Backlink Analysis API - Link Building Intelligence

Backlinks Drive Rankings

Quality backlinks remain one of the most important ranking factors. Understanding your competitors' link profiles reveals opportunities to improve your own SEO performance.

Premium backlink tools are expensive and often have API limitations. You need flexible link data extraction that works at scale.

WebScraping.AI Solution

Link Discovery: Find where competitors get their backlinks
Page Analysis: Extract outbound links and anchor text from any page
Opportunity Finding: Identify link-worthy content and prospects
AI Insights: Get recommendations on link building strategies

Link Analysis Features

Comprehensive backlink intelligence

Link Extraction

Extract all outbound links, anchor text, and link attributes from pages.

Competitor Analysis

Analyze competitor pages to find their link sources.

Prospect Discovery

Find resource pages, directories, and link opportunities.

Content Analysis

Analyze what content earns the most links.

Code Examples

Extract backlink data

Extract outbound links from a roundup article

curl -G "https://api.webscraping.ai/ai/fields" \
  --data-urlencode "api_key=YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2024" \
  --data-urlencode "fields[page_title]=Page title" \
  --data-urlencode "fields[outbound_links]=Array of all external links with URL and anchor text" \
  --data-urlencode "fields[dofollow_links]=External links that are dofollow" \
  --data-urlencode "fields[nofollow_links]=External links that are nofollow" \
  --data-urlencode "fields[link_categories]=Categorize the linked sites (tools, resources, competitors)" \
  --data-urlencode "fields[author]=Article author if shown" \
  --data-urlencode "fields[publish_date]=Publication date"
# Response:
# {
#   "page_title": "Best Marketing Tools for 2024",
#   "outbound_links": [
#     {"url": "https://tool1.com", "anchor": "Tool One"},
#     {"url": "https://tool2.com", "anchor": "another great option"}
#   ],
#   "dofollow_links": ["https://tool1.com", "https://tool2.com"],
#   "nofollow_links": ["https://affiliate-link.com"],
#   "link_categories": {
#     "tools": ["tool1.com", "tool2.com"],
#     "resources": ["resource-site.com"]
#   },
#   "author": "Jane Smith",
#   "publish_date": "2024-01-15"
# }

# pip install webscraping_ai
# https://pypi.org/project/webscraping-ai/
from webscraping_ai import Client

client = Client(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
result = client.fields(
    "https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2024",
    fields={
        "page_title": "Page title",
        "outbound_links": "Array of all external links with URL and anchor text",
        "dofollow_links": "External links that are dofollow",
        "nofollow_links": "External links that are nofollow",
        "link_categories": "Categorize the linked sites (tools, resources, competitors)",
        "author": "Article author if shown",
        "publish_date": "Publication date",
    },
)
print(result)
# Response:
# {
#   "page_title": "Best Marketing Tools for 2024",
#   "outbound_links": [
#     {"url": "https://tool1.com", "anchor": "Tool One"},
#     {"url": "https://tool2.com", "anchor": "another great option"}
#   ],
#   "dofollow_links": ["https://tool1.com", "https://tool2.com"],
#   "nofollow_links": ["https://affiliate-link.com"],
#   "link_categories": {
#     "tools": ["tool1.com", "tool2.com"],
#     "resources": ["resource-site.com"]
#   },
#   "author": "Jane Smith",
#   "publish_date": "2024-01-15"
# }

// npm install webscraping-ai
// https://www.npmjs.com/package/webscraping-ai
import { WebScrapingAI } from 'webscraping-ai';

const client = new WebScrapingAI({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' });
const result = await client.fields({
  url: 'https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2024',
  fields: {
    page_title: 'Page title',
    outbound_links: 'Array of all external links with URL and anchor text',
    dofollow_links: 'External links that are dofollow',
    nofollow_links: 'External links that are nofollow',
    link_categories: 'Categorize the linked sites (tools, resources, competitors)',
    author: 'Article author if shown',
    publish_date: 'Publication date',
  },
});
console.log(result);
// Response:
// {
//   "page_title": "Best Marketing Tools for 2024",
//   "outbound_links": [
//     {"url": "https://tool1.com", "anchor": "Tool One"},
//     {"url": "https://tool2.com", "anchor": "another great option"}
//   ],
//   "dofollow_links": ["https://tool1.com", "https://tool2.com"],
//   "nofollow_links": ["https://affiliate-link.com"],
//   "link_categories": {
//     "tools": ["tool1.com", "tool2.com"],
//     "resources": ["resource-site.com"]
//   },
//   "author": "Jane Smith",
//   "publish_date": "2024-01-15"
// }

<?php
// composer require webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-php
// https://packagist.org/packages/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use WebScrapingAI\Client;

