{"id":8362,"date":"2021-03-03T15:14:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T15:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs_v3.dataforseo.com\/v3\/?page_id=8362"},"modified":"2026-07-22T16:37:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:37:58","slug":"backlinks-history-live","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/docs.dataforseo.com\/v3\/backlinks-history-live\/","title":{"rendered":"backlinks\/history\/live"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"setting-serp-tasks\">Backlinks History<\/h2>\n<p>\u200c<br \/>\nThis endpoint will provide you with historical backlinks data back to the beginning of 2019. You can receive the number of backlinks a given domain had in a specific time period, the number of new &#038; lost backlinks, referring domains, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Historical data is available from <code>2019-01-01<\/code>.<\/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\/history\/live\">\n                https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/v3\/backlinks\/history\/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>You can specify the time range, and we will provide historical backlink data within the set period.<\/p>\n<p>Below you will find a detailed description of the fields you can use for setting a task.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of the fields for setting a task:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u200c<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<\/em><br><strong>required field<\/strong><br>a domain should be specified without <code>https:\/\/<\/code> and <code>www.<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"date_from\"><td><code>date_from<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>starting date of the time range<\/em><br>optional field<br>minimum value <code>2019-01-01<\/code><br>if you don't specify this field, the minimum value will be used by default<br>date format: <code>\"yyyy-mm-dd\"<\/code><br>example:<br><code>\"2019-01-15\"<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"date_to\"><td><code>date_to<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>ending date of the time range<\/em><br>optional field<br>if you don't specify this field, the today's date will be used by default<br>date format: <code>\"yyyy-mm-dd\"<\/code><br>example:<br><code>\"2019-01-15\"<\/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>\n<p>As 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 tasks 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<\/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><code>target<\/code> from the POST array<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-date_from\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>date_from<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>starting date of the time range<\/em><br>in the UTC format: \u201cyyyy-mm-dd\u201d<br>example:<br><code>2019-01-01<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-date_to\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>date_to<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>ending date of the time range<\/em><br>in the UTC format: <code>\"yyyy-mm-dd\"<\/code><br>example:<br><code>\"2019-01-15\"<\/code><\/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>the number of results returned 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>contains historical backlink data for the specified domain<\/em><br>the data is provided month-by-month;<br>the metrics are aggregated according to the backlinks the specified domain had on the first day of each given month<\/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_history'<\/strong><\/em>n<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-date\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>date<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>date and time when the data for the target was stored<\/em><br>in the UTC format: \"yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00\"<br>example:<br><code>2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00<\/code><\/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 on the given <code>date<\/code><\/em><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>number of backlinks<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-new_backlinks\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>new_backlinks<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>number of new backlinks for the <code>target<\/code><\/em><br>data is provided based in a comparison with the previous period<br><strong>Note:<\/strong> this data is available from May 2021;<br>if the date range specified in the POST request precedes May 2021, the field will equal <code>0<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-lost_backlinks\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>lost_backlinks<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>number of lost backlinks for the <code>target<\/code><\/em><br>data is provided based in a comparison with the previous period<br><strong>Note:<\/strong> this data is available from May 2021;<br>if the date range specified in the POST request precedes May 2021, the field will equal <code>0<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-new_referring_domains\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>new_referring_domains<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>number