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# Get Referring Domains

> Get the domains linking to a domain or URL — with authority score, trust score, backlinks count, IP, country, and first/last seen

Get the domains linking to a domain or URL — with authority score, trust score, backlinks count, IP, country, and first/last seen. Semrush requires a Markifact connection using an API key from a Semrush Business or Enterprise subscription.

|                      |                                 |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| **App**              | SEMrush                         |
| **Operation ID**     | `semrush_get_referring_domains` |
| **Type**             | Action                          |
| **Connection**       | `semrush` (required)            |
| **Credits per run**  | Free                            |
| **Agent / MCP tool** | Yes                             |

## Inputs

| Field            | Type                                | Required | Default       | Description                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------------- | -------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `target`         | string                              | Yes      | -             | The domain, subdomain, or URL to list referring domains for (e.g. example.com).                                                                                                             |
| `target_type`    | string or SelectItem                | No       | `root_domain` | How to interpret the target: 'root\_domain' (whole domain), 'domain' (subdomain), or 'url' (exact URL).                                                                                     |
| `export_columns` | array of string or SelectableOption | No       | -             | List of columns to return. Available: domain\_ascore (authority score), domain, backlinks\_num (backlinks count), domain\_trust\_score (trust score), ip, country, first\_seen, last\_seen. |
| `orders`         | array of OrderItem                  | No       | -             | Sort results by a single column. Only domain\_ascore, backlinks\_num, first\_seen, and last\_seen are sortable.                                                                             |
| `limit`          | integer                             | No       | -             | Maximum number of rows to return.                                                                                                                                                           |

### 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'                               |

### SelectItem

| Field   | Type   | Required | Default | Description                                                                                          |
| ------- | ------ | -------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `value` | string | Yes      | -       | The value of the selectable item.                                                                    |
| `label` | string | Yes      | -       | The label of the selectable item, used for display purposes. If not provided, defaults to the value. |

### SelectableOption

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

## Output

**Type**: `List[Dict]`

Returns one row per referring domain with: domainAuthorityScore, domain, backlinks, domainTrustScore, ip, country, firstSeen, lastSeen.

**Fields**: `domainAuthorityScore`, `domain`, `backlinks`, `domainTrustScore`, `ip`, `country`, `firstSeen`, `lastSeen`

**Example**:

```json theme={"dark"}
[
  {
    "domainAuthorityScore": 86,
    "domain": "techcrunch.com",
    "backlinks": 145,
    "domainTrustScore": 82,
    "country": "us"
  }
]
```