> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://aisa.one/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Backlinks > This endpoint will provide you with a list of backlinks and relevant data for the specified domain, subdomain, or webpage. ## OpenAPI ````yaml openapi/dataforseo.json POST /dataforseo/backlinks/backlinks/live openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: DataForSEO API version: 1.0.0 description: DataForSEO API endpoints exposed through the AIsa unified gateway. servers: - url: https://api.aisa.one/apis/v1 security: - BearerAuth: [] paths: /dataforseo/backlinks/backlinks/live: post: summary: Backlinks description: >- This endpoint will provide you with a list of backlinks and relevant data for the specified domain, subdomain, or webpage. operationId: post_dataforseo_backlinks_backlinks_live requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: target: type: string description: >- domain, subdomain or webpage to get backlinks for required field a domain or a subdomain should be specified without https:// and www. a page should be specified with absolute URL (including http:// or https://) mode: type: string description: >- results grouping type optional field possible grouping types: as_is – returns all backlinks one_per_domain – returns one backlink per domain one_per_anchor – returns one backlink per anchor default value: as_is custom_mode: type: object description: >- detailed results grouping type optional field use this object to get a specific number of backlinks per field if you use custom_mode, then mode will be ignored example: "custom_mode": {"field": "domain", "value": 100} filters: type: array items: type: string description: >- array of results filtering parameters optional field you can add several filters at once (8 filters maximum) you should set a logical operator and, or between the conditions the following operators are supported: =, , in, not_in, like, not_like, ilike, not_ilike, regex, not_regex, match, not_match you can use the % operator with like and not_like to match any string of zero or more characters example: ["rank",">","80"] [["page_from_rank",">","55"], "and", ["dofollow","=",true]] [["first_seen",">","2017-10-23 11:31:45 +00:00"], "and", [["anchor","like","%seo%"],"or",["text_pre","like","%seo%"]]] The full list of possible filters is available here. order_by: type: array items: type: string description: >- results sorting rules optional field you can use the same values as in the filters array to sort the results possible sorting types: asc – results will be sorted in the ascending order desc – results will be sorted in the descending order you should use a comma to set up a sorting type example: ["rank,desc"] note that you can set no more than three sorting rules in a single request you should use a comma to separate several sorting rules example: ["domain_from_rank,desc","page_from_rank,asc"] offset: type: integer description: >- offset in the results array of the returned backlinks optional field default value: 0 if you specify the 10 value, the first ten backlinks in the results array will be omitted and the data will be provided for the successive backlinks; Note: the maximum value is 20,000, use the search_after_token if you would like to offset more results search_after_token: type: string description: >- token for subsequent requests optional field provided in the identical filed of the response to each request; use this parameter to avoid timeouts while trying to obtain over 20,000 results in a single request; by specifying the unique search_after_token value from the response array, you will get the subsequent results of the initial task; search_after_token values are unique for each subsequent task ; Note: if the search_after_token is specified in the request, all other parameters should be identical to the previous request limit: type: integer description: >- the maximum number of returned backlinks optional field default value: 100 maximum value: 1000 backlinks_status_type: type: string description: >- set what backlinks to return and count optional field you can use this field to choose what backlinks will be returned and used for aggregated metrics for your target; possible values: all – all backlinks will be returned and counted; live – backlinks found during the last check will be returned and counted; lost – lost backlinks will be returned and counted; default value: live include_subdomains: type: boolean description: >- indicates if the subdomains of the target will be included in the search optional field if set to false, the subdomains will be ignored default value: true exclude_internal_backlinks: type: boolean description: >- indicates if internal backlinks from subdomains to the target will be excluded from the results optional field if set to true, the results will not include data on internal backlinks from subdomains of the same domain as target if set to false, internal links will be included in the results default value: true rank_scale: type: string description: >- defines the scale used for calculating and displaying the rank, domain_from_rank, and page_from_rank values optional field you can use this parameter to choose whether rank values are presented on a 0–100 or 0–1000 scale possible values: one_hundred — rank values are displayed on a 0–100 scale one_thousand — rank values are displayed on a 0–1000 scale default value: one_thousand learn more about how this parameter works and how ranking metrics are