DataForSEO Backlinks APIInstall

Summary

Retrieve a detailed overview of the anchor texts used by backlinks to a domain, subdomain, or webpage, with backlink data for each anchor. The operation sends one request per input item to DataForSEO’s live anchors endpoint.

Inputs

• Target (Domain, Subdomain, URL) (required) — Domain or subdomain without https:// or www., or a page as an absolute URL.
• Include Subdomains (required) — Whether to include links from subdomains; defaults to true.
• Include Indirect Links (required) — Whether to include indirect links; defaults to true.
• Exclude Internal Links (required) — Whether to exclude internal backlinks; defaults to true.
• Internal List Limit — Maximum number of internal list entries, from 1 to 1000; defaults to 10.
• Backlink Status — Filter backlink status to all, live, or lost; defaults to live.
• Rank Scale — Scale used for rank-related values: 0–100 or 0–1000; defaults to 0–1000.
• Backlinks Filters — Optional JSON array of filters applied to backlink data. Invalid JSON causes an operation error.
• Filters — Optional JSON array of filters applied to the anchor results. Invalid JSON causes an operation error.
• Sort — Optional sorting rules, each with a field name and ascending or descending direction. At most three rules are accepted.
• Limit — Maximum number of results, from 1 to 1000; defaults to 50.
• Offset — Result offset for paging; defaults to 0.

Output shape

A list of n8n items, each containing the DataForSEO response for the corresponding input item.

Returns the API response JSON, including its task and result structure; it does not flatten anchors into separate n8n items. With Continue On Fail enabled, a failed item instead contains its input JSON and error.

Links

• n8n community nodes installation guide