Integrate access to an index of more than 12 Billion backlinks. Retrieve referring domains, anchors, canonical links, spam filters, redirect sequences, and first/last seen metrics via a high-performance REST JSON endpoint.
12B+
Backlink Index
95%
Active Domain Coverage
<250ms
Average Response Time
Engineered to power SaaS tools, digital marketing platforms, and automated auditing scripts with ease.
Access all endpoints—backlink metadata, referring domain metrics, SERP checkers, and scraper features—using a single API credential.
VebAPI operates queries against optimized SSD clusters. Average request-response cycles complete in less than 250 milliseconds globally.
We maintain transparent tracking. Receive detailed first-seen/last-visited markers so your dashboards show fully verifiable statistics.
VebAPI supports all essential filters and data fields required for detailed link building audits.
Track hyperlinks active on target domains during the most recent crawl visit.
Generate feeds of links discovered recently or dropped within the past 24 hours.
Fetch comprehensive records of all linking domains grouped with authority values.
Isolate toxic link networks, scraper page patterns, and negative SEO footprints instantly.
Extract hyperlinked text, alt attributes for images, and link types (text vs image).
Identify links marked with dofollow, nofollow, sponsored, or ugc values.
Trace 301 and 302 hop sequences to confirm where the link equity eventually lands.
Filter endpoints to segment internal site nodes from external linking root structures.
Expose timestamps indicating precisely when a backlink was cataloged and last verified.
Integrate specialized endpoints configured for backlink data lookup.
Backlink Data API - Backlink API with Fast & Accurate Link Data
Discover newly found backlinks with VebAPI’s New Backlinks API. Access a 12 billion backlink database updated daily, with domain, anchor, dofollow, spam score, and first-seen data.
Use the VebAPI Find Spam Backlinks API to detect toxic, suspicious, and high-spam-score backlinks.
Use the VebAPI Referring Domains API to find domains linking to any website, URL, or subdomain.
Verified mechanics regarding crawler schedules, page revisits, index depth, and limits.
Answer: The backlink database contains index metrics for more than 12 Billion backlinks. Our crawler nodes consistently crawl active domains, capturing subdomains, redirect maps, canonical mappings, and image files.
Answer: If an index is too small, your applications will fail to report newly placed links, PR inserts, and small-business directories. VebAPI covers approximately 95% of active domains, ensuring SaaS applications receive accurate link-building data.
Answer: The database updates every day. Freshly placed hyperlinks are indexed based on host weight: high-authority nodes are recrawled within hours, while lower-tier source urls update on a rolling schedule.
Answer: VebAPI uses a transparent credit consumption model: each successful request consumes exactly 10 credits, returning up to 100 rows of response data by default. Support for pagination is enabled via `limit` and `offset` query variables, allowing up to 100,000 links to be read per target host.
A factual comparison of publicly known API structures. We state "Varies" where data isn't verified.
| Metric / Capability | VebAPI | DataForSEO | Ahrefs API | Majestic API |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REST API Architecture | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing Philosophy | Credit-Based (Transparent) | Pay-per-use metrics | Monthly subscription + add-ons | Monthly subscriptions + limits |
| Starting Price | Starts at $12 / month | Varies (Pay-per-use) | Starts at $99 - $999 / month | Starts at $399.99 / month (API Plan) |
| Free Tier Availability | Yes (500 free credits) | No | No | No |
| Single API Key | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Suitable for SaaS | Yes | Yes | Limited (High relative pricing) | Limited (Legacy formats) |
| Enterprise Focus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Connect and retrieve live JSON data in seconds using simple GET queries.
