>indicates the types of the referring links and link count per each type<br>possible values:<br><code>anchor<\/code>, <code>image<\/code>, <code>link<\/code>, <code>meta<\/code>, <code>canonical<\/code>, <code>alternate<\/code>, <code>redirect<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-referring_links_attributes\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>referring_links_attributes<\/code><\/td><td>object<\/td><td><p><em>link attributes of the referring links<\/em><br>indicates link attributes of the referring links and link count per each attribute<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-referring_links_platform_types\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>referring_links_platform_types<\/code><\/td><td>object<\/td><td><p><em>types of referring platforms<\/em><br>indicates referring platform types and and link count per each platform<p>possible values: <code>cms<\/code>, <code>blogs<\/code>, <code>ecommerce<\/code>, <code>message-boards<\/code>, <code>wikis<\/code>, <code>news<\/code>, <code>organization<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-referring_links_semantic_locations\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>referring_links_semantic_locations<\/code><\/td><td>object<\/td><td><p><em>semantic locations of the referring links<\/em><br>indicates semantic elements in HTML where the referring links are located and link count per each semantic location<p>you can get the full list of semantic elements <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3schools.com\/html\/html5_semantic_elements.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><br>examples:<br><code>article<\/code>, <code>section<\/code>, <code>summary<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-referring_links_countries\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>referring_links_countries<\/code><\/td><td>object<\/td><td><p><em>ISO country codes of the referring links<\/em><br>indicates ISO country codes of the domains where the referring links are located and the link count per each country<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-referring_pages_nofollow\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>referring_pages_nofollow<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>number of referring pages pointing at least one nofollow link to the <code>target<\/code> with this anchor<\/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\/anchors\/live&quot; \r\n--header &quot;Authorization: Basic ${cred}&quot;  \r\n--header &quot;Content-Type: application\/json&quot; \r\n--data-raw &#039;[\r\n    {\r\n        &quot;target&quot;: &quot;forbes.com&quot;,\r\n        &quot;limit&quot;: 4,\r\n        &quot;order_by&quot;: [&quot;backlinks,desc&quot;],\r\n        &quot;filters&quot;: [&quot;anchor&quot;,&quot;like&quot;,&quot;%news%&quot;]\r\n    }\r\n]&#039;<\/code><\/pre><\/div><\/div><div id=\"php\" class=\"tab-content example__content\"><div class=\"example__code\"><pre><code class=\"language-php hljs\">&lt;?php\r\n\/\/ You can download this file from here https:\/\/cdn.dataforseo.com\/v3\/examples\/php\/php_RestClient.zip\r\nrequire(&#039;RestClient.php&#039;);\r\n$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;forbes.com&quot;,\r\n   &quot;limit&quot; =&gt; 4,\r\n   &quot;filters&quot; =&gt; [&quot;anchor&quot;,&quot;like&quot;,&quot;%news%&quot;],\r\n   &quot;order_by&quot; =&gt; [&quot;backlinks,desc&quot;]\r\n);\r\ntry {\r\n   \/\/ POST \/v3\/backlinks\/anchors\/live\r\n   \/\/ the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation\r\n   $result = $client-&gt;post(&#039;\/v3\/backlinks\/anchors\/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  &quot;target&quot;: &quot;forbes.com&quot;,\r\n  &quot;limit&quot;: 4,\r\n  &quot;order_by&quot;: [&quot;backlinks,desc&quot;],\r\n  &quot;filters&quot;: [&quot;anchor&quot;,&quot;like&quot;,&quot;%news%&quot;]\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\/anchors\/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;forbes.com&quot;,\r\n    filters=[&quot;anchor&quot;,&quot;like&quot;,&quot;%news%&quot;],\r\n    limit=4,\r\n    order_by=[&quot;backlinks,desc&quot;]\r\n)\r\n# POST \/v3\/backlinks\/anchors\/live\r\n# the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation\r\nresponse = client.post(&quot;\/v3\/backlinks\/anchors\/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_anchors_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;forbes.com&quot;,\r\n                limit = 4,\r\n                filters = new object[]\r\n                {\r\n                    new object[] { &quot;anchor&quot;, &quot;like&quot;, &quot;%news%&quot; }\r\n                }\r\n            });\r\n            \/\/ POST \/v3\/backlinks\/anchors\/live\r\n            \/\/ the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation\r\n            var taskPostResponse = await httpClient.PostAsync(&quot;\/v3\/backlinks\/anchors\/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;0.1.20230825&quot;,\r\n  &quot;status_code&quot;: 20000,\r\n  &quot;status_message&quot;: &quot;Ok.