Referring domains

The SerpstatBacklinksProcedure.getRefDomainsmethod gives you a list of referring domains of a site you analyze. The data set is similar to the Referring domains report. The data in this report and the Summary report may differ slightly due to the algorithm for quickly calculating summary data.

Referring domains

Use case: With the SerpstatBacklinksProcedure.getRefDomainsmethod method, check which sites link to your competitors so that you can place links to your site on those same sites.

General request parameters and instructions for using Serpstat API

Request parameters
Parameter		Description	Default
id	required	A request id: the response contains the same id. Enter any number (number) or text (string) value
method	required	API method name: SerpstatBacklinksProcedure.getRefDomains
params	required	The object with parameters {...}, it lists all the following parameters and arrays [...]
query	required	A domain of the analyzed site. Specify the domain without HTTP, HTTPS, and "/"
searchType	required	Search type: * domain - only domain (site.com) * domain_with_subdomains - domain with subdomains (subdomain.site.com) * URL - the specific URL (site.com/path/) * part_url - URL starts with (site.com/path/*)
page	optional	A page number (number value)	1
size	optional	A number of results (number value)	100
sort	optional	Sorting: * domain_links - the number of links to the domain * domain_from - donor * domain_rank - SDR (Serpstat Domain Rank), an indicator of domain authority * check - date of the first detection	check
order	optional	Order: * asc - in the ascending order * desc - in the descending order	desc
complexFilter	optional	Data filtering, entered as arrays [...] with the following parameters: 1) field - filter parameter; available filtering: * domain_links - the number of links to the domain * domain_from - domain * domain_rank - SDR (Serpstat Domain Rank), an indicator of domain authority 2) compareType - filter parameter: * gt - greater than (number value) * lt - less than (number value) * gte - greater than or equal (number value) * lte - less than or equal (number value) * eq - exact match (number or text value) * neq - does not meet the requirement (number or text value) * between - between (number value) * contains - contains (text value) * notContains - does not contain (text value) * startsWith - starts with (text value) * endsWith - ends with (text value) 2) value - filter value Quick filters: additional_filters - the following parameters are currently available: * no_subdomains - without links from subdomains of the analyzed domain * only_subdomains - shows only subdomains * only_hosts - shows only hosts * last_week - data for the last week The first square brackets list the "OR" conditions. The second within the first are the "AND" conditions.

Response parameters
Parameter	Description
id	Response id corresponds the request id
result	Contains the answer
data	Array with data
domain_from	Referring domain
ref_pages	Number of referring pages of domain
domainRank	Serpstat Domain Rank (SDR)
summary_info	Array with data
left_lines	Left credits of lines for your pricing plan
page	Page number
total	Number of results for request
count	Number of results in this answer
sort	What data are sorted by
order	Data sorted: * asc - in the ascending order * desc - in the descending order

API credits are spent at 1 credit per line. Part of the API response for which you spend 1 credit:

{
     "domain_from": "plus.google.com",
     "ref_pages": 5,
     "domainRank": 97
}

Example

Request data:

{
 "id": "1",
 "method": "SerpstatBacklinksProcedure.getRefDomains",
 "params": {
     "query" : "serpstat.com",
     "searchType": "domain",
     "order": "desc",
     "page": 1,
     "size": 2,
     "sort": "domain_rank",
     "complexFilter":[
            [
                {
                    "field": "domain_from",
                    "compareType": "contains",
                    "value": [
                        ".com"
                    ]
                },
                 {
                    "field": "domain_rank",
                    "compareType": "gte",
                    "value": [
                        "1"
                    ]
                },
                 {
                    "field": "domain_links",
                    "compareType": "gte",
                    "value": [
                        "1"
                    ]
                },
                 {
                    "additional_filters": "last_week"
                }
            ]
        ]
  }
}

Response data:

{
    "id": "1",
    "result": {
        "data": [
            {
                "domain_from": "kunocreative.com",
                "ref_pages": 1,
                "domainRank": 58
            },
            {
                "domain_from": "geeknizer.com",
                "ref_pages": 2,
                "domainRank": 47
            }
        ],
        "summary_info": {
            "left_lines": 995119,
            "page": 1,
            "count": 2,
            "total": 17,
            "sort": "domain_rank",
            "order": "DESC"
        }
    }
}