of new referring domains for the <code>target<\/code><\/em><br>data is provided based in a comparison with the previous period<br><strong>Note:<\/strong> this data is available from May 2021;<br>if the date range specified in the POST request precedes May 2021, the field will equal <code>0<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-lost_referring_domains\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>lost_referring_domains<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>number of lost referring domains for the <code>target<\/code><\/em><br>data is provided based in a comparison with the previous period<br><strong>Note:<\/strong> this data is available from May 2021;<br>if the date range specified in the POST request precedes May 2021, the field will equal <code>0<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-crawled_pages\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>crawled_pages<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>number of crawled pages for the <code>target<\/code><\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-info\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><code>info<\/code><\/strong><\/td><td>object<\/td><td><p><em>information about the <code>target<\/code><\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-info-server\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>server<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>server<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-info-cms\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>cms<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>content management system<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-info-platform_type\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>platform_type<\/code><\/td><td>array<\/td><td><p><em>platform type<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-info-ip_address\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>ip_address<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>IP address of the <code>target<\/code><\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-info-country\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>country<\/code><\/td><td>string<\/td><td><p><em>country code that the <code>target<\/code> domain is determined to belong to<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-info-is_ip\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>is_ip<\/code><\/td><td>boolean<\/td><td><p><em>indicates if the <code>target<\/code> is IP<\/em><br>if <code>true<\/code>, the domain, subdomain or webpage functions as an IP address and does not have a domain name<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-info-target_spam_score\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>target_spam_score<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>spam score of the <code>target<\/code><\/em><br>if the <code>target<\/code> is a domain\/subdomain, this fields indicates the average spam score of all pages of that domain\/subdomain;<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-internal_links_count\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>internal_links_count<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>number of internal links<\/em><br>calculated as the sum of internal links on the pages of the specified <code>target<\/code><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr data-doc-id=\"tasks-result-items-external_links_count\"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>external_links_count<\/code><\/td><td>integer<\/td><td><p><em>number of external links on the page<\/em><br>calculated as the sum of external links on the pages of the specified <code>target<\/code><\/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 receive backlinks but respond with 4xx or 5xx status codes<\/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>number of referring domains<\/em><br>referring domains include subdomains that are counted as separate domains for this metric<\/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>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>number of pages pointing to the <code>target<\/code><\/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<br>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><\/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\/history\/live&quot; \r\n--header &quot;Authorization: Basic ${cred}&quot;  \r\n--header &quot;Content-Type: application\/json&quot; \r\n--data-raw &#039;[\r\n    {\r\n    \t&quot;target&quot;: &quot;cnn.com&quot;,\r\n    \t&quot;date_from&quot;: &quot;2020-01-01&quot;,\r\n    \t&quot;date_to&quot;: &quot;2021-01-01&quot;\r\n    }\r\n]&#039;<\/code><\/pre><\/div><\/div><div id=\"php\" class=\"tab-content example__content\"><div class=\"example__code\"><pre><code class=\"language-php hljs\">&lt;?php\r\n\/\/ You can download this file from here https:\/\/cdn.dataforseo.com\/v3\/examples\/php\/php_RestClient.zip\r\nrequire(&#039;RestClient.php&#039;);\r\n$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$post_array = array();\r\n\/\/ simple way to set a task\r\n$post_array[] = array(\r\n   &quot;target&quot; =&gt; &quot;cnn.com&quot;,\r\n   &quot;date_from&quot; =&gt; &quot;2020-01-01&quot;,\r\n   &quot;date_to&quot; =&gt; &quot;2021-01-01&quot;\r\n);\r\ntry {\r\n   \/\/ POST \/v3\/backlinks\/history\/live\r\n   $result = $client-&gt;post(&#039;\/v3\/backlinks\/history\/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; =&gt; &quot;cnn.com&quot;,\r\n   &quot;date_from&quot; =&gt; &quot;2020-01-01&quot;,\r\n   &quot;date_to&quot; =&gt; &quot;2021-01-01&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\/history\/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:\/\/cdn.