# Backlink Summary

DataForSEO

Measure backlink authority, referring domains, link types and spam signals for a site or page.

## Use this tool with your AI agent

1. Copy the prompt
2. Paste it into your agent
3. Tell it what you need

Read https://scrollport.com/start. Use my existing Scrollport connection, or help me connect if needed. Help me use Backlink Summary (tool ID: dataforseo.backlink-summary). Ask me for the details you need, then show me the result.

**Already connected:** Your agent can use that connection.

**New user:** Your agent will guide you through setup, sign-in and authorisation.

Provider access is included.

Connect your first agent to receive $1 trial credit.

**Job:** [Check backlinks](https://scrollport.com/tools/backlink-api)

**Current price:** $0.0336/request

**Availability:** Ready to run

## Tool details

**About this tool**

Returns DataForSEO Rank and aggregate backlink counts for a domain, subdomain or page; DataForSEO Rank is not Ahrefs Domain Rating or URL Rating.

**Inputs and outputs**

### Input

`backlinks_status_type` string · optional

Value supplied for backlinks status type.

enum: all, live, lost

`include_subdomains` boolean · optional

Value supplied for include subdomains.

`rank_scale` string · optional

Value supplied for rank scale.

enum: one_hundred, one_thousand

`target` string · required

Domain, subdomain or absolute page URL.

minLength: 1 · maxLength: 2000

### Output

`backlinks` number

Returned backlinks value.

`broken_backlinks` number

Returned broken backlinks value.

`rank` number

Returned rank value.

`referring_domains` number

Returned referring domains value.

`referring_main_domains` number

Returned referring main domains value.

`referring_pages` number

Returned referring pages value.

`target` string

Returned target value.

**Example request and output**

Inspect returns this reviewed example, its estimated cost and the current input schema. Run calculates the estimate for your actual input.

### Request

```
{
  "tool_id": "dataforseo.backlink-summary",
  "input": {
    "target": "dataforseo.com",
    "include_subdomains": true
  }
}
```

### Output

```
{
  "rank": 51,
  "target": "dataforseo.com",
  "backlinks": 341755,
  "referring_pages": 337609,
  "broken_backlinks": 2254,
  "referring_domains": 3867,
  "referring_main_domains": 3471
}
```

**Errors and limitations**

- `configuration_error`: DataForSEO account access, funding or cost controls blocked the request.Verify and fund the server-side DataForSEO API-access credentials, then retry unchanged.
- `invalid_input`: DataForSEO rejected a target, location or bounded result control.example: {"target":"dataforseo.com","include_subdomains":true}

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Canonical page: https://scrollport.com/tools/providers/dataforseo/backlink-summary