&quot;,\r\n  &quot;time&quot;: &quot;1.1820 sec.&quot;,\r\n  &quot;cost&quot;: 0.02012,\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;09291840-1535-0272-0000-7977cbcf0524&quot;,\r\n      &quot;status_code&quot;: 20000,\r\n      &quot;status_message&quot;: &quot;Ok.&quot;,\r\n      &quot;time&quot;: &quot;1.1266 sec.&quot;,\r\n      &quot;cost&quot;: 0.02012,\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;anchors&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;anchors&quot;,\r\n        &quot;target&quot;: &quot;forbes.com&quot;,\r\n        &quot;limit&quot;: 4,\r\n        &quot;order_by&quot;: [\r\n          &quot;backlinks,desc&quot;\r\n        ],\r\n        &quot;filters&quot;: [\r\n          &quot;anchor&quot;,\r\n          &quot;like&quot;,\r\n          &quot;%news%&quot;\r\n        ]\r\n      },\r\n      &quot;result&quot;: [\r\n        {\r\n          &quot;target&quot;: &quot;forbes.com&quot;,\r\n          &quot;total_count&quot;: 83736,\r\n          &quot;items_count&quot;: 4,\r\n          &quot;items&quot;: [\r\n            {\r\n              &quot;type&quot;: &quot;backlinks_anchor&quot;,\r\n              &quot;anchor&quot;: &quot;news&quot;,\r\n              &quot;rank&quot;: 277,\r\n              &quot;backlinks&quot;: 4186,\r\n              &quot;first_seen&quot;: &quot;2019-01-16 05:58:32 +00:00&quot;,\r\n              &quot;lost_date&quot;: null,\r\n              &quot;backlinks_spam_score&quot;: 24,\r\n              &quot;broken_backlinks&quot;: 21,\r\n              &quot;broken_pages&quot;: 13,\r\n              &quot;referring_domains&quot;: 835,\r\n              &quot;referring_domains_nofollow&quot;: 146,\r\n              &quot;referring_main_domains&quot;: 773,\r\n              &quot;referring_main_domains_nofollow&quot;: 138,\r\n              &quot;referring_ips&quot;: 757,\r\n              &quot;referring_subnets&quot;: 648,\r\n              &quot;referring_pages&quot;: 3946,\r\n              &quot;referring_links_tld&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;com&quot;: 1931,\r\n                &quot;org&quot;: 1141,\r\n                &quot;de&quot;: 369,\r\n                &quot;net&quot;: 74,\r\n                &quot;blogspot.com&quot;: 72,\r\n                &quot;edu&quot;: 65,\r\n                &quot;info&quot;: 59,\r\n                &quot;pt&quot;: 18,\r\n                &quot;co.uk&quot;: 12,\r\n                &quot;&quot;: 10\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_types&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;anchor&quot;: 3945,\r\n                &quot;image&quot;: 1\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_attributes&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;nofollow&quot;: 804,\r\n                &quot;noopener&quot;: 368,\r\n                &quot;noreferrer&quot;: 126,\r\n                &quot;ugc&quot;: 85,\r\n                &quot;external&quot;: 43\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_platform_types&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;unknown&quot;: 1525,\r\n                &quot;organization&quot;: 1231,\r\n                &quot;blogs&quot;: 1042,\r\n                &quot;cms&quot;: 851,\r\n                &quot;news&quot;: 291,\r\n                &quot;message-boards&quot;: 98,\r\n                &quot;ecommerce&quot;: 3,\r\n                &quot;wikis&quot;: 2\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_semantic_locations&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;&quot;: 2592,\r\n                &quot;article&quot;: 1075,\r\n                &quot;section&quot;: 159,\r\n                &quot;main&quot;: 109,\r\n                &quot;aside&quot;: 7,\r\n                &quot;details&quot;: 3,\r\n                &quot;header&quot;: 1\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_countries&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;&quot;: 2454,\r\n                &quot;US&quot;: 817,\r\n                &quot;DE&quot;: 369,\r\n                &quot;WW&quot;: 75,\r\n                &quot;GB&quot;: 32,\r\n                &quot;CA&quot;: 21,\r\n                &quot;IN&quot;: 20,\r\n                &quot;PT&quot;: 18,\r\n                &quot;TR&quot;: 11,\r\n                &quot;IR&quot;: 11\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_pages_nofollow&quot;: 