refdomains - Ahrefs API

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Documentation - refdomains

Contains the referring domains that contain backlinks to the target.

Each request to refdomains costs 1 row.
Each result in the response costs 1 row.
Using 'where' costs 5 rows.
Using 'having' costs 5 rows.

• refdomains

Column	Type	Where	Having	Description
url	string	+	−	Target of the request.
ip	string	+	−	IP address of the referring domain that links to the target.
refdomain	string	+	+	The referring domain that contains at least one link to the target.
backlinks	int	+	+	Number of backlinks found in the referring domain that link to the target.
refpages	int	+	+	Number of referring pages found in the referring domain that link to the target.
first_seen	date	+	+	Least recent date when the Ahrefs crawler was able to visit the backlinks in the referring domain.
last_visited	date	+	+	Most recent date when the Ahrefs crawler was able to visit the backlinks in the referring domain.
domain_rating	int	−	+	Domain Rating of the referring domain.

• stats

Column	Type	Where	Having	Description
refdomains	int	−	−	Total number of referring domains that contain at least one link to the target.
ips	int	−	−	Total number of IP addresses that link to the target.
class_c	int	−	−	Total number of referring class C networks that link to the target.

Examples

xml json

Request

https://apiv2.ahrefs.com?from=refdomains&target=ahrefs.com&mode=domain&limit=3&output=json

Response

{
  "refdomains":[
    {
      "refdomain":"001baidu.com",
      "backlinks":1,
      "refpages":1,
      "first_seen":"2013-08-08T23:04:54Z",
      "last_visited":"2013-11-07T11:10:04Z",
      "domain_rating":431
    },
    {
      "refdomain":"0411soft.net",
      "backlinks":1,
      "refpages":1,
      "first_seen":"2013-08-09T06:38:13Z",
      "last_visited":"2013-08-09T06:38:13Z",
      "domain_rating":41
    },
    {
      "refdomain":"0769pxw.com",
      "backlinks":1,
      "refpages":1,
      "first_seen":"2013-08-08T18:57:12Z",
      "last_visited":"2013-11-07T11:10:04Z",
      "domain_rating":47
    }
  ],
  "stats":{
    "refdomains":6238,
    "ips":4558,
    "class_c":3335
  }
}