Backlinks stats

API + MCP

GET/v3/site-explorer/backlinks-stats

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.

modestring

The scope of the search based on the target you entered.

Allowed values:exactprefixdomainsubdomains

Default:subdomains

datestring (date)Required

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

outputstring

The output format.

Allowed values:jsoncsvxmlphp

Responses

metricsobject

all_timeinteger

The total number of links from other websites pointing to your target for all time.

all_time_refdomainsinteger

(5 units) The total number of unique domains linking to your target for all time.

liveinteger

The total number of links from other websites pointing to your target.

live_refdomainsinteger

(5 units) The total number of unique domains linking to your target.

Parameters

protocol

targetRequired

mode

dateRequired

output

API key

Request

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

import requests

url = "https://api.ahrefs.com/v3/site-explorer/backlinks-stats"
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/backlinks-stats", {
  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/backlinks-stats", 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

{
  "metrics": {
    "all_time": 0,
    "all_time_refdomains": 0,
    "live": 0,
    "live_refdomains": 0
  }
}