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;cnn.com&quot;,\r\n    date_from=&quot;2020-01-01&quot;,\r\n    date_to=&quot;2021-01-01&quot;\r\n)\r\n# POST \/v3\/backlinks\/history\/live\r\nresponse = client.post(&quot;\/v3\/backlinks\/history\/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_history_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            postData.Add(new\r\n            {\r\n                target = &quot;dataforseo.com&quot;,\r\n                date_from = &quot;2020-01-01&quot;,\r\n                date_to = &quot;2021-01-01&quot;\r\n            });\r\n            \/\/ POST \/v3\/backlinks\/history\/live\r\n            \/\/ the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation\r\n            var taskPostResponse = await httpClient.PostAsync(&quot;\/v3\/backlinks\/history\/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;0.1571 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;09291750-1535-0266-0000-7aab5e588023&quot;,\r\n      &quot;status_code&quot;: 20000,\r\n      &quot;status_message&quot;: &quot;Ok.&quot;,\r\n      &quot;time&quot;: &quot;0.0662 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;history&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;history&quot;,\r\n        &quot;target&quot;: &quot;ibm.com&quot;,\r\n        &quot;date_from&quot;: &quot;2020-08-01&quot;,\r\n        &quot;date_to&quot;: &quot;2021-01-01&quot;\r\n      },\r\n      &quot;result&quot;: [\r\n        {\r\n          &quot;target&quot;: &quot;ibm.com&quot;,\r\n          &quot;date_from&quot;: &quot;2020-08-01&quot;,\r\n          &quot;date_to&quot;: &quot;2021-01-01&quot;,\r\n          &quot;items_count&quot;: 4,\r\n          &quot;items&quot;: [\r\n            {\r\n              &quot;type&quot;: &quot;backlinks_history&quot;,\r\n              &quot;date&quot;: &quot;2020-08-31 00:00:00 +00:00&quot;,\r\n              &quot;rank&quot;: 598,\r\n              &quot;backlinks&quot;: 7960551,\r\n              &quot;new_backlinks&quot;: 528250,\r\n              &quot;lost_backlinks&quot;: 243962,\r\n              &quot;new_referring_domains&quot;: 3439,\r\n              &quot;lost_referring_domains&quot;: 860,\r\n              &quot;crawled_pages&quot;: 2317216,\r\n              &quot;info&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;server&quot;: null,\r\n                &quot;cms&quot;: null,\r\n                &quot;platform_type&quot;: null,\r\n                &quot;ip_address&quot;: &quot;104.109.76.210&quot;,\r\n                &quot;country&quot;: null,\r\n                &quot;is_ip&quot;: false,\r\n                &quot;target_spam_score&quot;: 0\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;internal_links_count&quot;: 48310894,\r\n              &quot;external_links_count&quot;: 7036559,\r\n              &quot;broken_backlinks&quot;: 0,\r\n              &quot;broken_pages&quot;: 150008,\r\n              &quot;referring_domains&quot;: 191515,\r\n              &quot;referring_domains_nofollow&quot;: 4489,\r\n              &quot;referring_main_domains&quot;: 146676,\r\n              &quot;referring_main_domains_nofollow&quot;: 3438,\r\n              &quot;referring_ips&quot;: 95885,\r\n              &quot;referring_subnets&quot;: 54931,\r\n              &quot;referring_pages&quot;: 7265491,\r\n              &quot;referring_links_tld&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;com&quot;: 3581003,\r\n                &quot;org&quot;: 883349,\r\n                &quot;tv&quot;: 868565,\r\n                &quot;edu&quot;: 595793,\r\n                &quot;net&quot;: 347933,\r\n                &quot;ru&quot;: 115490,\r\n                &quot;io&quot;: 113234,\r\n                &quot;de&quot;: 61048,\r\n                &quot;com.br&quot;: 55193,\r\n                &quot;fr&quot;: 34685\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_types&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;anchor&quot;: 7206570,\r\n                &quot;redirect&quot;: 57359,\r\n                &quot;canonical&quot;: 1545,\r\n                &quot;alternate&quot;: 17\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_attributes&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;nofollow&quot;: 973850,\r\n                &quot;noopener&quot;: 753384,\r\n                &quot;noreferrer&quot;: 144929,\r\n                &quot;external&quot;: 82838,\r\n                &quot;ugc&quot;: 6768,\r\n                &quot;bookmark&quot;: 1519,\r\n                &quot;alternate&quot;: 668,\r\n                &quot;author&quot;: 474,\r\n                &quot;tag&quot;: 350,\r\n                &quot;sponsored&quot;: 110\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_platform_types&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;unknown&quot;: 6418758,\r\n                &quot;cms&quot;: 696561,\r\n                &quot;blogs&quot;: 631531,\r\n                &quot;wikis&quot;: 38885,\r\n                &quot;ecommerce&quot;: 18248,\r\n                &quot;message-boards&quot;: 15656\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_semantic_locations&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;&quot;: 3687993,\r\n                &quot;footer&quot;: 1779772,\r\n                &quot;section&quot;: 997508,\r\n                &quot;article&quot;: 426672,\r\n                &quot;aside&quot;: 114124,\r\n                &quot;header&quot;: 111368,\r\n                &quot;nav&quot;: 103593,\r\n                &quot;main&quot;: 38299,\r\n                &quot;figure&quot;: 4910,\r\n                &quot;figcaption&quot;: 889\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_countries&quot;: null,\r\n              &quot;referring_pages_nofollow&quot;: 33339\r\n            },\r\n            {\r\n              &quot;type&quot;: &quot;backlinks_history&quot;,\r\n              &quot;date&quot;: &quot;2020-09-30 00:00:00 +00:00&quot;,\r\n              &quot;rank&quot;: 600,\r\n              &quot;backlinks&quot;: 8231030,\r\n              &quot;new_backlinks&quot;: 407125,\r\n              &quot;lost_backlinks&quot;: 155261,\r\n              &quot;new_referring_domains&quot;: 4555,\r\n              &quot;lost_referring_domains&quot;: 751,\r\n              &quot;crawled_pages&quot;: 2390151,\r\n              &quot;info&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;server&quot;: &quot;ustream\/web&quot;,\r\n                &quot;cms&quot;: null,\r\n                &quot;platform_type&quot;: [\r\n                  &quot;unknown&quot;\r\n                ],\r\n                &quot;ip_address&quot;: &quot;104.109.76.210&quot;,\r\n                &quot;country&quot;: null,\r\n                &quot;is_ip&quot;: false,\r\n                &quot;target_spam_score&quot;: 0\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;internal_links_count&quot;: 48306246,\r\n              &quot;external_links_count&quot;: 6814735,\r\n              &quot;broken_backlinks&quot;: 0,\r\n              &quot;broken_pages&quot;: 153405,\r\n              &quot;referring_domains&quot;: 196837,\r\n              &quot;referring_domains_nofollow&quot;: 4730,\r\n              &quot;referring_main_domains&quot;: 150753,\r\n              &quot;referring_main_domains_nofollow&quot;: 3635,\r\n              &quot;referring_ips&quot;: 98439,\r\n              &quot;referring_subnets&quot;: 55945,\r\n              &quot;referring_pages&quot;: 7523423,\r\n              &quot;referring_links_tld&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;com&quot;: 3649487,\r\n                &quot;org&quot;: 1011765,\r\n                &quot;tv&quot;: 867263,\r\n                &quot;edu&quot;: 597002,\r\n                &quot;net&quot;: 355506,\r\n                &quot;ru&quot;: 138864,\r\n                &quot;io&quot;: 115358,\r\n                &quot;de&quot;: 68799,\r\n                &quot;com.br&quot;: 57495,\r\n                &quot;fr&quot;: 34360\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_types&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;anchor&quot;: 7462829,\r\n                &quot;redirect&quot;: 58950,\r\n                &quot;canonical&quot;: 1626,\r\n                &quot;alternate&quot;: 18\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_attributes&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;nofollow&quot;: 971813,\r\n                &quot;noopener&quot;: 748692,\r\n                &quot;noreferrer&quot;: 154975,\r\n                &quot;external&quot;: 85418,\r\n                &quot;ugc&quot;: 7674,\r\n                &quot;bookmark&quot;: 2439,\r\n                &quot;alternate&quot;: 676,\r\n                &quot;author&quot;: 415,\r\n                &quot;tag&quot;: 356,\r\n                &quot;sponsored&quot;: 116\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_platform_types&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;unknown&quot;: 6630888,\r\n                &quot;cms&quot;: 737977,\r\n                &quot;blogs&quot;: 673558,\r\n                &quot;wikis&quot;: 39589,\r\n                &quot;ecommerce&quot;: 19351,\r\n                &quot;message-boards&quot;: 16027\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_semantic_locations&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;&quot;: 3761537,\r\n                &quot;footer&quot;: 1935941,\r\n                &quot;section&quot;: 986991,\r\n                &quot;article&quot;: 445547,\r\n                &quot;header&quot;: 120263,\r\n                &quot;aside&quot;: 116787,\r\n                &quot;nav&quot;: 108846,\r\n                &quot;main&quot;: 40953,\r\n                &quot;figure&quot;: 5269,\r\n                &quot;figcaption&quot;: 929\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_countries&quot;: null,\r\n              &quot;referring_pages_nofollow&quot;: 36250\r\n            },\r\n            {\r\n              &quot;type&quot;: &quot;backlinks_history&quot;,\r\n              &quot;date&quot;: &quot;2020-10-31 00:00:00 +00:00&quot;,\r\n              &quot;rank&quot;: 602,\r\n              &quot;backlinks&quot;: 8561190,\r\n              &quot;new_backlinks&quot;: 455524,\r\n              &quot;lost_backlinks&quot;: 156158,\r\n              &quot;new_referring_domains&quot;: 