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Bulk Pages Summary


This endpoint will provide you with a comprehensive overview of backlinks and related data for a bulk of up to 1000 pages, domains, or subdomains. If you indicate a single page as a target, you will get comprehensive summary data on all backlinks for that page.

Instead of ‘login’ and ‘password’ use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard

<?php
// You can download this file from here https://cdn.dataforseo.com/v3/examples/php/php_RestClient.zip
require('RestClient.php');
$api_url = 'https://api.dataforseo.com/';
// Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard
$client = new RestClient($api_url, null, 'login', 'password');

$post_array = array();
// simple way to set a task
$post_array[] = array(
	"targets" => [
		"https://dataforseo.com/",
		"https://dataforseo.com/about-us"
	]
);
try {
	// POST /v3/backlinks/bulk_pages_summary/live
	$result = $client->post('/v3/backlinks/bulk_pages_summary/live', $post_array);
	print_r($result);
	// do something with post result
} catch (RestClientException $e) {
	echo "\n";
	print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}\n";
	print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}\n";
	print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}\n";
	print  $e->getTraceAsString();
	echo "\n";
}
$client = null;
?>

The above command returns JSON structured like this:

{
  "version": "0.1.20240422",
  "status_code": 20000,
  "status_message": "Ok.",
  "time": "0.1566 sec.",
  "cost": 0.02006,
  "tasks_count": 1,
  "tasks_error": 0,
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "04241333-1535-0576-0000-a7b281e5516b",
      "status_code": 20000,
      "status_message": "Ok.",
      "time": "0.0989 sec.",
      "cost": 0.02006,
      "result_count": 1,
      "path": [
        "v3",
        "backlinks",
        "bulk_pages_summary",
        "live"
      ],
      "data": {
        "api": "backlinks",
        "function": "bulk_pages_summary",
        "targets": [
          "https://dataforseo.com/solutions",
          "https://dataforseo.com/about-us"
        ]
      },
      "result": [
        {
          "total_count": 2,
          "items_count": 2,
          "items": [
            {
              "type": "backlinks_page_summary",
              "url": "https://dataforseo.com/solutions",
              "rank": 0,
              "main_domain_rank": 419,
              "backlinks": 0,
              "first_seen": null,
              "lost_date": null,
              "backlinks_spam_score": 0,
              "broken_backlinks": 0,
              "broken_pages": 0,
              "referring_domains": 0,
              "referring_domains_nofollow": 0,
              "referring_main_domains": 0,
              "referring_main_domains_nofollow": 0,
              "referring_ips": 0,
              "referring_subnets": 0,
              "referring_pages": 0,
              "referring_pages_nofollow": 0,
              "referring_links_tld": null,
              "referring_links_types": null,
              "referring_links_attributes": null,
              "referring_links_platform_types": null,
              "referring_links_semantic_locations": null,
              "referring_links_countries": null
            },
            {
              "type": "backlinks_page_summary",
              "url": "https://dataforseo.com/about-us",
              "rank": 0,
              "main_domain_rank": 419,
              "backlinks": 3,
              "first_seen": "2024-03-31 07:06:04 +00:00",
              "lost_date": null,
              "backlinks_spam_score": 5,
              "broken_backlinks": 0,
              "broken_pages": 0,
              "referring_domains": 1,
              "referring_domains_nofollow": 0,
              "referring_main_domains": 1,
              "referring_main_domains_nofollow": 0,
              "referring_ips": 1,
              "referring_subnets": 1,
              "referring_pages": 3,
              "referring_pages_nofollow": 0,
              "referring_links_tld": {
                "com": 3
              },
              "referring_links_types": {
                "anchor": 3
              },
              "referring_links_attributes": null,
              "referring_links_platform_types": {
                "unknown": 3
              },
              "referring_links_semantic_locations": {
                "": 3
              },
              "referring_links_countries": {
                "": 3
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

All POST data should be sent in the JSON format (UTF-8 encoding). The task setting is done using the POST method. When setting a task, you should send all task parameters in the task array of the generic POST array.