940\r\n            },\r\n            {\r\n              &quot;type&quot;: &quot;backlinks_anchor&quot;,\r\n              &quot;anchor&quot;: &quot;Forex news&quot;,\r\n              &quot;rank&quot;: 39,\r\n              &quot;backlinks&quot;: 4111,\r\n              &quot;first_seen&quot;: &quot;2021-11-01 01:35:42 +00:00&quot;,\r\n              &quot;lost_date&quot;: null,\r\n              &quot;backlinks_spam_score&quot;: 15,\r\n              &quot;broken_backlinks&quot;: 0,\r\n              &quot;broken_pages&quot;: 0,\r\n              &quot;referring_domains&quot;: 1008,\r\n              &quot;referring_domains_nofollow&quot;: 1004,\r\n              &quot;referring_main_domains&quot;: 1005,\r\n              &quot;referring_main_domains_nofollow&quot;: 1001,\r\n              &quot;referring_ips&quot;: 1021,\r\n              &quot;referring_subnets&quot;: 809,\r\n              &quot;referring_pages&quot;: 3763,\r\n              &quot;referring_links_tld&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;com&quot;: 2079,\r\n                &quot;in&quot;: 143,\r\n                &quot;org&quot;: 112,\r\n                &quot;ru&quot;: 89,\r\n                &quot;net&quot;: 72,\r\n                &quot;com.br&quot;: 65,\r\n                &quot;pt&quot;: 45,\r\n                &quot;com.co&quot;: 44,\r\n                &quot;nl&quot;: 40,\r\n                &quot;de&quot;: 39\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_types&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;anchor&quot;: 3763\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_attributes&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;nofollow&quot;: 3754,\r\n                &quot;noopener&quot;: 82,\r\n                &quot;noreferrer&quot;: 1\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_platform_types&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;cms&quot;: 3443,\r\n                &quot;blogs&quot;: 3433,\r\n                &quot;organization&quot;: 422,\r\n                &quot;unknown&quot;: 300,\r\n                &quot;news&quot;: 55\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_semantic_locations&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;article&quot;: 2871,\r\n                &quot;&quot;: 481,\r\n                &quot;main&quot;: 249,\r\n                &quot;section&quot;: 161,\r\n                &quot;header&quot;: 1\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_countries&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;&quot;: 2047,\r\n                &quot;IN&quot;: 192,\r\n                &quot;WW&quot;: 161,\r\n                &quot;ID&quot;: 97,\r\n                &quot;RU&quot;: 89,\r\n                &quot;BR&quot;: 71,\r\n                &quot;GB&quot;: 61,\r\n                &quot;MX&quot;: 58,\r\n                &quot;AU&quot;: 56,\r\n                &quot;CO&quot;: 55\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_pages_nofollow&quot;: 1886\r\n            },\r\n            {\r\n              &quot;type&quot;: &quot;backlinks_anchor&quot;,\r\n              &quot;anchor&quot;: &quot;More news from Forbes\u00bb&quot;,\r\n              &quot;rank&quot;: 246,\r\n              &quot;backlinks&quot;: 1509,\r\n              &quot;first_seen&quot;: &quot;2019-01-24 07:04:48 +00:00&quot;,\r\n              &quot;lost_date&quot;: null,\r\n              &quot;backlinks_spam_score&quot;: 23,\r\n              &quot;broken_backlinks&quot;: 0,\r\n              &quot;broken_pages&quot;: 0,\r\n              &quot;referring_domains&quot;: 1,\r\n              &quot;referring_domains_nofollow&quot;: 0,\r\n              &quot;referring_main_domains&quot;: 1,\r\n              &quot;referring_main_domains_nofollow&quot;: 0,\r\n              &quot;referring_ips&quot;: 1,\r\n              &quot;referring_subnets&quot;: 1,\r\n              &quot;referring_pages&quot;: 1509,\r\n              &quot;referring_links_tld&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;com&quot;: 1509\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_types&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;anchor&quot;: 1509\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_attributes&quot;: null,\r\n              &quot;referring_links_platform_types&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;blogs&quot;: 1509,\r\n                &quot;cms&quot;: 1509,\r\n                &quot;organization&quot;: 1509\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_semantic_locations&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;footer&quot;: 1509\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_countries&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;&quot;: 1003,\r\n                &quot;US&quot;: 506\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_pages_nofollow&quot;: 554\r\n            },\r\n            {\r\n              &quot;type&quot;: &quot;backlinks_anchor&quot;,\r\n              &quot;anchor&quot;: &quot;Philanthropy - The latest news and trends in philanthropy from Forbes.com and its partner publications.