This endpoint will provide you with the number of referring domains pointing to domains, subdomains, and pages specified in the targets array. The returned numbers are based on all live referring domains, that is, total number of domains pointing to the target with any type of backlinks (e.g., no...
AI agents call backlinks_bulk_new_lost_backlinks to retrieve information from Dataforseo without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
targets | array | Yes | domains, subdomains or webpages to get rank for required field you can set up to 1000 domains, subdomains or webpages the domain or subdomain should be specifie |
date_from | string | — | starting date of the time range optional field this field indicates the date which will be used as a threshold for new and lost backlinks; the backlinks that ap |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
The tool fetches read-only analytics data about backlinks and referring domains. It queries existing data from DataForSEO's index and returns counts. No creation, modification, deletion, or financial operations are involved.
From the tool's definition 'This endpoint will provide you with the number of referring domains pointing to domains, subdomains, and pages specified in the targets array' — purely retrieves/queries backlink data with no side effects.
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Attacks that exploit this kind of access
This endpoint will provide you with the number of referring domains pointing to domains, subdomains, and pages specified in the targets array. The returned numbers are based on all live referring domains, that is, total number of domains pointing to the target with any type of backlinks (e.g., nofollow, noreferrer, ugc, sponsored etc) that were found during the latest check. Note that if you indicate a domain as a target, you will get result for the root domain (domain with all of its subdomains), e.g. dataforseo.com and app.dataforseo.com. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Dataforseo MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
backlinks_bulk_new_lost_backlinks accepts 2 parameters: targets, date_from. Required: targets. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Dataforseo MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for backlinks_bulk_new_lost_backlinks: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Dataforseo. Nothing to install.
backlinks_bulk_new_lost_backlinks is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the backlinks_bulk_new_lost_backlinks rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for backlinks_bulk_new_lost_backlinks. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
backlinks_bulk_new_lost_backlinks is provided by the Dataforseo MCP server (dataforseo-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.