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title: "Backlink and outreach numbers in one call: total rows, discovered and lost links, average domain authority (avgDA), uniqueDomains, your site's indexed backlink and referring-domain totals once measured, outreach counts by stage (identified, contacted, replied, linkPlaced, rejected) and links built by source (outreach, social, network, managed). list_backlinks returns the rows."
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/backlinks/stats"
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# Backlink and outreach numbers in one call: total rows, discovered and lost links, average domain authority (avgDA), uniqueDomains, your site's indexed backlink and referring-domain totals once measured, outreach counts by stage (identified, contacted, replied, linkPlaced, rejected) and links built by source (outreach, social, network, managed). list_backlinks returns the rows.

`GET /api/v1/backlinks/stats`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.rctrl.com`
- URL: `https://api.rctrl.com/api/v1/backlinks/stats`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Requires the `read:content` scope.

## Response `200`

Success; the payload is wrapped in a data envelope

- object
  - `data` unknown

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad input
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key
- `403`: API key lacks the required scope
- `404`: Not found in this workspace
- `429`: Rate limited; the body includes a retryAfterMs hint

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/rctrl/apis/rankcontrol-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/rctrl/apis/rankcontrol-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/rctrl/apis/rankcontrol-api/revisions/98ecd236394a?raw)