calculated in this Help Center article tag: type: string description: >- user-defined task identifier optional field the character limit is 255 you can use this parameter to identify the task and match it with the result you will find the specified tag value in the data object of the response required: - target responses: '200': description: Successful response content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: version: type: string description: the current version of the API status_code: type: integer description: >- general status code you can find the full list of the response codes here Note: we strongly recommend designing a necessary system for handling related exceptional or error conditions status_message: type: string description: >- general informational message you can find the full list of general informational messages here time: type: string description: execution time, seconds cost: type: number description: total tasks cost, USD tasks_count: type: integer description: the number of tasks in the tasks array tasks_error: type: integer description: >- the number of tasks in the tasks array returned with an error tasks: type: array items: type: string description: array of tasks tasks.id: type: string description: >- task identifier unique task identifier in our system in the UUID format tasks.status_code: type: integer description: >- status code of the task generated by DataForSEO; can be within the following range: 10000-60000 you can find the full list of the response codes here tasks.status_message: type: string description: >- informational message of the task you can find the full list of general informational messages here tasks.time: type: string description: execution time, seconds tasks.cost: type: number description: cost of the task, USD tasks.result_count: type: integer description: number of elements in the result array tasks.path: type: array items: type: string description: URL path tasks.data: type: object description: >- contains the same parameters that you specified in the POST request tasks.result: type: array items: type: string description: array of results tasks.result.target: type: string description: target domain in a POST array tasks.result.mode: type: string description: mode specified in a POST array tasks.result.custom_mode: type: object description: custom mode specified in a POST array tasks.result.total_count: type: integer description: total amount of results relevant the request tasks.result.items_count: type: integer description: the number of results returned in the items array tasks.result.items: type: array items: type: string description: contains relevant backlinks and referring domains data tasks.result.items.type: type: string description: type of element = ‘backlink’ tasks.result.items.domain_from: type: string description: domain referring to the target domain or webpage tasks.result.items.url_from: type: string description: URL of the page where the backlink is found tasks.result.items.url_from_https: type: boolean description: >- indicates whether the referring URL is secured with HTTPS if true, the referring URL is secured with HTTPS tasks.result.items.domain_to: type: string description: domain the backlink is pointing to tasks.result.items.url_to: type: string description: URL the backlink is pointing to tasks.result.items.url_to_https: type: boolean description: >- indicates if the URL the backlink is pointing to is secured with HTTPS if true, the URL is secured with HTTPS tasks.result.items.tld_from: type: string description: top-level domain of the referring URL tasks.result.items.is_new: type: boolean description: >- indicates whether the backlink is new if true, the backlink was found on the page last time our crawler visited it tasks.result.items.is_lost: type: boolean description: >- indicates whether the backlink was removed if true, the backlink or the entire page was removed tasks.result.items.backlink_spam_score: type: integer description: >- spam score of the backlink learn more about how the metric is calculated on this help center page tasks.result.items.rank: type: integer description: >- backlink rank rank that the given backlink passes to the target rank is calculated based on the method for node ranking in a linked database – a principle used in the original Google PageRank algorithm learn more about the metric and how it is calculated in this help center article tasks.result.items.page_from_rank: type: integer description: >- page rank of the referring page page_from_rank is calculated based on the method for node ranking in a linked database – a principle used in the original Google PageRank algorithm learn more about the metric and how it is calculated in this help center article tasks.result.items.domain_from_rank: type: integer description: >- domain rank of the referring domain domain_from_rank is calculated based on the method for node ranking in a linked database – a principle used in the original Google PageRank algorithm learn more about the metric and how it is calculated in this help center article tasks.result.items.domain_from_platform_type: type: array items: type: string description: >- platform types of the referring domain possible values: cms, blogs, ecommerce, message-boards, wikis, news, organization tasks.result.items.domain_from_is_ip: type: boolean description: >- indicates if the domain is IP if true, the domain functions as an IP address and does not have a domain name tasks.result.items.domain_from_ip: type: string description: IP address of the referring domain tasks.result.items.domain_from_country: type: string description: ISO country code of the referring domain tasks.result.items.page_from_external_links: type: integer description: number of external links found on the referring page tasks.result.items.page_from_internal_links: type: integer description: number of internal links found on the referring page tasks.result.items.page_from_size: type: integer description: 'size of the referring page, in bytes example: 63357' tasks.result.items.page_from_encoding: type: string description: 'character encoding of the referring page example: utf-8' tasks.result.items.page_from_language: type: string description: >- language of the referring page in ISO 639-1 format example: en tasks.result.items.page_from_title: type: string description: title of the referring page tasks.result.items.page_from_status_code: type: integer description: >- HTTP status code returned by the referring page example: 200 tasks.result.items.first_seen: type: string description: >- date and time when our crawler found the backlink for the first time in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00” example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00 tasks.result.items.prev_seen: type: string description: >- previous to the most recent date when our crawler visited the backlink in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00” example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00 tasks.result.items.last_seen: type: string description: >- most recent date when our crawler visited the backlink in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00” example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00 tasks.result.items.item_type: type: string description: >- link type possible values: anchor, image, meta, canonical, alternate, redirect tasks.result.items.attributes: type: array items: type: string description: 'link attributes of the referring links example: nofollow' tasks.result.items.dofollow: type: boolean description: >- indicates whether the backlink is dofollow if false, the backlink is nofollow tasks.result.items.original: type: boolean description: >- indicates whether the backlink was present on the referring page when our crawler first visited it tasks.result.items.alt: type: string description: >- alternative text of the image this field will be null if backlink type is not image tasks.result.items.image_url: type: string description: >- URL of the image the URL leading to the image on the original resource or DataForSEO storage (in case the original source is not available) tasks.result.items.anchor: type: string description: anchor text of the backlink tasks.result.items.text_pre: type: string description: snippet before the anchor text tasks.result.items.text_post: type: string description: snippet after the anchor text tasks.result.items.semantic_location: type: string description: >- indicates semantic element in HTML where the backlink is found you can get the full list of semantic elements here examples: article, section, summary tasks.result.items.links_count: type: integer description: number of identical backlinks found on the referring page tasks.result.items.group_count: type: integer description: >- indicates total number of backlinks from this domain for example, if mode is set to one_per_domain, this field will indicate the total number of backlinks coming from this domain tasks.result.items.is_broken: type: boolean description: >- indicates whether the backlink is broken if true, the backlink is pointing to a page responding with a 4xx or 5xx status code tasks.result.items.url_to_status_code: type: integer description: >- status code of the referenced page if the value is null, our crawler hasn’t yet visited the webpage the link is pointing to example: 200 tasks.result.items.url_to_spam_score: type: integer description: >- spam score of the referenced page if the value is null, our crawler hasn’t yet visited the webpage the link is pointing to; learn more about how the metric is calculated on this help center page tasks.result.items.url_to_redirect_target: type: string description: >- target url of the redirect target page the redirect is pointing to tasks.result.items.is_indirect_link: type: boolean description: >- indicates whether the backlink is an indirect link if true, the backlink is an indirect link pointing to a page that either redirects to url_to, or points to a canonical page tasks.result.items.indirect_link_path: type: array items: type: string description: >- indirect link path indicates a URL or a sequence of URLs that lead to url_to tasks.result.items.indirect_link_path.type: type: string description: 'indirect link type possible values: redirect, canonical' tasks.result.items.indirect_link_path.status_code: type: integer description: HTTP status code of the URL tasks.result.items.indirect_link_path.url: type: string description: indirect link URL tasks.result.search_after_token: type: string description: >- token for subsequent requests by specifying the unique search_after_token when setting a new task, you will get the subsequent results of the initial task; search_after_token values are unique for each subsequent task '400': description: Bad request '401': description: Unauthorized '429': description: Rate limit exceeded '500': description: Internal server error components: securitySchemes: BearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer ````