Backlink counts and Authority Score of a domain or URL.
This report provides a summary of backlinks, including their type, referring domains, and IP addresses for a domain, root domain, or URL.
Job seo.backlinks.summary
telipot run semrush.seo.backlinks.summary \
--input-json '{"type":"backlinks_overview","target":"stripe.com","target_type":"root_domain","export_columns":"ascore,total,domains_num,follows_num,nofollows_num"}' \
--quotePrice
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semrush.seo.backlinks.summary
Semrush API unitsYour plan
Whose account it uses
1The person asking
not needed2Your company’s Semrush plan
Selected identity for this example3Our account
not usedWhat it sends
{
"type": "backlinks_overview",
"target": "stripe.com",
"target_type": "root_domain",
"export_columns": "ascore,total,domains_num,follows_num,nofollows_num"
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What it costs
40 API units
per call · no USD rate
| rate | 40 API units per call, billed on success |
| source | docs · developer.semrush.com/api/v3/seo/backlinks/#backlinks-overview · checked 2026-10-05 |
| confidence | documented |
| note | 40 API units per request, not per line. Semrush does not charge a request that returns no data. Semrush publishes no USD price per API unit. |
Preview the price first. --quote runs nothing.
For developers · run it
Shell · runs the task on the named account
telipot run semrush.seo.backlinks.summary \
--input-json '{"type":"backlinks_overview","target":"stripe.com","target_type":"root_domain","export_columns":"ascore,total,domains_num,follows_num,nofollows_num"}'type string · required · const "backlinks_overview" | Fixed. Selects the Backlinks overview report. |
target string · required | Root domain, subdomain, or URL of the website to investigate: example.com, www.example.com or http://www.example.com. |
target_type string · required · one of "root_domain", "domain", "url" | Type of the target. Use domain for a subdomain. |
export_columns string · required | Comma-separated column codes, in the order wanted. ascore Authority Score, total backlinks, domains_num referring domains, urls_num referring URLs, ips_num referring IP addresses, ipclassc_num referring class C subnets, follows_num follow backlinks, nofollows_num nofollow backlinks, sponsored_num sponsored backlinks, ugc_num user-generated backlinks, texts_num text backlinks, images_num image backlinks, forms_num backlinks from forms, frames_num backlinks from frames. Semrush's docs list score and trust_score in the default but not among the accepted values, so name the columns you want. |
output string | CSV text: a header line of the requested column codes, then one line of values, columns separated by semicolons, in the order of export_columns. A body that starts with ERROR is a failure, for example ERROR 50 :: NOTHING FOUND. |
Full output schema · JSONNested fields and constraints
Output JSON Schema
{
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^(?!\\s*ERROR)",
"description": "CSV text: a header line of the requested column codes, then one line of values, columns separated by semicolons, in the order of export_columns. A body that starts with ERROR is a failure, for example ERROR 50 :: NOTHING FOUND."
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