ahrefs_rank - Ahrefs API

Ahrefs API v2 has been deprecated

This documentation is for the legacy version of our API (v2), which was fully discontinued on November 1, 2025. All remaining API v2 integrations and apps built on it no longer have access to Ahrefs data.

To build new integrations, please use Ahrefs API v3 and the Ahrefs Connect program.

Documentation - ahrefs_rank

Contains the URLs and their rankings.

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

• metrics

Column	Type	Where	Having	Description
url	string	+	+	Target of the request.
ahrefs_rank	int	−	+	URL Rating of the target.

Examples

xml json

Request

https://apiv2.ahrefs.com?from=ahrefs_rank&target=ahrefs.com&mode=domain&limit=3&order_by=ahrefs_rank%3Adesc&output=json

Response

{
  "pages":[
    {
      "url":"https://ahrefs.com/",
      "ahrefs_rank":85
    },
    {
      "url":"http://ahrefs.com/",
      "ahrefs_rank":81
    },
    {
      "url":"http://ahrefs.com/api/toolbar_integration.php",
      "ahrefs_rank":12
    }
  ]
}