Ahrefs API for rankings, backlinks and URL metrics

How often a domain or URL is cited in AI search answers from the Ahrefs index: citation counts across all platforms and per platform (ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Grok, Perplexity). One request per call. An empty report is reported as no result.

The anchor texts used in backlinks to a domain or URL from the Ahrefs index: anchor, links to target, dofollow links, referring pages, first seen by default. select, where and order_by are passed to Ahrefs as documented (fields used in where or order_by are billed like returned fields). Up to 250 rows per call (limit 1–250, default 50). No offset or pagination. Price is per Ahrefs API unit. An empty report is reported as no result.

The backlinks pointing at a domain or URL from the Ahrefs index: source URL, target URL, anchor, source DR and UR, first seen, dofollow flag by default. select, where and order_by are passed to Ahrefs as documented (fields used in where or order_by are billed like returned fields). Up to 250 rows per call (limit 1–250, default 50). No offset or pagination. Price is per Ahrefs API unit. An empty report is reported as no result.

The backlink totals of a domain or URL on a date from the Ahrefs index: live and all-time backlinks and referring domains. One request per call. An empty report is reported as no result.

The headline SEO metrics of up to twenty domains or URLs in one call from the Ahrefs index: URL, DR, Ahrefs Rank, backlinks, referring domains, organic keywords and organic traffic per target. Up to 20 rows per call. An empty report is reported as no result.

The pages of a domain or URL with the most backlinks from the Ahrefs index: page URL, title, links to target, dofollow links, UR by default. select, where and order_by are passed to Ahrefs as documented (fields used in where or order_by are billed like returned fields). Up to 250 rows per call (limit 1–250, default 50). No offset or pagination. Price is per Ahrefs API unit. An empty report is reported as no result.

The pages of a domain or URL with the most internal links from the Ahrefs index: page URL, title, internal links to target, dofollow links, UR by default. select, where and order_by are passed to Ahrefs as documented (fields used in where or order_by are billed like returned fields). Up to 250 rows per call (limit 1–250, default 50). No offset or pagination. Price is per Ahrefs API unit. An empty report is reported as no result.

The backlinks pointing at pages of a domain or URL that no longer resolve from the Ahrefs index: source URL, broken target URL, anchor, target HTTP code, source DR, first seen by default. select, where and order_by are passed to Ahrefs as documented (fields used in where or order_by are billed like returned fields). Up to 250 rows per call (limit 1–250, default 50). No offset or pagination. Price is per Ahrefs API unit. An empty report is reported as no result.

The pages of a domain or URL in the Ahrefs crawl from the Ahrefs index: URL, title, HTTP code, UR, last crawled, page type by default. select, where and order_by are passed to Ahrefs as documented (fields used in where or order_by are billed like returned fields). Up to 250 rows per call (limit 1–250, default 50). No offset or pagination. Price is per Ahrefs API unit. An empty report is reported as no result.

The Domain Rating of a domain or URL on a date from the Ahrefs index: DR and Ahrefs Rank. One request per call. An empty report is reported as no result.

The monthly Domain Rating of a domain or URL over a date range from the Ahrefs index: date and DR per month. Monthly points over a range of at most a year. An empty report is reported as no result.

The search metrics of up to ten keywords in a country from the Ahrefs index: keyword, search volume, keyword difficulty, CPC, clicks. Up to 10 rows per call. An empty report is reported as no result.

The external domains a domain or URL links out to from the Ahrefs index: linked domain, its DR, links from target, linked pages, dofollow links by default. select, where and order_by are passed to Ahrefs as documented (fields used in where or order_by are billed like returned fields). Up to 250 rows per call (limit 1–250, default 50). No offset or pagination. Price is per Ahrefs API unit. An empty report is reported as no result.

Keyword ideas containing a seed keyword in a country from the Ahrefs index: keyword, search volume, keyword difficulty, CPC. Up to 25 rows per call. An empty report is reported as no result.

The organic search metrics of a domain or URL broken down by country on a date from the Ahrefs index: country, organic keywords and organic traffic per country. Up to 210 rows per call. An empty report is reported as no result.

The domains competing with a domain or URL for the same organic keywords in a country on a date from the Ahrefs index: competitor domain, common keywords, competitor and target keyword counts, share, traffic by default. select, where and order_by are passed to Ahrefs as documented (fields used in where or order_by are billed like returned fields). Up to 250 rows per call (limit 1–250, default 25). No offset or pagination. Price is per Ahrefs API unit. An empty report is reported as no result.

The keywords a domain or URL ranks for in organic search on a date from the Ahrefs index: keyword, best position and ranking URL, search volume, traffic, CPC by default. select, where and order_by are passed to Ahrefs as documented (fields used in where or order_by are billed like returned fields). Up to 250 rows per call (limit 1–250, default 25). No offset or pagination. Price is per Ahrefs API unit. An empty report is reported as no result.

