Get Referring Domains

List the domains linking to a target from DataForSEO, one row per referring domain with its backlinks, referring pages, rank, spam score and first and last seen dates. Filter and sort to find the strongest or the spammiest linking sites. Needs the DataForSEO Backlinks subscription.


App	DataForSEO
Operation ID	`dataforseo_get_referring_domains`
Type	Action
Connection	`dataforseo` (required)
Credits per run	Free
Agent / MCP tool	Yes

Inputs

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
`target`	string	Yes	-	Domain, subdomain or page to analyse. Domains go in bare (example.com, blog.example.com); a single page needs its full URL (`https://example.com/pricing`).
`include_subdomains`	boolean	No	`True`	Count links to subdomains of the target as well. Defaults to true.
`exclude_internal_backlinks`	boolean	No	`True`	Leave out links coming from the target’s own subdomains. Defaults to true.
`backlinks_status_type`	string or SelectableOption	No	`live`	Which backlinks to count: ‘live’ (default, found on the last crawl), ‘all’ (live and lost together) or ‘lost’ (only links that disappeared).
`rank_scale`	string or SelectableOption	No	`one_thousand`	Scale for the rank, domain_from_rank and page_from_rank values: ‘one_thousand’ (DataForSEO’s default, 0 to 1000) or ‘one_hundred’ (0 to 100, comparable to the domain ratings other SEO tools show).
`top_n`	integer	No	`5`	How many entries to keep in each distribution per row (top TLDs, countries, link types), 1 to 10. Defaults to 5.
`filters`	array of FilterItem	No	-	Up to 8 filters on referring domain fields, e.g. rank GREATER_THAN 300, backlinks GREATER_THAN 5, backlinks_spam_score LESS_THAN 30, domain CONTAINS .edu.
`orders`	array of OrderItem	No	-	Sort by up to 3 referring domain fields, e.g. rank DESC or backlinks DESC.
`limit`	integer	No	`100`	Maximum number of referring domains to return (1 to 1000). Defaults to 100.
`offset`	integer	No	-	Number of rows to skip, for paging.
`fields`	string or array of string	No	-	Result columns to keep, e.g. domain, rank, backlinks, referring_pages, referring_domains, backlinks_spam_score, broken_backlinks, first_seen, lost_date, referring_links_types, referring_links_countries. Leave empty for the default set listed in the output description.

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. For regex values, escape backslashes once in the JSON string: write \b for a word boundary, not \b.

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 referring domain. Default columns: domain, rank, backlinks, referring_pages, referring_domains, referring_ips, backlinks_spam_score, broken_backlinks, referring_links_types, referring_links_countries, first_seen, lost_date. Other columns available through fields include referring_main_domains, referring_pages_nofollow, referring_subnets, broken_pages and the remaining referring_links_* maps. Fields: domain, rank, backlinks, referring_pages, backlinks_spam_score, first_seen Example:

[
  {
    "domain": "blog.example.com",
    "rank": 412,
    "backlinks": 18,
    "referring_pages": 12,
    "backlinks_spam_score": 8
  }
]

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