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May 29, 2019

Quick And Easy Backlink Analysis With Serpstat API Is Now Available

Stacy Mine

Editor at Serpstat

We all value time and always try to manage it efficiently. Since SEOs often have unbelievable amounts of data to analyze, they spend a lot of time processing and analyzing the SEO reports. Here comes the need to implement the API technology, which can help you with this task.

Now you can perform Backlink Analysis with the help of Serpstat API: you can parse referring pages, anchors, and landing pages not only in the Serpstat interface but also through the API and receive reports in JSON format. The backlink documentation is based on Postman — a program for running APIs.

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Contents

1. What is API, and what advantages does it offer for SEOs?
2. How do you start working with API?
3. How do you analyze the backlinks of your website with Serpstat API?
4. Methods of Backlink Analysis

What is API, and what advantages does it offer for SEOs?

API (Application Programming Interface) allows users to access specific functions or components of a tool. The API lets you query the Serpstat server and retrieve data without having to use the tool's interface.

Let's take a look at some of the key benefits of using APIs:

Possibility to upload and analyze a large amount of data

Automation of SEO routine processes

Saving time for the development of additional integrations

Creation of custom reports

How do you start working with API?

As an example, I'll show you how to work with the API.

Follow the link and create a file copy if you are a Postman user:

Otherwise, you can copy the code and use it in any convenient interface.

Add the address where you want to send a request. In our case, it's the URL of the Serpstat server. So, add the following link: http://api.serpstat.com/v4/

Then confirm that you are a Serpstat user: enter your personal token. You can find it in your profile:

Copy the token and enter it in the server URL field instead of {{token}}. Line: http://api.serpstat.com/v4/?token={{token}}.

How do you analyze the backlinks of your website with Serpstat API?

#1 RFQ creation

To send a request to Serpstat servers, you should specify a method that you want to use to generate the report. This example shows how to apply the .getNewBacklinks method:

method shows what data we will get in the final report. In this case, it's about new referring links

query is a domain or page that you want to analyze

searchType: choose "url" for the URL analysis or "domain" for the domain analysis

page & size determines the pagination of the report. In this example, we get a page with 10 lines in the report.

# 2 Report

This is how the report for the query .getNewBacklinks looks like:

url_from: referring page

url_to: landing page

link_text: anchor text of the link (if available)

nofollow: Yes / No = 0/1

noindex: Yes / No = 0/1

links_ext shows how many external links a page contains shown in the Url_from field

redirect: Yes / No = 0/1

spr: Serpstat Page Rank

str: Serpstat Trust Rank

organic: Yes / No = 0/1

ip: IP address of the referring source

first_seen: when the link was first found

last_visited: when the link was last found.

Available API methods of Backlink Analysis

There are currently 6 backlink analysis methods that correspond to the reports in the Serpstat interface.

Below are:

SerpstatBacklinksProcedure.getSummaryData allows you to find data that is available in the Overview report.

SerpstatBacklinksProcedure.getNewBacklinks and SerpstatBacklinksProcedure.getLostBacklinks allows you to analyze new and lost backlinks for a URL or domain

SerpstatBacklinksProcedure.getRefDomains provides data for referring domains for a URL or domain

SerpstatBacklinksProcedure.getTopPages displays pages of your domain that have a maximum number of referring domains

SerpstatBacklinksProcedure.getOutlinks parses outbound links from your site.

We also have API methods for other Serpstat tools as well as SDK scripts that work with our APIs. You can read more in our articles:

Professional Keyword Research And Competitor Analysis Is Now Easier With Serpstat API

How To Hack Your Competitors' Content Plan: Step-By-Step Guide

Serpstat JavaScript SDK: Programming Right In Your Browser

How To Increase SEO Traffic By 50% Without Creating New Pages

Regardless of whether you are a seasoned API user or not, this short guide will make your SEO routine much easier, especially if you need a fast backlink analysis. Please follow the updates in this article for more Serpstat API capabilities.

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