Description of the fields for setting a task:

Field name Type Description
targets array domains, subdomains or webpages to get summary data for
required field
a domain or a subdomain should be specified without https:// and www.
a page should be specified with absolute URL (including http:// or https://)
you can specify up to 1000 pages, domains, or subdomains in each request.
note that the URLs you set in a single request cannot belong to more than 100 different domains.
include_subdomains boolean indicates if the subdomains of the target will be included in the search
optional field
if set to false, the subdomains will be ignored
default value: true
tag string user-defined task identifier
optional field
the character limit is 255
you can use this parameter to identify the task and match it with the result
you will find the specified tag value in the data object of the response

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As a response of the API server, you will receive JSON-encoded data containing a tasks array with the information specific to the set tasks.

Description of the fields in the results array:

Field name Type Description
version string the current version of the API
status_code integer general status code
you can find the full list of the response codes here
Note: we strongly recommend designing a necessary system for handling related exceptional or error conditions
status_message string general informational message
you can find the full list of general informational messages here
time string execution time, seconds
cost float total tasks cost, USD
tasks_count integer the number of tasks in the tasks array
tasks_error integer the number of tasks in the tasks array returned with an error
tasks array array of tasks
        id string task identifier
unique task identifier in our system in the UUID format
        status_code integer status code of the task
generated by DataForSEO; can be within the following range: 10000-60000
you can find the full list of the response codes here
        status_message string informational message of the task
you can find the full list of general informational messages here
        time string execution time, seconds
        cost float cost of the task, USD
        result_count integer number of elements in the result array
        path array URL path
        data object contains the same parameters that you specified in the POST request
        result array array of results
            total_count integer total number of relevant items in the database
            items_count integer number of items in the results array
            items array items array
               type string type of element = ‘backlinks_page_summary’
               url string page URL
               rank integer page rank
rank of the page on the target website
rank is calculated based on the method for node ranking in a linked database – a principle used in the original Google PageRank algorithm
learn more about the metric and how it is calculated in this help center article
               main_domain_rank integer rank of the main domain
rank of the main domain is calculated based on the method for node ranking in a linked database – a principle used in the original Google PageRank algorithm
learn more about the metric and how it is calculated in this help center article
               backlinks integer number of backlinks
               first_seen string date and time when our crawler found a backlink to this page for the first time
in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00”
example:
2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
               lost_date string date and time when the last backlink to this page was lost
indicates the date and time when our crawler visited the page and it responded with 4xx or 5xx status code or the last backlink was removed
in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00”
example:
2017-01-24 13:20:59 +00:00
               backlinks_spam_score integer average spam score of the backlinks pointing to the page
learn more about how the metric is calculated on this help center page
               broken_backlinks integer number of broken backlinks
number of broken backlinks pointing to the page
               broken_pages integer number of broken pages
number of pages that respond with 4xx or 5xx status codes where backlinks are pointing to
               referring_domains integer indicates the number domains referring to the page
               referring_domains_nofollow integer number of domains pointing at least one nofollow link to the target
               referring_main_domains integer indicates the number of referring main domains
                referring_main_domains_nofollow integer number of main domains pointing at least one nofollow link to the target
               referring_ips integer number of referring IP addresses
number of IP addresses pointing to this page
               referring_subnets integer number of referring subnetworks
               referring_pages integer indicates the number of pages pointing to the relevant url
               referring_pages_nofollow integer number of referring pages pointing at least one nofollow link to the target
               referring_links_tld object top-level domains of the referring links
contains top level domains and referring link count per each
               referring_links_types object types of referring links
indicates the types of the referring links and link count per each type
possible values:
anchor, image, link, meta, canonical, alternate, redirect
               referring_links_attributes object link attributes of the referring links
indicates link attributes of the referring links and link count per each attribute
               referring_links_platform_types object types of referring platforms
indicates referring platform types and and link count per each platform
               referring_links_semantic_locations object semantic locations of the referring links
indicates semantic elements in HTML where the referring links are located and link count per each semantic location

you can get the full list of semantic elements here
examples:
article, section, footer

               referring_links_countries object ISO country codes of the referring links
indicates ISO country codes of the domains where the referring links are located and the link count per each country

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