$client = new Client('YOUR_API_KEY');
$result = $client->fields('https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2024', [
    'page_title'      => 'Page title',
    'outbound_links'  => 'Array of all external links with URL and anchor text',
    'dofollow_links'  => 'External links that are dofollow',
    'nofollow_links'  => 'External links that are nofollow',
    'link_categories' => 'Categorize the linked sites (tools, resources, competitors)',
    'author'          => 'Article author if shown',
    'publish_date'    => 'Publication date',
]);
print_r($result);
// Response:
// {
//   "page_title": "Best Marketing Tools for 2024",
//   "outbound_links": [
//     {"url": "https://tool1.com", "anchor": "Tool One"},
//     {"url": "https://tool2.com", "anchor": "another great option"}
//   ],
//   "dofollow_links": ["https://tool1.com", "https://tool2.com"],
//   "nofollow_links": ["https://affiliate-link.com"],
//   "link_categories": {
//     "tools": ["tool1.com", "tool2.com"],
//     "resources": ["resource-site.com"]
//   },
//   "author": "Jane Smith",
//   "publish_date": "2024-01-15"
// }

# gem install webscraping_ai
# https://rubygems.org/gems/webscraping_ai
require 'webscraping_ai'

client = WebScrapingAI::Client.new(api_key: 'YOUR_API_KEY')
result = client.fields(
  'https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2024',
  fields: {
    page_title:       'Page title',
    outbound_links:   'Array of all external links with URL and anchor text',
    dofollow_links:   'External links that are dofollow',
    nofollow_links:   'External links that are nofollow',
    link_categories:  'Categorize the linked sites (tools, resources, competitors)',
    author:           'Article author if shown',
    publish_date:     'Publication date',
  }
)
puts result.inspect
# Response:
# {
#   "page_title": "Best Marketing Tools for 2024",
#   "outbound_links": [
#     {"url": "https://tool1.com", "anchor": "Tool One"},
#     {"url": "https://tool2.com", "anchor": "another great option"}
#   ],
#   "dofollow_links": ["https://tool1.com", "https://tool2.com"],
#   "nofollow_links": ["https://affiliate-link.com"],
#   "link_categories": {
#     "tools": ["tool1.com", "tool2.com"],
#     "resources": ["resource-site.com"]
#   },
#   "author": "Jane Smith",
#   "publish_date": "2024-01-15"
# }

// go get github.com/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-go/v4
// https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-go/v4
package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"

    webscrapingai "github.com/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-go/v4"
)

func main() {
    client, _ := webscrapingai.NewClient(&webscrapingai.Config{APIKey: "YOUR_API_KEY"})
    result, _ := client.Fields(context.Background(), &webscrapingai.FieldsOptions{
        URL: "https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2024",
        Fields: map[string]string{
            "page_title": "Page title",
            "outbound_links": "Array of all external links with URL and anchor text",
            "dofollow_links": "External links that are dofollow",
            "nofollow_links": "External links that are nofollow",
            "link_categories": "Categorize the linked sites (tools, resources, competitors)",
            "author": "Article author if shown",
            "publish_date": "Publication date",
        },
    })
    fmt.Println(result.Result)
}
// Response:
// {
//   "page_title": "Best Marketing Tools for 2024",
//   "outbound_links": [
//     {"url": "https://tool1.com", "anchor": "Tool One"},
//     {"url": "https://tool2.com", "anchor": "another great option"}
//   ],
//   "dofollow_links": ["https://tool1.com", "https://tool2.com"],
//   "nofollow_links": ["https://affiliate-link.com"],
//   "link_categories": {
//     "tools": ["tool1.com", "tool2.com"],
//     "resources": ["resource-site.com"]
//   },
//   "author": "Jane Smith",
//   "publish_date": "2024-01-15"
// }

// Maven: ai.webscraping:webscraping-ai:4.0.0
// https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/ai.webscraping/webscraping-ai
import ai.webscraping.Client;
import ai.webscraping.Config;
import ai.webscraping.option.FieldsOptions;
import ai.webscraping.result.FieldsResult;

Client client = new Client(Config.builder().apiKey("YOUR_API_KEY").build());
FieldsResult result = client.fields(FieldsOptions.builder()
    .url("https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2024")
    .addField("page_title", "Page title")
    .addField("outbound_links", "Array of all external links with URL and anchor text")
    .addField("dofollow_links", "External links that are dofollow")
    .addField("nofollow_links", "External links that are nofollow")
    .addField("link_categories", "Categorize the linked sites (tools, resources, competitors)")
    .addField("author", "Article author if shown")
    .addField("publish_date", "Publication date")
    .build());
System.out.println(result.getResult());
// Response:
// {
//   "page_title": "Best Marketing Tools for 2024",
//   "outbound_links": [
//     {"url": "https://tool1.com", "anchor": "Tool One"},
//     {"url": "https://tool2.com", "anchor": "another great option"}
//   ],
//   "dofollow_links": ["https://tool1.com", "https://tool2.com"],
//   "nofollow_links": ["https://affiliate-link.com"],
//   "link_categories": {
//     "tools": ["tool1.com", "tool2.com"],
//     "resources": ["resource-site.com"]
//   },
//   "author": "Jane Smith",
//   "publish_date": "2024-01-15"
// }

