List the backlinks pointing to a target

POST/v1/tools/web.backlinks.list/callsNeeds an API key

Returns the backlinks pointing to a domain or page, with source page, anchor, link type and dates. Use it to audit a site's links.

Tool web.backlinks.list on Open web and SEO. Contract version 1, released 2026-10-27.

Over REST, send the input in the body. Over MCP, pass the same input to call_tool.

Both return the full response: the call's ID, status and cost, with this tool's result in output.

Input

targetstringRequired

The domain or subdomain, without scheme or www, such as "moz.com", or the full URL of one page.

1 or more characters.

link_statusstring· default live

Which backlinks to list: live (still on the linking page), lost (gone from it, or the page itself gone) or all.

live

lost

all

pageinteger· default 1

Page of results, page_size per page. The strongest links come first, by the provider's own measure.

At least 1.

page_sizeinteger· default 10

Results per page. Each result adds to the price of the call.

From 1 to 100.

Output

A successful call returns these blocks in its output. A field not marked required can be null.

`results`

A list of rows. Always present, possibly empty.

source_urlstringRequired

Address of the page the link is on.

source_domainstring

Domain of the page the link is on.

source_titlestring

Title of the page the link is on.

target_urlstringRequired

Address the link points to.

anchorstring

Text of the link. Absent for an image link.

link_typestring

How the page links: text (an ordinary link), image (a linked image), redirect, canonical or alternate (a link element in the page head).

text

image

redirect

canonical

alternate

dofollowboolean

Whether the link passes ranking credit, having no nofollow attribute.

source_page_rankinteger

Authority of the linking page from its own backlinks, from 0 to 100. Each provider computes its own; scores of different providers do not compare.

source_domain_rankinteger

Authority of the linking domain from its own backlinks, from 0 to 100. Each provider computes its own; scores of different providers do not compare.

first_seen_atstring

When the link was first found, as an ISO 8601 timestamp in UTC.

last_seen_atstring

When the link was last found, as an ISO 8601 timestamp in UTC.

lostboolean

Whether the link is gone from the page, or the page itself is gone.

curl https://api.voxoria.ai/v1/tools/web.backlinks.list/calls \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VOXORIA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"target":"moz.com"}}'

import os

import httpx

response = httpx.post(
    "https://api.voxoria.ai/v1/tools/web.backlinks.list/calls",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['VOXORIA_API_KEY']}"},
    json={"input": {"target": "moz.com"}},
    timeout=60,
)
print(response.json())

const response = await fetch("https://api.voxoria.ai/v1/tools/web.backlinks.list/calls", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.VOXORIA_API_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({"input": {"target": "moz.com"}}),
});
console.log(await response.json());

{
  "name": "call_tool",
  "arguments": {
    "tool": "web.backlinks.list",
    "input": {
      "target": "moz.com"
    }
  }
}

200 OKoutputapplication/json

{
  "results": [
    {
      "source_url": "https://nodebb.org/",
      "source_domain": "nodebb.org",
      "source_title": "NodeBB - Modern Forum Software",
      "target_url": "https://moz.com/community/q/",
      "anchor": null,
      "link_type": "image",
      "dofollow": true,
      "source_page_rank": 94,
      "source_domain_rank": 80,
      "first_seen_at": "2025-05-04T21:25:18Z",
      "last_seen_at": "2026-10-06T11:31:48Z",
      "lost": false
    },
    {
      "source_url": "https://vii120.coderbridge.io/2020/11/18/html-rel/",
      "source_domain": "vii120.coderbridge.io",
      "source_title": "[html] 暗藏玄機的跨域連結 - link rel",
      "target_url": "https://moz.com/learn/seo/backlinks",
      "anchor": "Backlinks | SEO Best Practices [2020] - Moz",
      "link_type": "text",
      "dofollow": true,
      "source_page_rank": 93,
      "source_domain_rank": 82,
      "first_seen_at": "2025-04-24T11:51:30Z",
      "last_seen_at": "2026-01-02T08:23:30Z",
      "lost": false
    },
    {
      "source_url": "https://arzaanservice1.ir/seo/",
      "source_domain": "arzaanservice1.ir",
      "source_title": "خرید بک لینک ،خرید رپرتاژ خبری ،خرید بک لینک ،طراحی وب سایت، سئو سایت",
      "target_url": "https://moz.com/",
      "anchor": "moz",
      "link_type": "text",
      "dofollow": true,
      "source_page_rank": 85,
      "source_domain_rank": 74,
      "first_seen_at": "2023-08-25T01:04:58Z",
      "last_seen_at": "2026-10-05T13:28:44Z",
      "lost": false
    }
  ]
}

The output of a real call, each list cut to 3 items.