Outlinks stats

API + MCP

GET/v3/site-explorer/outlinks-stats

This is a beta version of the endpoint. The data it returns may not always exactly match the corresponding values in Ahrefs UI. Data accuracy will be improved soon.

Query parameters

targetstring (url)Required

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

modestring

The scope of the target.

Allowed values:exactprefixdomainsubdomains

Default:subdomains

protocolstring

The protocol of your target.

Allowed values:bothhttphttps

Default:both

outputstring

The output format.

Allowed values:jsoncsvxmlphp

Responses

metricsobject

linked_domainsinteger

The number of unique root domains linked from the target.

linked_domains_dofollowinteger

The number of unique root domains linked via dofollow links from the target.

outgoing_linksinteger

The number of external links from the target.

outgoing_links_dofollowinteger

The number of external dofollow links from the target.

Parameters

targetRequired

mode

protocol

output

API keyRequired

Request

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

import requests

url = "https://api.ahrefs.com/v3/site-explorer/outlinks-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/outlinks-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/outlinks-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": {
    "linked_domains": 0,
    "linked_domains_dofollow": 0,
    "outgoing_links": 0,
    "outgoing_links_dofollow": 0
  }
}