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# Get Backlinks

> List backlinks pointing to a domain, subfolder or URL from Ahrefs Site Explorer (all backlinks, live only, lost since a date, or the broken backlinks report), with referring page, anchor, Domain Ra...

List backlinks pointing to a domain, subfolder or URL from Ahrefs Site Explorer (all backlinks, live only, lost since a date, or the broken backlinks report), with referring page, anchor, Domain Rating, URL Rating, link attributes and dates. Use ahrefs\_get\_referring\_domains for the domain-level view and ahrefs\_get\_anchors for anchor text.

| | |
| - | - |
| **App** | Ahrefs |
| **Operation ID** | `ahrefs_get_backlinks` |
| **Type** | Action |
| **Connection** | `ahrefs` (required) |
| **Credits per run** | Free |
| **Agent / MCP tool** | Yes |

## Inputs

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| `target` | string | Yes | - | The domain, subdomain, subfolder or URL to list backlinks for (e.g. example.com, example.com/blog/post). |
| `mode` | string or SelectableOption | No | `subdomains` | How to interpret the target: 'subdomains' (domain and all subdomains, default), 'domain' (the exact host only), 'prefix' (every URL starting with the target), or 'exact' (the exact URL only). |
| `report` | string or SelectableOption | No | `all` | 'all' lists every backlink (live plus lost, see history); 'broken' lists only backlinks pointing to pages that return errors or redirects. |
| `history` | string or SelectableOption | No | `all_time` | 'live' returns only currently live backlinks; 'all\_time' also includes lost backlinks. Ignored for the broken report and when since\_date is set. |
| `since_date` | string | No | - | Include backlinks lost since this date (YYYY-MM-DD) in addition to live ones. Overrides history. Ignored for the broken report. |
| `aggregation` | string or SelectableOption | No | `similar_links` | How to group backlinks: 'similar\_links' (group near-duplicate links, default), '1\_per\_domain' (one link per referring domain), or 'all' (every link). |
| `metrics` | array of string or SelectableOption | No | - | Columns to return (url\_from is always included). Available for both reports: url\_to, anchor, title, alt, snippet\_left, snippet\_right, domain\_rating\_source, url\_rating\_source, ahrefs\_rank\_source, traffic, traffic\_domain, refdomains\_source, positions, links\_external, links\_internal, is\_dofollow, is\_nofollow, is\_sponsored, is\_ugc, is\_redirect, is\_spam, is\_content, is\_image, is\_text, link\_type, http\_code, first\_seen, first\_seen\_link, last\_seen, last\_visited, languages, page\_type\_source, name\_source, root\_name\_source, name\_target, root\_name\_target, link\_group\_count, url\_redirect, redirect\_code, powered\_by. Only for report 'all': is\_lost, is\_new, lost\_reason, drop\_reason, discovered\_status. Only for report 'broken': http\_code\_target, last\_visited\_target. Ahrefs API unit cost per row: traffic and traffic\_domain cost 10 units, refdomains\_source 5, the rest 1. Defaults to url\_to, anchor, title, domain\_rating\_source, url\_rating\_source, is\_dofollow, link\_type, first\_seen, last\_seen. |
| `filters` | array of FilterItem | No | - | Filters on the available columns, e.g. domain\_rating\_source GREATER\_THAN 30 or is\_dofollow EQUALS true. Filter fields count towards the unit cost per row. |
| `orders` | array of OrderItem | No | - | Sort by one or more columns. |
| `limit` | integer | No | `100` | Maximum number of rows to return. Defaults to 100. Your Ahrefs plan caps rows per request (Lite 100, Standard 250, Advanced 500). |

### FilterItem

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| `field` | string or SelectableOption | Yes | - | The field to filter on, must be one of the current selected metrics or dimensions. |
| `operator` | string | Yes | - | The operator to use for filtering. Must be one of the supported values. Use REGEXP\_MATCH to search/filter by multiple OR values like '.*(summer\|holiday).*' |
| `value` | string | Yes | - | The value to filter by, always as a string: text, a number, or a regex. For IN\_LIST and NOT\_IN\_LIST, pass the values as one comma-separated string such as 'a,b,c', not as an array. For regex values, escape backslashes once in the JSON string: write \b for a word boundary, not \b. |

### OrderItem

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| `field` | string or SelectableOption | Yes | - | The field to sort by. must be one of the current selected metrics or dimensions. |
| `direction` | string | Yes | - | The order to sort by, must be one of 'ASC', 'DESC' |

### SelectableOption

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| `value` | string | Yes | - | |
| `label` | string | Yes | - | |

## Output

**Type**: `List[Dict]`

Returns one row per backlink with the selected Ahrefs fields: url\_from, url\_to, anchor, title, domain\_rating\_source, url\_rating\_source, traffic, traffic\_domain, is\_dofollow, is\_nofollow, is\_sponsored, is\_ugc, is\_lost, is\_new, link\_type, http\_code, first\_seen, last\_seen and more (http\_code\_target and last\_visited\_target for the broken report).

**Fields**: `url_from`, `url_to`, `anchor`, `title`, `domain_rating_source`, `url_rating_source`, `is_dofollow`, `link_type`, `first_seen`, `last_seen`

**Example**:

```json theme={"dark"}
[
  {
    "url_from": "https://www.example.org/seo-tools",
    "url_to": "https://ahrefs.com/",
    "anchor": "Ahrefs",
    "title": "Best SEO tools",
    "domain_rating_source": 72.0,
    "url_rating_source": 18.0
  }
]
```


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