The anchor texts of links from a domain or URL to other sites from the Ahrefs index: anchor, links from target, dofollow links, linked pages, linked domains by default. select, where and order_by are passed to Ahrefs as documented (fields used in where or order_by are billed like returned fields). Up to 250 rows per call (limit 1–250, default 50). No offset or pagination. Price is per Ahrefs API unit. An empty report is reported as no result.

The anchor texts of internal links within a domain or URL from the Ahrefs index: anchor, links from target, dofollow links, linked pages by default. select, where and order_by are passed to Ahrefs as documented (fields used in where or order_by are billed like returned fields). Up to 250 rows per call (limit 1–250, default 50). No offset or pagination. Price is per Ahrefs API unit. An empty report is reported as no result.

The outgoing link totals of a domain or URL from the Ahrefs index: outgoing links, dofollow outgoing links, linked domains, dofollow linked domains. One request per call. An empty report is reported as no result.

How the pages of a domain or URL distribute across organic traffic ranges from the Ahrefs index: page counts and traffic per range (0, 1–100, 101–1k, 1k–5k, 5k–10k, 10k+). One request per call. An empty report is reported as no result.

The landing pages a domain or URL advertises in paid search on a date from the Ahrefs index: page URL, paid traffic, keyword count, ad count, top keyword by default. select, where and order_by are passed to Ahrefs as documented (fields used in where or order_by are billed like returned fields). Up to 250 rows per call (limit 1–250, default 25). No offset or pagination. Price is per Ahrefs API unit. An empty report is reported as no result.

How many organic keywords a domain or URL ranked for per month, by position band from the Ahrefs index: date and keyword counts in the top 3, positions 4–10 and 11+ per month. Monthly points over a range of at most a year. An empty report is reported as no result.

How many pages of a domain or URL ranked in organic search per month from the Ahrefs index: date and number of ranking pages per month. Monthly points over a range of at most a year. An empty report is reported as no result.

The domains linking to a domain or URL from the Ahrefs index: referring domain, its DR, links to target, dofollow links, first and last seen by default. select, where and order_by are passed to Ahrefs as documented (fields used in where or order_by are billed like returned fields). Up to 250 rows per call (limit 1–250, default 50). No offset or pagination. Price is per Ahrefs API unit. An empty report is reported as no result.

The number of referring domains of a domain or URL per month from the Ahrefs index: date and referring-domain count per month. Monthly points over a range of at most a year. An empty report is reported as no result.

Keyword ideas related to a seed keyword in a country from the Ahrefs index: keyword, search volume, keyword difficulty, CPC. Up to 25 rows per call. An empty report is reported as no result.

Autocomplete suggestions for a seed keyword in a country from the Ahrefs index: keyword, search volume, keyword difficulty, CPC. Up to 25 rows per call. An empty report is reported as no result.

The search volume of a keyword per country from the Ahrefs index: country and monthly search volume. Up to 50 rows per call. An empty report is reported as no result.

The monthly search volume of a keyword in a country over a date range from the Ahrefs index: date and search volume per month. Monthly points over a range of at most a year. An empty report is reported as no result.

The top-ranking pages for a keyword in a country from the Ahrefs index: position, URL, title, DR, UR, backlinks, keyword count per result. Up to 100 rows per call. An empty report is reported as no result.

The organic and paid search metrics of a domain or URL on a date from the Ahrefs index: organic keywords, organic traffic and traffic value, paid keywords, paid traffic, paid cost, paid pages, keywords in the top 3. One request per call. An empty report is reported as no result.

The pages of a domain or URL that bring the most organic traffic on a date from the Ahrefs index: page URL, organic traffic, keyword count, top keyword and its volume by default. select, where and order_by are passed to Ahrefs as documented (fields used in where or order_by are billed like returned fields). Up to 250 rows per call (limit 1–250, default 25). No offset or pagination. Price is per Ahrefs API unit. An empty report is reported as no result.

The monthly total search volume of the keywords a domain or URL ranks for from the Ahrefs index: date and total search volume per month. Monthly points over a range of at most a year. An empty report is reported as no result.

The monthly organic and paid traffic of a domain or URL over a date range from the Ahrefs index: date, organic traffic and paid traffic per month. Monthly points over a range of at most a year. An empty report is reported as no result.

The monthly URL Rating of a page over a date range from the Ahrefs index: date and UR per month. Monthly points over a range of at most a year. An empty report is reported as no result.

List a slice of the global ranking of domains by Ahrefs Domain Rating, strongest first: every row carries the domain, its Domain Rating and its rank. Supply the slice as a from rank and a to rank, such as 1 to 100. At most 100 domains per call, and the to rank must not fall below the from rank.

Look up the Ahrefs Domain Rating of one domain or URL: a single strength score for the target's backlink profile, returned with the Ahrefs attribution this public endpoint requires. Supply the target as a bare domain or as a full URL. One score per call, for today, with no date input and no history, and several domains mean several calls.