4580,\r\n              &quot;lost_referring_domains&quot;: 388,\r\n              &quot;crawled_pages&quot;: 2485792,\r\n              &quot;info&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;server&quot;: null,\r\n                &quot;cms&quot;: null,\r\n                &quot;platform_type&quot;: [\r\n                  &quot;unknown&quot;\r\n                ],\r\n                &quot;ip_address&quot;: &quot;104.109.76.210&quot;,\r\n                &quot;country&quot;: null,\r\n                &quot;is_ip&quot;: false,\r\n                &quot;target_spam_score&quot;: 0\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;internal_links_count&quot;: 49573669,\r\n              &quot;external_links_count&quot;: 6900594,\r\n              &quot;broken_backlinks&quot;: 0,\r\n              &quot;broken_pages&quot;: 157439,\r\n              &quot;referring_domains&quot;: 203646,\r\n              &quot;referring_domains_nofollow&quot;: 4969,\r\n              &quot;referring_main_domains&quot;: 155524,\r\n              &quot;referring_main_domains_nofollow&quot;: 3812,\r\n              &quot;referring_ips&quot;: 101117,\r\n              &quot;referring_subnets&quot;: 57034,\r\n              &quot;referring_pages&quot;: 7831950,\r\n              &quot;referring_links_tld&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;com&quot;: 3718284,\r\n                &quot;org&quot;: 1170115,\r\n                &quot;tv&quot;: 867765,\r\n                &quot;edu&quot;: 598029,\r\n                &quot;net&quot;: 366456,\r\n                &quot;ru&quot;: 167229,\r\n                &quot;io&quot;: 118880,\r\n                &quot;de&quot;: 72381,\r\n                &quot;com.br&quot;: 65144,\r\n                &quot;it&quot;: 35100\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_types&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;anchor&quot;: 7770042,\r\n                &quot;redirect&quot;: 60217,\r\n                &quot;canonical&quot;: 1672,\r\n                &quot;alternate&quot;: 19\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_attributes&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;nofollow&quot;: 970935,\r\n                &quot;noopener&quot;: 745230,\r\n                &quot;noreferrer&quot;: 167836,\r\n                &quot;external&quot;: 88874,\r\n                &quot;ugc&quot;: 8085,\r\n                &quot;bookmark&quot;: 2462,\r\n                &quot;alternate&quot;: 687,\r\n                &quot;author&quot;: 398,\r\n                &quot;tag&quot;: 362,\r\n                &quot;sponsored&quot;: 124\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_platform_types&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;unknown&quot;: 6897418,\r\n                &quot;cms&quot;: 776539,\r\n                &quot;blogs&quot;: 710442,\r\n                &quot;wikis&quot;: 40448,\r\n                &quot;ecommerce&quot;: 22248,\r\n                &quot;message-boards&quot;: 16470\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_semantic_locations&quot;: {\r\n                &quot;&quot;: 3845675,\r\n                &quot;footer&quot;: 2146663,\r\n                &quot;section&quot;: 974315,\r\n                &quot;article&quot;: 463646,\r\n                &quot;header&quot;: 124594,\r\n                &quot;aside&quot;: 118868,\r\n                &quot;nav&quot;: 107545,\r\n                &quot;main&quot;: 43866,\r\n                &quot;figure&quot;: 5432,\r\n                &quot;figcaption&quot;: 988\r\n              },\r\n              &quot;referring_links_countries&quot;: null,\r\n              &quot;referring_pages_nofollow&quot;: 46312\r\n            },\r\n            {\r\n              &quot;type&quot;: &quot;backlinks_history&quot;,\r\n              &quot;date&quot;: &quot;2020-12-31 00:00:00 +00:00&quot;,\r\n              &quot;rank&quot;: 603,\r\n              &quot;backlinks&quot;: 8900727,\r\n          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backlinks data back to the beginning of 2019. You can receive the number of backlinks a given domain had in a specific time period, the number of new &#038; lost backlinks, referring domains, and more. Historical data is available from 2019-01-01. [\/vc_column_text] POST https:\/\/api.dataforseo.com\/v3\/backlinks\/history\/live [&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<\/em><br><strong>required field<\/strong><br>a domain should be specified without <code>https:\/\/<\/code> and <code>www.<\/code>\n  - name: date_from\n    type: string\n    description: |\n      <em>starting date of the time range<\/em><br>optional field<br>minimum value <code>2019-01-01<\/code><br>if you don't specify this field, the minimum value will be used by default<br>date format: <code>\"yyyy-mm-dd\"<\/code><br>example:<br><code>\"2019-01-15\"<\/code>\n  - name: date_to\n    type: string\n    description: |\n      <em>ending date of the time range<\/em><br>optional field<br>if you don't specify this field, the today's date will be used by default<br>date format: <code>\"yyyy-mm-dd\"<\/code><br>example:<br><code>\"2019-01-15\"<\/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 tasks 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<\/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><code>target<\/code> from the POST array<\/em>\n              - name: date_from\n                type: string\n                description: |\n                  <em>starting date of the time range<\/em><br>in the UTC format: \u201cyyyy-mm-dd\u201d<br>example:<br><code>2019-01-01<\/code>\n              - name: date_to\n                type: string\n                description: |\n                  <em>ending date of the time range<\/em><br>in the UTC format: <code>\"yyyy-mm-dd\"<\/code><br>example:<br><code>\"2019-01-15\"<\/code>\n              - name: items_count\n                type: integer\n                description: |\n                  <em>the number of results returned in the <code>items<\/code> array<\/em>\n              - name: items\n                type: array\n                description: |\n                  <em>contains historical backlink data for the specified domain<\/em><br>the data is provided month-by-month;<br>the metrics are aggregated according to the backlinks the specified domain had on the first day of each given month\n                items:\n                  children:\n                    - name: type\n                      type: string\n                      description: \"<em>type of element_=_<strong>'backlinks_history'<\/strong><\/em>n\"\n                    - name: date\n                      type: string\n                      description: |\n                        <em>date and time when the data for the target was stored<\/em><br>in the UTC format: \"yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00\"<br>example:<br><code>2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00<\/code>\n                    - name: rank\n                      type: integer\n                      description: |\n                        <em>domain rank on the given <code>date<\/code><\/em><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>number of backlinks<\/em>\n                    - name: new_backlinks\n                      type: integer\n                      description: |\n                        <em>number of new backlinks for the <code>target<\/code><\/em><br>data is provided based in a comparison with the previous period<br><strong>Note:<\/strong> this data is available from May 2021;<br>if the date range specified in the POST request precedes May 2021, the field will equal <code>0<\/code>\n                    - name: lost_backlinks\n                      type: integer\n                      description: |\n                        <em>number of lost backlinks for the <code>target<\/code><\/em><br>data is provided based in a comparison with the previous period<br><strong>Note:<\/strong> this data is available from May 2021;<br>if the date range specified in the POST request precedes May 2021, the field will equal <code>0<\/code>\n                    - name: new_referring_domains\n                      type: integer\n                      description: |\n                        <em>number of new referring domains for the <code>target<\/code><\/em><br>data is provided based in a comparison with the previous period<br><strong>Note:<\/strong> this data is available from May 2021;<br>if the date range specified in the POST request precedes May 2021, the field will equal <code>0<\/code>\n                    - name: lost_referring_domains\n                      type: integer\n                      description: |\n                        <em>number of lost referring domains for the <code>target<\/code><\/em><br>data is provided based in a comparison with the previous period<br><strong>Note:<\/strong> this data is available from May 2021;<br>if the date range specified in the POST request precedes May 2021, the field will equal <code>0<\/code>\n                    - 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name: country\n                          type: string\n                          description: |\n                            <em>country code that the <code>target<\/code> domain is determined to belong to<\/em>\n                        - name: is_ip\n                          type: boolean\n                          description: |\n                            <em>indicates if the <code>target<\/code> is IP<\/em><br>if <code>true<\/code>, the domain, subdomain or webpage functions as an IP address and does not have a domain name\n                        - name: target_spam_score\n                          type: integer\n                          description: |\n                            <em>spam score of the <code>target<\/code><\/em><br>if the <code>target<\/code> is a domain\/subdomain, this fields indicates the average spam score of all pages of that domain\/subdomain;<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: internal_links_count\n                      type: integer\n                      description: |\n                        <em>number of internal links<\/em><br>calculated as the sum of internal links on the pages of the specified <code>target<\/code>\n                    - name: external_links_count\n                      type: integer\n                      description: |\n                        <em>number of external links on the page<\/em><br>calculated as the sum of external links on the pages of the specified <code>target<\/code>\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 receive backlinks but respond with 4xx or 5xx status codes\n                    - 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