&quot;,\r\n              &quot;rank&quot;: 0,\r\n              &quot;backlinks&quot;: 1152,\r\n              &quot;first_seen&quot;: &quot;2022-01-03 00:49:08 +00:00&quot;,\r\n              &quot;lost_date&quot;: null,\r\n              &quot;backlinks_spam_score&quot;: 39,\r\n              &quot;broken_backlinks&quot;: 691,\r\n              &quot;broken_pages&quot;: 1,\r\n              &quot;referring_domains&quot;: 2,\r\n              &quot;referring_domains_nofollow&quot;: 1,\r\n              &quot;referring_main_domains&quot;: 2,\r\n              &quot;referring_main_domains_nofollow&quot;: 1,\r\n              &quot;referring_ips&quot;: 3,\r\n              &quot;referring_subnets&quot;: 3,\r\n              &quot;referring_pages&quot;: 1152,\r\n              &quot;referring_links_tld&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;net&quot;: 1151,\r\n                &quot;ru&quot;: 1\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_types&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;anchor&quot;: 1152\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_attributes&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;nofollow&quot;: 1\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_platform_types&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;unknown&quot;: 1152\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_semantic_locations&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;&quot;: 1152\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_countries&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;&quot;: 691,\r\n                &quot;KE&quot;: 460,\r\n                &quot;RU&quot;: 1\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_pages_nofollow&quot;: 0\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] Anchors \u200c\u200c This endpoint will provide you with a detailed overview of anchors used when linking to the specified website with relevant backlink data for each of them. [\/vc_column_text] POST https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/v3\/backlinks\/anchors\/live Pricing Your account will be charged for each request. The cost can be calculated on the Pricing page. [vc_column_text]All POST data should be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"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 anchors 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 anchors<\/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 anchors<\/em><br>optional field<br>default value: <code>0<\/code><br>if you specify the <code>10<\/code> value, the first ten anchors in the results array will be omitted and the data will be provided for the successive anchors\n  - name: internal_list_limit\n    type: integer\n    description: |\n      <em>maximum number of elements within internal arrays<\/em><br>optional field<br>you can use this field to limit the number of elements within the following arrays:<br><code>referring_links_tld<\/code><br><code>referring_links_types<\/code><br><code>referring_links_attributes<\/code><br><code>referring_links_platform_types<\/code><br><code>referring_links_semantic_locations<\/code><p>default value: <code>10<\/code><br>maximum value: <code>1000<\/code>\n  - name: backlinks_status_type\n    type: string\n    description: |\n      <em>set what backlinks to return and count<\/em><br>optional field<br>you can use this field to choose what backlinks will be returned and used for aggregated metrics for your <code>target<\/code>;<br>possible values: <br><code>all<\/code> - all backlinks will be returned and counted;<br><code>live<\/code> - backlinks found during the last check will be returned and counted;<br><code>lost<\/code> - lost backlinks will be returned and counted;<p>default value: <code>live<\/code>\n  - name: filters\n    type: array\n    description: |\n      <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>&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>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>[\"referring_links_types.anchors\",\"&gt;\",\"1\"]<\/code><p><code>[[\"broken_pages\",\"&gt;\",\"2\"],<br>\"and\",<br>[\"backlinks\",\"&gt;\",\"10\"]]<\/code><p><code>[[\"first_seen\",\">\",\"2017-10-23 11:31:45 +00:00\"],<br>\"and\",<br>[[\"anchor\",\"like\",\"%seo%\"],\"or\",[\"referring_domains\",\"&gt;\",\"10\"]]]<\/code><p>The full list of possible filters is available <a href=\"\/v3\/backlinks\/filters\/?bash\">here.<\/a>\n  - name: order_by\n    type: array\n    description: |\n      <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>[\"backlinks,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>[\"backlinks,desc\",\"rank,asc\"]<\/code>\n  - name: backlinks_filters\n    type: array\n    description: |\n      <em>filter the backlinks of your <code>target<\/code><\/em><br>optional field<br>you can use this field to filter the initial backlinks that will be included in the dataset for aggregated metrics for your <code>target<\/code><br>you can filter the backlinks by all fields available in the response of <a href=\"\/v3\/backlinks\/backlinks\/live\/\">this endpoint<\/a><br>using this parameter, you can include only dofollow backlinks in the response and create a flexible backlinks dataset to calculate the metrics for<br>example:<br><code>\"backlinks_filters\": [[\"dofollow\", \"=\", true]]<\/code>\n  - name: include_subdomains\n    type: boolean\n    description: |\n      <em>indicates if the subdomains of the <code>target<\/code> will be included in the search<\/em><br>optional field<br>if set to <code>false<\/code>, the subdomains will be ignored<br>default value: <code>true<\/code>\n  - name: include_indirect_links\n    type: boolean\n    description: |\n      <em>indicates if indirect links to the <code>target<\/code> will be included in the results<\/em><br>optional field<br>if set to <code>true<\/code>, the results will include data on indirect links pointing to a page that either redirects to the target, or points to a canonical page<br>if set to <code>false<\/code>, indirect links will be ignored<br>default value: <code>true<\/code>\n  - name: exclude_internal_backlinks\n    type: boolean\n    description: |\n      <em>indicates whether the backlinks from subdomains of the <code>target<\/code> are excluded<\/em><br>optional field<br>if set to <code>false<\/code>, the backlinks from subdomains of the <code>target<\/code> will be ommited and you won't receive the same domain in the response;<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  - name: tag\n    type: string\n    description: |\n      <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","apibase_doc_request_additional_yaml":"","apibase_doc_response_yaml":"parameters:\n  - name: version\n    type: string\n    description: |\n      <em>the current version of the API<\/em>\n  - name: status_code\n    type: integer\n    description: |\n      <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\n  - name: status_message\n    type: string\n    description: |\n      <em>general informational message<\/em><br>you can find the full list of general informational messages <a href=\"\/v3\/appendix\/errors\">here<\/a>\n  - name: time\n    type: string\n    description: |\n      <em>execution time, seconds<\/em>\n  - name: cost\n    type: float\n    description: |\n      <em>total <i>tasks<\/i> cost, USD<\/em>\n  - name: tasks_count\n    type: integer\n    description: |\n      <em>the number of tasks in the <strong><code>tasks<\/code><\/strong> array<\/em>\n  - name: tasks_error\n    type: integer\n    description: |\n      <em>the number of tasks in the <strong><code>tasks<\/code><\/strong> array returned with an error<\/em>\n  - name: tasks\n    type: array\n    description: |\n      <em>array of tasks<\/em>\n    items:\n      children:\n        - name: id\n          type: string\n          description: |\n            <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>\n        - name: status_code\n          type: integer\n          description: |\n            <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>\n        - name: status_message\n          type: string\n          description: |\n            <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>\n        - name: time\n          type: string\n          description: |\n            <em>execution time, seconds<\/em>\n        - name: cost\n          type: float\n          description: |\n            <em>cost of the task, USD<\/em>\n        - name: result_count\n          type: integer\n          description: |\n            <em>number of elements in the <code>result<\/code> array<\/em>\n        - name: path\n          type: array\n          description: |\n            <em>URL path<\/em>\n        - name: data\n          type: object\n          description: |\n            <em>contains the same parameters that you specified in the POST request<br><\/em>\n        - name: result\n          type: array\n          description: |\n            <em>array of results<\/em>\n          items:\n            children:\n              - name: target\n                type: string\n                