Refdomains history

API + MCP

GET/v3/site-explorer/refdomains-history

Query parameters

history_groupingstring

The time interval used to group historical data.

Allowed values:dailyweeklymonthly

Default:monthly

date_tostring (date)

The end date of the historical period in YYYY-MM-DD format.

date_fromstring (date)Required

The start date of the historical period in YYYY-MM-DD format.

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

outputstring

The output format.

Allowed values:jsoncsvxmlphp

Responses

refdomainsarray<object>

datestring (date)

refdomainsinteger

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

Parameters

history_grouping

date_to

date_fromRequired

protocol

targetRequired

mode

output

API key

Request

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

import requests

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

{
  "refdomains": [
    {
      "date": "string",
      "refdomains": 0
    }
  ]
}