Backlinks
Get inbound links pointing to a domain.
GET /v1/backlinks
Returns inbound links pointing to the specified domain. Costs 2 credits.
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
domain | string | Yes | The domain to query (e.g. example.com) |
limit | integer | No | Max results (default 100, max 1000) |
offset | integer | No | Results to skip for pagination |
Request
curl "https://api.rankparse.com/v1/backlinks?domain=example.com&limit=5" \
-H "X-API-Key: rp_your_key"Response
{
"data": [
{
"from_domain": "techcrunch.com",
"from_url": "https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/review",
"to_url": "https://example.com/product",
"anchor_text": "Example Product",
"rel": null,
"link_type": "a",
"domain_host_count": 54321,
"crawled_at": "2026-02-10"
}
],
"domain": "example.com",
"total": 1234,
"limit": 5,
"offset": 0,
"credits_used": 2,
"credits_remaining": 998,
"crawl_release": "cc-main-2026-jan-feb-mar",
"cached": false
}Response fields
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
from_domain | string | Domain of the linking page |
from_url | string | Full URL of the linking page |
to_url | string | URL being linked to |
anchor_text | string or null | Anchor text of the link |
rel | string or null | Link rel attribute (e.g. nofollow) |
link_type | string | HTML element type (a, img, etc.) |
domain_host_count | number | Number of hosts on the linking domain |
crawled_at | string | Date the link was crawled |