---
title: "The articles linking to one article (by id)"
method: GET
path: "/backlinks"
---

# The articles linking to one article (by id)

`GET /backlinks`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.edgechat.ai/api/v1`
- URL: `https://www.edgechat.ai/api/v1/backlinks`
- Auth: none declared

30 a page, most important sources first.

## Query parameters

- `id` string, required
- `page` integer
- `fields` string

## Response `200`

OK

- GetBacklinksResponse: Shape read from a live answer of 2026-10-07; fields may be added, never renamed or removed. Every field is optional: an answer carries the fields of its own branch.
  - `id` string
  - `slug` string
  - `title` string
  - `total` integer
  - `page` integer
  - `pages` integer
  - `complete` boolean: false when the route's time budget (about a second) cut the answer short: fewer results or edges, or importance by in-degree alone. Such an answer is cached for a minute only.
  - `results` object[]
    - `id` string, required
    - `slug` string, required
    - `title` string, required
    - `topic` string, nullable: The top-level branch of the topic tree the article is under. Its own topic is the last entry of the article's `topic_path`.
    - `excerpt` string, required: The corpus snippet when available, otherwise the article opening as plain text. Older listing excerpts may end in an ellipsis (…).
    - `url` string, uri, required
    - `markdown_url` string, uri, required
    - `api_url` string, uri, required
    - `snippet` string: Optional corpus-authored summary, separate from the article opening. Present on corpus-v1.5 articles and their preview results.
    - `node` string: Current concept-tree node of the article, when available. May change when the corpus tree is revised.
    - `anchor` string
  - `license` object
    - `name` string
    - `url` string
    - `summary` string

## Other responses

- `400`: An error: { error: { code, message } }
- `404`: An error: { error: { code, message } }
- `503`: An error: { error: { code, message } }

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