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List the domains linking to a target

POST/v1/tools/web.linking-domains.list/callsNeeds an API key

Returns the domains that link to a domain or page, with their rank, backlink count and dates. Use it to see which sites link to a target.

Tool web.linking-domains.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 count: 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. Domains come by domain_rank, highest first.

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.

domainstringRequired

The domain that links to the target.

domain_rankinteger

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

backlink_countinteger

Links from the domain to the target.

linking_page_countinteger

Pages of the domain that link to the target.

first_seen_atstring

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

last_seen_atstring

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

lost_atstring

When the domain's last link to the target was lost, as an ISO 8601 timestamp in UTC. Absent while a link remains.