Anchors (getAnchors)

The getAnchors method gives you a list of keywords used as anchors for backlinks of a site you analyze. The data set is similar to the Anchors report.

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.getAnchors
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/*)
anchor	optional	An anchor of the analyzed link
count	optional	A number of words in the anchor	1
page	optional	A page number (number value)	1
size	optional	A number of results (number value)	100
sort	optional	Sorting: * total - the total number of anchors * refDomains - number of referring domains * nofollow - anchor attributes * anchor - the anchor of the incoming link * lastupdate - date of the first detection	lastupdate
order	optional	Order: * asc - in the ascending order * desc - in the descending order	desc
complexFilter	optional	Data filtering, entered as arrays [...] * field - filter parameter Available filtering: * total - the total number of anchors * refDomains - number of referring domains * nofollow - anchor attributes * anchor - the anchor of the incoming link * lastupdate - link detection date. Value format: DD.MM.YYYY (01.01.2001) * 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) * value - filter value The first square brackets list the "OR" conditions. The second ones 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
anchor	The anchor text
refDomains	The number of referring domains with this anchor
total	The number of backlinks with this anchor
noFollow	Link attributes. Options: follow, nofollow, UGC, sponsored
summary_info	Object with data
page	Page number
total	Number of results for the request
count	Number of results in this answer
left_lines	Left credits of lines for your pricing plan
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:

{
     "anchor": "«Serpstat»",
     "refDomains": 3,
     "total": 3,
     "noFollow": 3
}

Example

Request data:

{
 "id": 1,
 "method": "SerpstatBacklinksProcedure.getAnchors",
 "params": {
     "query": "serpstat.com",
     "searchType": "domain_with_subdomains",
     "anchor": "serpstat",
     "count": "1",
     "sort": "anchor",
     "order": "desc",
     "page": 1,
     "size": 2,
     "complexFilter": [
           [
                {
                    "field": "anchor",
                    "compareType": "contains",
                    "value": [
                        "serpstat"
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "field": "total",
                    "compareType": "gt",
                    "value": [
                        "1"
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "field": "noFollow",
                    "compareType": "gte",
                    "value": [
                        "1"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        ]
  }
}

Response data:

{
    "id": "1",
    "result": {
        "data": [
            {
                "anchor": "«Serpstat»",
                "refDomains": 3,
                "total": 3,
                "noFollow": 3
            },
            {
                "anchor": "www.serpstat.com",
                "refDomains": 12,
                "total": 79,
                "noFollow": 73
            }
        ],
        "summary_info": {
            "left_lines": 999977,
            "page": 1,
            "count": 2,
            "total": 112,
            "sort": "anchor",
            "order": "DESC"
        }
    }
}