Get Outgoing Links

List where a domain or page links out to, from Ahrefs Site Explorer: linked external domains with Domain Rating and link counts, or the anchor texts of its external or internal links. Useful for link audits, affiliate and sponsorship checks and internal anchor analysis.


App	Ahrefs
Operation ID	`ahrefs_get_outgoing_links`
Type	Action
Connection	`ahrefs` (required)
Credits per run	Free
Agent / MCP tool	Yes

Inputs

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
`target`	string	Yes	-	The domain, subdomain, subfolder or URL whose outgoing links to list (e.g. example.com).
`mode`	string or SelectableOption	No	`subdomains`	How to interpret the target: ‘subdomains’ (domain and all subdomains, default), ‘domain’ (the exact host only), ‘prefix’ (every URL starting with the target), or ‘exact’ (the exact URL only).
`report`	string or SelectableOption	No	`linked_domains`	’linked_domains’ (default): external domains the target links to with link counts and Domain Rating. ‘external_anchors’: anchor texts of outbound external links. ‘internal_anchors’: anchor texts of internal links.
`metrics`	array of string or SelectableOption	No	-	Fields to return; the report decides which are valid (domain or anchor is always included). linked_domains: domain_rating, links_from_target, linked_pages, dofollow_links, first_seen, is_root_domain, dofollow_linked_domains, dofollow_refdomains (5 units), linked_domain_traffic (10 units). external_anchors: links_from_target, dofollow_links, linked_domains, linked_pages, first_seen. internal_anchors: links_from_target, dofollow_links, linked_pages, first_seen. Leave empty for a sensible default per report.
`filters`	array of FilterItem	No	-	Filters on the report’s fields, e.g. domain_rating GREATER_THAN 50 or anchor CONTAINS ‘sponsor’.
`orders`	array of OrderItem	No	-	Sort by one or more of the report’s fields.
`limit`	integer	No	`100`	Maximum number of rows to return. Defaults to 100. Your Ahrefs plan caps rows per request (Lite 100, Standard 250, Advanced 500).

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
`field`	string or SelectableOption	Yes	-	The field to filter on, must be one of the current selected metrics or dimensions.
`operator`	string	Yes	-	The operator to use for filtering. Must be one of the supported values. Use REGEXP_MATCH to search/filter by multiple OR values like ’.(summer\|holiday).’
`value`	string	Yes	-	The value to filter by, always as a string: text, a number, or a regex. For IN_LIST and NOT_IN_LIST, pass the values as one comma-separated string such as ‘a,b,c’, not as an array.

OrderItem

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
`field`	string or SelectableOption	Yes	-	The field to sort by. must be one of the current selected metrics or dimensions.
`direction`	string	Yes	-	The order to sort by, must be one of ‘ASC’, ‘DESC’

SelectableOption

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
`value`	string	Yes	-
`label`	string	Yes	-

Output

Type: List[Dict] Returns one row per linked domain (domain, domain_rating, links_from_target, linked_pages, dofollow_links, first_seen, is_root_domain, dofollow_linked_domains, dofollow_refdomains, linked_domain_traffic) or per anchor (anchor, links_from_target, dofollow_links, linked_domains, linked_pages, first_seen), depending on the report. Fields: domain, domain_rating, links_from_target, linked_pages, dofollow_links, first_seen Example:

[
  {
    "domain": "google.com",
    "domain_rating": 99.0,
    "links_from_target": 1240,
    "linked_pages": 310,
    "dofollow_links": 980,
    "first_seen": "2013-08-19T17:59:53Z"
  }
]

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Get Outgoing Links

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