# Backlinks history

This endpoint will provide you with historical backlinks data back to the beginning of 2019. Needs target. Served by DataForSEO.

This endpoint will provide you with historical backlinks data back to the beginning of 2019. You can receive the number of backlinks a given domain had in a specific time period, the number of new & lost backlinks, referring domains, and more.

- Tool ID: `dataforseo/backlinks-history`
- Name in the catalog: Backlinks History
- Provider: [DataForSEO](/providers/dataforseo.md)
- Capability: [Backlinks](/tools/seo/backlinks.md)
- Price: usage based, the maximum is shown before a run
- Authentication: an authorised Agentik workspace is required for execution, including zero-price tools.

## Pricing contract

Billed at the cost the provider reports for the call, never above $100. Your agent sees the maximum before running.


```json
{
  "model": "reported",
  "costPath": "cost",
  "maxUsdDefault": 0.024,
  "maxUsdCap": 100,
  "multipliers": [
    {
      "addUsdPer": {
        "field": "date_from",
        "dateRange": {
          "endField": "date_to",
          "defaultStart": "2019-01-01"
        },
        "usd": 0.0000013,
        "default": 36525,
        "max": 36525
      }
    },
    {
      "addUsd": 0.000072
    }
  ],
  "requireCost": true
}
```

Pricing source: [https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/user_data/](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/user_data/). Account tariff backlinks/history/live; bounds applied to inputs; actual cost from provider response..

Price verification date: 2026-10-10.

## Complete input schema


```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "target": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "domain required field a domain should be specified without https:// and www.",
      "maxLength": 2000,
      "minLength": 1
    },
    "date_from": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "starting date of the time range optional field minimum value 2019-01-01 if you don't specify this field, the minimum value will be used by default date format: \"yyyy-mm-dd\" example: \"2019-01-15\"",
      "maxLength": 2000,
      "pattern": "^20[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}( [0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2})?$",
      "minLength": 1
    },
    "date_to": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ending date of the time range optional field if you don't specify this field, the today's date will be used by default date format: \"yyyy-mm-dd\" example: \"2019-01-15\"",
      "maxLength": 2000,
      "pattern": "^20[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}( [0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2})?$",
      "minLength": 1
    },
    "rank_scale": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "defines the scale used for calculating and displaying the rank, domain_from_rank, and page_from_rank values optional fieldyou can use this parameter to choose whether rank values are presented on a 0–100 or 0–1000 scalepossible values: one_",
      "maxLength": 2000,
      "minLength": 1
    },
    "tag": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "user-defined task identifier optional field the character limit is 255 you can use this parameter to identify the task and match it with the result you will find the specified tag value in the data object of the response",
      "maxLength": 255
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "target"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Published example

This is the provider tool’s published example. Replace example values with the user’s requested inputs, respecting the schema; do not execute an example merely to test a connection.


```json
{
  "tool_id": "dataforseo/backlinks-history",
  "input": {
    "target": "dataforseo.com",
    "date_from": "2026-08-01",
    "date_to": "2026-08-03"
  }
}
```

## Execute and retrieve

Inspect again before execution, explain the price and obtain the required authority. Use MCP run_tool or POST /v1/run with this tool ID, valid input and an idempotency key. Save the returned run ID and follow the actual state. If Agentik answers that the tool is temporarily unavailable, do not retry it blindly; use discovery to propose an alternative.

A partial or uncertain result can still have consumed provider resources. Consult [billing](/docs/billing.md), [idempotency](/docs/idempotency.md) and [asynchronous results](/docs/async.md).

[Provider documentation](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/backlinks/history/live/)

[REST inspection](https://api.agentik.cc/v1/tools/dataforseo/backlinks-history) · [OpenAPI](/openapi.json) · [Connection guide](/connect.md)

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