description: |\n                  <em>target in the post array<\/em>\n              - name: total_count\n                type: integer\n                description: |\n                  <em>total number of relevant items in the database<\/em>\n              - name: items_count\n                type: integer\n                description: |\n                  <em>number of items in the results array<\/em>\n              - name: items\n                type: array\n                description: |\n                  <em>items array<\/em>\n                items:\n                  children:\n                    - name: type\n                      type: string\n                      description: \"<em> type of element_=_<strong>'backlinks_anchor'<\/strong><\/em>n\"\n                    - name: anchor\n                      type: string\n                      description: |\n                        <em>anchor of the backlink<\/em>\n                    - name: rank\n                      type: integer\n                      description: |\n                        <em>rank of the anchor links<\/em><br>rank volume that referring websites pass to the <code>target<\/code> through links with a particular anchor<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>\n                    - name: backlinks\n                      type: integer\n                      description: |\n                        <em>indicates the number of backlinks<\/em>\n                    - name: first_seen\n                      type: string\n                      description: |\n                        <em>date and time when our crawler found the backlink with this anchor for the first time<\/em><br>in the UTC format: \u201cyyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00\u201d<br>example:<br><code>2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00<\/code>\n                    - name: lost_date\n                      type: string\n                      description: |\n                        <em>date and time when the last backlink with this anchor was lost<\/em><br>indicates the date and time when our crawler visited the page and it responded with 4xx or 5xx status code or the last backlink was removed<br>in the UTC format: \"yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00\"<br>example:<br><code>2017-01-24 13:20:59 +00:00<\/code>\n                    - name: backlinks_spam_score\n                      type: integer\n                      description: |\n                        <em>average spam score of all backlinks with this anchor<\/em><br>learn more about how the metric is calculated on <a href=\"https:\/\/dataforseo.com\/help-center\/what-is-spam-score-and-how-is-it-calculated\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">this help center page<\/a>\n                    - name: broken_backlinks\n                      type: integer\n                      description: |\n                        <em>number of broken backlinks<\/em><br>number of broken backlinks pointing to the <code>target<\/code>\n                    - name: broken_pages\n                      type: integer\n                      description: |\n                        <em>number of broken pages<\/em><br>number of pages that respond with 4xx or 5xx status codes where backlinks are pointing to\n                    - name: referring_domains\n                      type: integer\n                      description: |\n                        <em>indicates the number of referring domains<\/em>\n                    - name: referring_domains_nofollow\n                      type: integer\n                      description: |\n                        <em>number of domains pointing at least one nofollow link to the <code>target<\/code><\/em>\n                    - name: referring_main_domains\n                      type: integer\n                      description: |\n                        <em>indicates the number of referring main domains<\/em>\n                    - name: referring_main_domains_nofollow\n                      type: integer\n                      description: |\n                        <em>number of main domains pointing at least one nofollow link to the <code>target<\/code><\/em>\n                    - name: referring_ips\n                      type: integer\n                      description: |\n                        <em>number of referring IP addresses<\/em><br>number of IP addresses pointing to this page\n                    - name: referring_subnets\n                      type: integer\n                      description: |\n                        <em>number of referring subnetworks<\/em>\n                    - 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