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Referring Domains (Backlinks) API

The domains that link to a domain, from the Common Crawl domain-level web graph, sorted by the referrer's authority (best first), each with its 0-100 Gridlode Authority score and harmonic-centrality rank, plus the exact total number of referring domains in the graph. Domain-level only: the graph has no page URLs or anchor text (scope "domain"). Lists referrers among the 20 million best-ranked domains, up to 5,000 per domain; page with limit and offset. Billed per referring domain returned (1 credit per 20); domains that are not in the graph are free.

GEThttps://api.gridlode.com/v1/domain/backlinks
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Parameters

NameTypeDescription
domainrequiredstringDomain to look up, e.g. example.com (URLs are accepted). The web graph is domain-level: subdomains are looked up as given first, then as their registrable domain.
limitintegerReferring domains to return, best first. Billed per domain returned (1 credit per 20).
Default: 100
offsetintegerSkip this many referring domains (paging).
Default: 0
max_ageintegerAccept a cached answer up to this many seconds old, billed at 50%. Default 0 (always fresh).

Response fields

    Code

    curl "https://api.gridlode.com/v1/domain/backlinks?domain=wikipedia.org&limit=50" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GRIDLODE_KEY"
    0.05 credits per domain
    One credit is $0.001 on the smallest pack, from $0.0003 on enterprise plans.
    Half price for cached data
    Cached for up to 24 h. Pass max_age to use it.
    Failed requests are free
    Blocks, timeouts and target errors never cost credits.

    Market reference: Ahrefs / Semrush / Majestic referring-domains APIs: subscription + per-row pricing; TabAPI does not offer this.

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    How much does the Referring Domains (Backlinks) API cost?

    0.05 credits per domain. One credit costs $0.001 on the smallest pack and as little as $0.0003 on enterprise plans. Cached answers cost half and failed calls are free.

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