Backlink checker

Discover backlinks pointing to a URL with overview stats and a detailed list of linking pages.

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GET/v1/seo/backlinks

https://api.vee3.io/v1/seo/backlinks

10 tokens

Discover backlinks pointing to a URL with overview stats and a detailed list of linking pages.

Authorization

Send your API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

MCP

The same capability is available as an MCP tool on Vee3 hosted MCP.

Tool name

seo.backlinks

Parameters2 fields

urlstringRequired

Public website URL to check for backlinks.

max length 2048

include_subdomainsbooleanRequired

When true (default), include backlinks to the domain and its subdomains. When false, analyze only the exact URL.

Default: true

Response11 fields

overviewobject

4 fields

Aggregate backlink statistics for the target.

domainRatingnumber

Domain authority score for the target.

urlRatingnumber

URL rating for the target.

backlinksinteger

Total backlinks found.

referringDomainsinteger

Number of referring domains.

backlinksarrayitems

5 fields

Individual backlink records with anchor text and source URLs.

anchorstring

Anchor text of the backlink.

domainRatingnumber

Domain rating of the linking page.

titlestring

Title of the linking page.

urlFromstring

URL of the page containing the backlink.

urlTostring

Target URL receiving the backlink.

HTTP errors: unauthorized, validation_error, insufficient_tokens, payment_required, seo_not_configured, seo_upstream_error

Example request

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.vee3.io/v1/seo/backlinks"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
}
params = {
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "include_subdomains": True
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
print(data)

Example responses1 example

200Sample overview and backlink entries (truncated).

sample_backlinks.json

{
  "overview": {
    "domainRating": 80,
    "urlRating": 0,
    "backlinks": 650557,
    "referringDomains": 15965,
    "dofollowBacklinks": {
      "percentage": 84,
      "count": 546468
    },
    "dofollowReferringDomains": {
      "percentage": 85,
      "count": 13570
    }
  },
  "backlinks": [
    {
      "anchor": "example link",
      "domainRating": 97,
      "title": "Example Page",
      "urlFrom": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Example",
      "urlTo": "https://example.com/page"
    }
  ]
}