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Backlinks API: backlinks and referring domains for any domain

seo.backlinks

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Backlinks and referring domains for a target domain.

live coverage

DataForSEO: all inputs ✓

✓ marks a combination proven with a real provider call. Others are wired and unit-tested; their first live run verifies them.

Providers

ProviderStatus
DataForSEO live

Billing

Unit: per_search · unmatched results billed: no
Priced per lookup plus a small per-row amount, scaling with limit (default 20, one row per referring domain). The exact quote is reserved before execution. If the provider's actual cost overruns the estimate, the run bills the overrun at the same per-call rate, capped by the hold.

The exact quote is returned by /v1/inspect before every call and held with headroom on execution. The quote is the price floor: if the provider's actual cost overruns it, the run bills the overrun at the same rate, never above the hold. The unused part of every hold is released.

Run it

curl https://api.jell.run/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $JELL_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "capability": "seo.backlinks",
    "input": { "domain": "..." },
    "routing": {"provider": "auto"}
  }'

Input schema

{
  "properties": {
    "domain": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "domain"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Normalized output fields

domain · rank · backlinks · backlinks_total · referring_domains

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