// dotnet add package WebScrapingAI
// https://www.nuget.org/packages/WebScrapingAI
using WebScrapingAI;

var client = new WebScrapingAIClient(new WebScrapingAIClientOptions { ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY" });
var result = await client.FieldsAsync(new FieldsRequest {
    Url = "https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2024",
    Fields = new Dictionary<string, string> {
        ["page_title"] = "Page title",
        ["outbound_links"] = "Array of all external links with URL and anchor text",
        ["dofollow_links"] = "External links that are dofollow",
        ["nofollow_links"] = "External links that are nofollow",
        ["link_categories"] = "Categorize the linked sites (tools, resources, competitors)",
        ["author"] = "Article author if shown",
        ["publish_date"] = "Publication date",
    },
});
Console.WriteLine(result.Result);
// Response:
// {
//   "page_title": "Best Marketing Tools for 2024",
//   "outbound_links": [
//     {"url": "https://tool1.com", "anchor": "Tool One"},
//     {"url": "https://tool2.com", "anchor": "another great option"}
//   ],
//   "dofollow_links": ["https://tool1.com", "https://tool2.com"],
//   "nofollow_links": ["https://affiliate-link.com"],
//   "link_categories": {
//     "tools": ["tool1.com", "tool2.com"],
//     "resources": ["resource-site.com"]
//   },
//   "author": "Jane Smith",
//   "publish_date": "2024-01-15"
// }

Ask the AI for link-building opportunities

curl -G "https://api.webscraping.ai/ai/question" \
  --data-urlencode "api_key=YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2024" \
  --data-urlencode "question=What types of sites does this page link to? What would a site need to be included here? How could I get a link from this page?"

# pip install webscraping_ai
# https://pypi.org/project/webscraping-ai/
from webscraping_ai import Client

client = Client(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
answer = client.question(
    "https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2024",
    question="What types of sites does this page link to? What would a site need to be included here? How could I get a link from this page?",
)
print(answer)

// npm install webscraping-ai
// https://www.npmjs.com/package/webscraping-ai
import { WebScrapingAI } from 'webscraping-ai';

const client = new WebScrapingAI({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' });
const answer = await client.question({
  url: 'https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2024',
  question: 'What types of sites does this page link to? What would a site need to be included here? How could I get a link from this page?',
});
console.log(answer);

<?php
// composer require webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-php
// https://packagist.org/packages/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use WebScrapingAI\Client;

$client = new Client('YOUR_API_KEY');
$answer = $client->question(
    'https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2024',
    'What types of sites does this page link to? What would a site need to be included here? How could I get a link from this page?',
);
echo $answer;

# gem install webscraping_ai
# https://rubygems.org/gems/webscraping_ai
require 'webscraping_ai'

client = WebScrapingAI::Client.new(api_key: 'YOUR_API_KEY')
answer = client.question(
  'https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2024',
  question: 'What types of sites does this page link to? What would a site need to be included here? How could I get a link from this page?'
)
puts answer

// go get github.com/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-go/v4
// https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-go/v4
package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"

    webscrapingai "github.com/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-go/v4"
)

func main() {
    client, _ := webscrapingai.NewClient(&webscrapingai.Config{APIKey: "YOUR_API_KEY"})
    answer, _ := client.Question(context.Background(), &webscrapingai.QuestionOptions{
        URL:      "https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2024",
        Question: "What types of sites does this page link to? What would a site need to be included here? How could I get a link from this page?",
    })
    fmt.Println(answer)
}

// Maven: ai.webscraping:webscraping-ai:4.0.0
// https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/ai.webscraping/webscraping-ai
import ai.webscraping.Client;
import ai.webscraping.Config;
import ai.webscraping.option.QuestionOptions;

Client client = new Client(Config.builder().apiKey("YOUR_API_KEY").build());
String answer = client.question(QuestionOptions.builder()
    .url("https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2024")
    .question("What types of sites does this page link to? What would a site need to be included here? How could I get a link from this page?")
    .build());
System.out.println(answer);

// dotnet add package WebScrapingAI
// https://www.nuget.org/packages/WebScrapingAI
using WebScrapingAI;

var client = new WebScrapingAIClient(new WebScrapingAIClientOptions { ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY" });
var answer = await client.QuestionAsync(new QuestionRequest {
    Url = "https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2024",
    Question = "What types of sites does this page link to? What would a site need to be included here? How could I get a link from this page?",
});
Console.WriteLine(answer);

Why Use WebScraping.AI

Any Page: Analyze links from any website or page.

AI Analysis: Get strategic recommendations, not just data.

Flexible Queries: Ask any question about link patterns.

Scale: Analyze hundreds of pages for link opportunities.

Cost Effective: No expensive SEO tool subscriptions needed.

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Competitor Link Analysis

See where competitors get their links

Resource Page Prospecting

Find pages that link to similar content

Broken Link Building

Find broken outbound links to replace

Content Gap Analysis

See what content earns the most links

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Backlink Analysis

Backlinks Drive Rankings

WebScraping.AI Solution

Link Analysis Features

Link Extraction

Competitor Analysis

Prospect Discovery

Content Analysis

Code Examples

Extract outbound links from a roundup article

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