linked_domains_by_type - Ahrefs API

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Documentation - linked_domains_by_type

Contains the external domains that the target has links to.

Each request to linked_domains_by_type costs 10 rows.
Each result in the response costs 1 row.
Using 'where' costs 10 rows.
Using 'having' costs 10 rows.

domains

Column Type Where Having Description
domain_from string + + Target of the request.
domain_to string + + Root of external domain that has links from the target.
links int − + Number of external links from the target that link to the external domain.
all int − + Number of external links from the target that link to the external domain.
text int − + Number of text external links from the target.
image int − + Number of image external links from the target.
nofollow int − + Number of NoFollow external links from the target.
dofollow int − + Number of DoFollow external links from the target.
redirect int − + Number of redirection external links from the target.
canonical int − + Number of canonical external links from the target.
gov int − + Number of external links from the target to governmental domain.
edu int − + Number of external links from the target to educational domain.
rss int − + Number of RSS external links from the target.
alternate int − + Number of alternate external links from the target.
first_seen date + + Least recent date when the Ahrefs crawler was able to see the link on the target.
last_visited date + + Most recent date when the Ahrefs crawler was able to see the link on the target.
domain_to_rating int − + Domain Rating of the external domain.
domain_to_ahrefs_top int − + Ahrefs rank of the external domain.

Examples



Request

https://apiv2.ahrefs.com?from=linked_domains_by_type&target=ahrefs.com&mode=domain&limit=3&where=gov%3E0&output=json

Response

{
    "domains": [{
        "domain_from": "ahrefs.com",
        "domain_to": "fightspam.gc.ca",
        "domain_to_top": "fightspam.gc.ca",
        "links": 1,
        "all": 1,
        "text": 1,
        "image": 0,
        "nofollow": 0,
        "dofollow": 1,
        "redirect": 0,
        "canonical": 0,
        "gov": 1,
        "edu": 0,
        "rss": 0,
        "alternate": 0,
        "first_seen": "2015-12-20T03:07:25Z",
        "last_visited": "2016-07-17T23:48:13Z",
        "domain_to_rating": 63,
        "domain_to_ahrefs_top": 20041
    }, {
        "domain_from": "ahrefs.com",
        "domain_to": "uspto.gov",
        "domain_to_top": "uspto.gov",
        "links": 3,
        "all": 3,
        "text": 3,
        "image": 0,
        "nofollow": 0,
        "dofollow": 3,
        "redirect": 0,
        "canonical": 0,
        "gov": 3,
        "edu": 0,
        "rss": 0,
        "alternate": 0,
        "first_seen": "2015-12-10T09:08:49Z",
        "last_visited": "2016-07-31T09:15:14Z",
        "domain_to_rating": 74,
        "domain_to_ahrefs_top": 747
    }, {
        "domain_from": "ahrefs.com",
        "domain_to": "irs.gov",
        "domain_to_top": "irs.gov",
        "links": 2,
        "all": 2,
        "text": 2,
        "image": 0,
        "nofollow": 0,
        "dofollow": 2,
        "redirect": 0,
        "canonical": 0,
        "gov": 2,
        "edu": 0,
        "rss": 0,
        "alternate": 0,
        "first_seen": "2015-11-29T16:54:24Z",
        "last_visited": "2016-07-31T07:00:59Z",
        "domain_to_rating": 78,
        "domain_to_ahrefs_top": 225
    }],
    "stats": {
        "linked_domains": 5,
        "all": 5,
        "text": 5,
        "image": 0,
        "nofollow": 2,
        "dofollow": 3,
        "redirect": 0,
        "canonical": 0,
        "gov": 5,
        "edu": 0,
        "rss": 0,
        "alternate": 0,
        "max_links": 3,
        "max_links_dofollow": 3,
        "total_links": 9,
        "total_links_dofollow": 6
    },
    "tlds": [{
        "tld": "gov",
        "count": 3
    }, {
        "tld": "ca",
        "count": 1
    }, {
        "tld": "cn",
        "count": 1
    }]
}