Get backlinks a domain gained or lost in a date range
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.scoutlayer.io/v1/website/backlinks/changes \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.scoutlayer.io/v1/website/backlinks/changes"
headers = {"X-API-Key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.scoutlayer.io/v1/website/backlinks/changes', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.scoutlayer.io/v1/website/backlinks/changes",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-API-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.scoutlayer.io/v1/website/backlinks/changes"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.scoutlayer.io/v1/website/backlinks/changes")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.scoutlayer.io/v1/website/backlinks/changes")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"target": "<string>",
"dateFrom": "<string>",
"dateTo": "<string>",
"newBacklinks": [
{
"sourceDomain": "<string>",
"sourceUrl": "<string>",
"sourcePageTitle": "<string>",
"targetUrl": "<string>",
"anchorText": "<string>",
"isDofollow": true,
"isNew": true,
"isLost": true,
"spamScore": 123,
"sourceDomainRank": 123,
"sourcePageRank": 123,
"sourceCountry": "<string>",
"sourcePlatformTypes": [],
"firstSeenAt": "<string>",
"lastSeenAt": "<string>"
}
],
"lostBacklinks": [
{
"sourceDomain": "<string>",
"sourceUrl": "<string>",
"sourcePageTitle": "<string>",
"targetUrl": "<string>",
"anchorText": "<string>",
"isDofollow": true,
"isNew": true,
"isLost": true,
"spamScore": 123,
"sourceDomainRank": 123,
"sourcePageRank": 123,
"sourceCountry": "<string>",
"sourcePlatformTypes": [],
"firstSeenAt": "<string>",
"lastSeenAt": "<string>"
}
]
}{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "<string>"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "<string>"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "<string>"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "<string>"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "<string>"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "<string>"
}
}Backlinks
Backlink Changes API
New and lost backlinks for a domain over a date range — the actual week-to-week tracking signal, not a static snapshot.
GET
/
v1
/
website
/
backlinks
/
changes
Get backlinks a domain gained or lost in a date range
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.scoutlayer.io/v1/website/backlinks/changes \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.scoutlayer.io/v1/website/backlinks/changes"
headers = {"X-API-Key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.scoutlayer.io/v1/website/backlinks/changes', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.scoutlayer.io/v1/website/backlinks/changes",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-API-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.scoutlayer.io/v1/website/backlinks/changes"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.scoutlayer.io/v1/website/backlinks/changes")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.scoutlayer.io/v1/website/backlinks/changes")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"target": "<string>",
"dateFrom": "<string>",
"dateTo": "<string>",
"newBacklinks": [
{
"sourceDomain": "<string>",
"sourceUrl": "<string>",
"sourcePageTitle": "<string>",
"targetUrl": "<string>",
"anchorText": "<string>",
"isDofollow": true,
"isNew": true,
"isLost": true,
"spamScore": 123,
"sourceDomainRank": 123,
"sourcePageRank": 123,
"sourceCountry": "<string>",
"sourcePlatformTypes": [],
"firstSeenAt": "<string>",
"lastSeenAt": "<string>"
}
],
"lostBacklinks": [
{
"sourceDomain": "<string>",
"sourceUrl": "<string>",
"sourcePageTitle": "<string>",
"targetUrl": "<string>",
"anchorText": "<string>",
"isDofollow": true,
"isNew": true,
"isLost": true,
"spamScore": 123,
"sourceDomainRank": 123,
"sourcePageRank": 123,
"sourceCountry": "<string>",
"sourcePlatformTypes": [],
"firstSeenAt": "<string>",
"lastSeenAt": "<string>"
}
]
}{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "<string>"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "<string>"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "<string>"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "<string>"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "<string>"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "<string>"
}
}Authorizations
ApiKeyAuthBearerAuth
API key passed as the X-API-Key request header. Recommended for server-to-server calls.
Query Parameters
Minimum string length:
1Example:
"shopify.com"
Example:
"2026-07-01"
Example:
"2026-08-01"
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