Domain rating

API + MCP

GET/v3/site-explorer/domain-rating

Query parameters

protocolstring

The protocol of your target.

Allowed values:bothhttphttps

Default:both

targetstring (url)Required

The target of the search: a domain or a URL.

datestring (date)Required

A date to report metrics on in YYYY-MM-DD format.

outputstring

The output format.

Allowed values:jsoncsvxmlphp

Responses

domain_ratingobject

ahrefs_rankinteger or null

The strength of your target's backlink profile compared to the other websites in our database, with rank #1 being the strongest.

domain_ratingnumber (float)

The strength of your target's backlink profile compared to the other websites in our database on a 100-point logarithmic scale.

Parameters

protocol

targetRequired

dateRequired

output

API key

Request

curl "https://api.ahrefs.com/v3/site-explorer/domain-rating" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AHREFS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

import requests

url = "https://api.ahrefs.com/v3/site-explorer/domain-rating"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer $AHREFS_API_KEY",
    "Accept": "application/json"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.json())

const response = await fetch("https://api.ahrefs.com/v3/site-explorer/domain-rating", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer $AHREFS_API_KEY",
    "Accept": "application/json"
  }
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.ahrefs.com/v3/site-explorer/domain-rating", nil)
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer $AHREFS_API_KEY")
req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")

resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()

data, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(data))

Response

200 OK

{
  "domain_rating": {
    "ahrefs_rank": 0,
    "domain_rating": 0.0
  }
}