GET https://vebapi.com/api/backlinks/live?target=vebapi.com&limit=100
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
target |
string | Required | Target domain to query (e.g. vebapi.com) |
limit |
integer | Optional | Max results to return (default: 100, max: 1000) |
offset |
integer | Optional | Offset for index pagination (default: 0) |
curl -X GET "https://vebapi.com/api/backlinks/live?target=vebapi.com&limit=100" \ -H "X-API-KEY: YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json"
import requests
url = "https://vebapi.com/api/backlinks/live"
headers = {
"X-API-KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
params = {
"target": "vebapi.com",
"limit": 100
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
data = response.json()
print(data)
const response = await fetch("https://vebapi.com/api/backlinks/live?target=vebapi.com&limit=100", {
headers: {
"X-API-KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
<?php
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://vebapi.com/api/backlinks/live?target=vebapi.com&limit=100",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-API-KEY: YOUR_API_KEY",
"Content-Type: application/json"
]
]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
$data = json_decode($response, true);
var_dump($data);
{
"engine": "Vebapi v8",
"node": "master",
"provider": "vebapi.com",
"request": {
"target": "vebapi.com",
"mode": "as_is",
"backlinks_status_type": "live",
"limit": 100,
"offset": 0,
"include_subdomains": true,
"exclude_internal_backlinks": true,
"include_indirect_links": true
},
"counts": {
"backlinks": {
"total": 203,
"returned": 100,
"doFollow": 90,
"fromHomePage": 0,
"toHomePage": 78,
"text": 97,
"image": 0,
"redirect": 3,
"new": 23,
"lost": 0,
"broken": 0
},
"domains": {
"total": 15,
"doFollow": 7,
"fromHomePage": 0,
"toHomePage": 11
}
},
"backlinks": [
{
"url_from": "https://www.producthunt.com/r/A7HDPGWNVC7ZQ5?utm_campaign=producthunt-api&utm_medium=api-v2&utm_source=Application%3A+PH+Deck+%28ID%3A+112811%29",
"url_to": "https://vebapi.com/",
"domain_from": "www.producthunt.com",
"domain_to": "vebapi.com",
"title": "",
"anchor": "",
"alt": "",
"nofollow": false,
"image": false,
"image_source": "",
"link_type": "redirect",
"inlink_rank": 23,
"domain_inlink_rank": 89,
"spam_score": 0,
"country": "US",
"tld_from": "com",
"is_new": false,
"is_lost": false,
"is_broken": false,
"links_count": 1,
"first_seen": "2025-09-17",
"last_visited": "2025-10-18"
},
{
"url_from": "https://producthubx.com/ko/product/vebapi/138298",
"url_to": "https://vebapi.com/?utm_source=producthubx.com",
"domain_from": "producthubx.com",
"domain_to": "vebapi.com",
"title": "vebapi - \uac1c\ubc1c\uc790 \ubc0f SaaS\ub97c\uc704\ud55c \ubaa8\ub4e0 SEO API | ProductHubX",
"anchor": "\uc6f9\uc0ac\uc774\ud2b8 \ubc29\ubb38",
"alt": "",
"nofollow": false,
"image": false,
"image_source": "",
"link_type": "anchor",
"inlink_rank": 0,
"domain_inlink_rank": 31,
"spam_score": 0,
"country": "WW",
"tld_from": "com",
"is_new": true,
"is_lost": false,
"is_broken": false,
"links_count": 1,
"first_seen": "2025-10-14",
"last_visited": "2025-10-14"
},
{
"url_from": "https://producthubx.com/ar/product/vebapi/138298",
"url_to": "https://vebapi.com/?utm_source=producthubx.com",
"domain_from": "producthubx.com",
"domain_to": "vebapi.com",
"title": "\u0641\u064a\u0628\u0627\u0628\u064a - All -in - \u0648\u0627\u062d\u062f \u0645\u0646 \u0643\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u0626\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0642\u062a\u0635\u0627\u062f\u064a\u064a\u0646 \u0644\u0644\u0645\u0637\u0648\u0631\u064a\u0646 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u062c | ProductHubX",
"anchor": "\u0632\u064a\u0627\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0642\u0639",
"alt": "",
"nofollow": false,
"image": false,
"image_source": "",
"link_type": "anchor",
"inlink_rank": 0,
"domain_inlink_rank": 31,
"spam_score": 0,
"country": "WW",
"tld_from": "com",
"is_new": true,
"is_lost": false,
"is_broken": false,
"links_count": 1,
"first_seen": "2025-10-14",
"last_visited": "2025-10-14"
},
{
"url_from": "https://producthubx.com/de/product/vebapi/138298",
"url_to": "https://vebapi.com/?utm_source=producthubx.com",
"domain_from": "producthubx.com",
"domain_to": "vebapi.com",
"title": "VEBAPI - All -in -One SEO -API f\u00fcr Entwickler und SaaS | ProductHubX",
"anchor": "Website besuchen",
"alt": "",
"nofollow": false,
"image": false,
"image_source": "",
"link_type": "anchor",
"inlink_rank": 0,
"domain_inlink_rank": 31,
"spam_score": 0,
"country": "WW",
"tld_from": "com",
"is_new": true,
"is_lost": false,
"is_broken": false,
"links_count": 1,
"first_seen": "2025-10-14",
"last_visited": "2025-10-14"
},
{
"url_from": "https://www.hackerchoice.com/indie-products/daily/2025-07-29/product/dropdeck/",
"url_to": "https://vebapi.com/",
"domain_from": "www.hackerchoice.com",
"domain_to": "vebapi.com",
"title": "DropDeck - Create stunning product showcases",
"anchor": "Website",
"alt": "",
"nofollow": false,
"image": false,
"image_source": "",
"link_type": "anchor",
"inlink_rank": 0,
"domain_inlink_rank": 16,
"spam_score": 30,
"country": "",
"tld_from": "com",
"is_new": false,
"is_lost": false,
"is_broken": false,
"links_count": 1,
"first_seen": "2025-11-10",
"last_visited": "2026-05-05"
}
]
}
Common applications of our backlink API data stream.
Product teams integrate VebAPI to display real-time backlink lists, domain rank distributions, and link counts directly to their users without maintaining costly server scraping setups.
Marketing agencies trigger programmatic site audits for prospective clients, extracting competitor anchor distributions and targeting dead (lost) backlinks to suggest replacements.
Clear factual answers optimized for Google snippets and LLM search systems.
Choose a plan now, scale anytime. One API key for all endpoints.
Start free, get 500 requests to test, and scale as you grow.