Backlinks List API
Every backlink pointing to any URL or domain with anchor text, authority scores, and follow/nofollow status. Bulk link data from $0.05/call.
Retrieve every backlink pointing to a domain, subdomain, or URL. Each result includes the source page, anchor text, dofollow status, authority scores, and first/last seen dates. Essential for link building research and competitive backlink analysis.
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{
"ok": true,
"data": [
{
"sourceUrl": "https://blog.example.com/best-tools",
"sourceDomain": "blog.example.com",
"targetUrl": "https://example.com",
"anchorText": "best tool",
"isDofollow": true,
"domainAuthority": 68,
"pageAuthority": 45,
"firstSeen": "2025-06-12",
"lastSeen": "2026-03-01"
}
]
}Features
The target field accepts a domain, subdomain, or an exact URL, so you can pull the link profile of an entire site or a single page from one endpoint.
Every row returns anchorText and an isDofollow flag, giving you the raw material to audit anchor health and equity flow per link.
Results include both domainAuthority and pageAuthority, so you can judge link strength at the site and the individual-page level.
Each backlink carries firstSeen and lastSeen dates, letting you detect newly earned links and links that have disappeared from a profile.
Set limit up to 1000 per call (default 100); billing adds $0.006 per 100 rows, so a full thousand-link pull adds only about six cents to the $0.04 base.
Use cases
Link Building Research
Discover every backlink pointing to a competitor's top pages and replicate their most effective link-building strategies.
Backlink Audit
Audit your own backlink profile to identify toxic links, lost links, and opportunities to reclaim broken references.
Quick start
Copy this snippet and start making calls.
const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/seo/backlinks/list', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"target": "example.com",
"limit": 100
}),
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);The backlinks list API for developers — every link to a domain, subdomain, or URL
The Backlinks List API retrieves every backlink pointing to a target, whether that target is a whole domain, a subdomain, or one specific URL. Each link returns its source page, anchor text, dofollow status, domain and page authority, plus first-seen and last-seen dates.
Where the Backlink Checker gives a quick profile, this endpoint is the high-volume workhorse — up to 1000 links per call with timestamps for change tracking. It shares a key with the Anchors, Referring Domains, and Intersection endpoints for full link analysis.
What is a backlinks list API?
A backlinks list API returns the complete set of inbound links to a target as paginated data. The distinguishing trait here is granularity: the target can be a domain, a subdomain, or an exact URL, and each backlink comes back with both domainAuthority and pageAuthority plus firstSeen and lastSeen timestamps. That lets you analyze links at the page level and detect gains and losses over time. YepAPI exposes it at /v1/seo/backlinks/list — post a target and a limit up to 1000, and receive a JSON array of fully attributed backlinks.
Build your own backlinks list tool
Build a link-monitoring service that snapshots a target's backlinks on a schedule and diffs lastSeen dates to alert when valuable links drop. Because you can target a single URL, you can power a per-page link report inside a CMS, showing editors exactly which sites cite each article. The pageAuthority field supports ranking links by the strength of the specific referring page, not just its domain — useful for prioritizing reclamation outreach.
Backlinks list API pricing — $0.04 + $0.006 per 100 rows
A call is $0.04 plus $0.006 per 100 rows, so the maximum 1000-link pull costs roughly $0.10 all-in. That makes daily monitoring of even large profiles affordable, and a default 100-row check rounds to about five cents. The same data sits behind $399–$999/mo subscription tiers elsewhere; here it is metered per request with no seat or contract.
Bulk backlink audits at scale
Loop a list of targets through the endpoint at limit 1000 to pull deep profiles for an entire portfolio in one batch. The firstSeen and lastSeen fields make it straightforward to compute link velocity and churn per site, while pageAuthority lets you weight the audit by link quality. Store each pull and diff against the last to build an automated lost-link and new-link reporting pipeline.
Try the backlinks list API free
Open an account for $5 of free credit, no card needed. That is enough for dozens of deep 1000-link pulls — sufficient to test change-tracking across two snapshots and confirm the timestamp fields behave the way your monitoring tool needs.
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Frequently asked questions
Retrieve every backlink pointing to a domain, subdomain, or URL. Each result includes the source page, anchor text, dofollow status, authority scores, and first/last seen dates. Essential for link building research and competitive backlink analysis.
Each API call costs $0.04 (+$0.006 per 100 rows). No monthly minimums or subscriptions — you only pay for what you use.
Sign up for a free API key, then send a POST request to /v1/seo/backlinks/list. Check the code example above for a ready-to-use snippet in JavaScript, cURL, or Python.
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