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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
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 } }