Moz Links API
★ Only Publicly Available OpenAPI DocumentMarketingSeo Sembasic8 EndpointsREST
For Agents
Look up Moz Domain Authority, Page Authority, Spam Score, and backlink data for any URL or domain to power SEO audits and competitor research.
Use for: I need to fetch the Domain Authority of competitor websites, Retrieve the Spam Score for a list of referring domains, List all linking root domains pointing to my homepage, Find the top pages on a competitor's subdomain by Page Authority
Not supported: Does not handle on-page SEO audits, keyword rank tracking, or content analysis — use for backlink and domain authority lookups only.
Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI specification for Moz Links API, keeping it validated and agent-ready. The Moz Links API exposes Moz's link intelligence dataset for any URL, subdomain, or root domain on the web, returning Domain Authority, Page Authority, Spam Score, link counts, anchor text distribution, and top page rankings. SEO teams and agents use it to audit backlink profiles, benchmark competitor authority, and surface high-value linking domains. The API exposes eight POST endpoints for batched lookups against url_metrics, anchor_text, links, linking_root_domains, and top_pages resources.
Install Jentic One Beta
Connect the Moz Links API to your agent
Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the Moz Links API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.
Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.
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Step 1: Jentic One Host machine
# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh2
Step 2: Agent machine
# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh
jentic register # connects your agent to your Jentic One instanceJentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.
Capabilities
What an agent can do with Moz Links API.
Retrieve Domain Authority, Page Authority, and Spam Score for batches of up to 50 targets via POST /url_metrics
Pull anchor text distributions for inbound links to any URL or root domain via POST /anchor_text
Enumerate inbound links with source page, target, and anchor metadata via POST /links
List linking root domains pointing to a target with count and authority metrics via POST /linking_root_domains
Surface the top-ranking pages on a subdomain or root domain via POST /top_pages
Query global top pages and global top root domains for industry-wide authority benchmarking
Track API usage and remaining quota against the account plan via POST /usage_data
Use Cases
Patterns agents use Moz Links API for, with concrete tasks.
★ Backlink Audit and Toxic Link Detection
Run a full audit of inbound links to a domain by calling /links and /linking_root_domains, then enrich each referring domain with Spam Score and Domain Authority via /url_metrics. The output identifies low-quality referrers worth disavowing and high-value partners worth nurturing. A typical 5,000-link audit completes in minutes when batched 50 targets at a time against the Moz Links API.
Pull all linking root domains for example.com via POST /linking_root_domains, batch them through POST /url_metrics, and return the 20 referrers with Spam Score above 70.
Competitor SEO Benchmarking
Compare Domain Authority, Page Authority, and top-performing pages across a set of competitor domains. Posting up to 50 targets at a time to /url_metrics and /top_pages yields a structured benchmark dataset. Marketing teams use this to size the gap between their site and the leading domain in a category before scoping an SEO programme.
Call POST /url_metrics with a list of 10 competitor domains and POST /top_pages for each, then rank them by Domain Authority and surface the top three pages per competitor.
Anchor Text Profile Analysis
Inspect the distribution of anchor text driving links to a target URL using /anchor_text. The endpoint returns each anchor phrase with its link count and source distribution, exposing whether a backlink profile is dominated by branded, exact-match, or generic anchors. This is the standard input for over-optimisation risk assessment before a link-building push.
Call POST /anchor_text for the target URL and return the top 25 anchor phrases bucketed as branded, exact-match, partial-match, or generic.
Agent-Driven Outreach List Generation
An AI agent identifies high-authority outreach targets by querying global top root domains via POST /global_top_root_domains, filtering for niche-relevant candidates, then validating each through POST /url_metrics. Through Jentic the agent loads the schema, executes the call, and hands a scored prospect list back to the marketer in one workflow.
Search Jentic for 'look up domain authority', load the Moz url_metrics schema, and score 200 candidate outreach domains by Domain Authority and Spam Score.
Key Endpoints
8 endpoints — jentic publishes the only available openapi specification for moz links api, keeping it validated and agent-ready.
METHOD
PATH
DESCRIPTION
POST
/url_metrics
Fetch Domain Authority, Page Authority, and Spam Score for a batch of URLs
POST
/anchor_text
Return anchor text distribution for a target URL
POST
/links
List inbound links with source and anchor detail
POST
/linking_root_domains
List unique referring root domains for a target
POST
/top_pages
Return top-ranking pages on a subdomain or root domain
POST
/usage_data
Report remaining API quota for the account
POST
/url_metrics
Fetch Domain Authority, Page Authority, and Spam Score for a batch of URLs
POST
/anchor_text
Return anchor text distribution for a target URL
POST
/links
List inbound links with source and anchor detail
POST
/linking_root_domains
List unique referring root domains for a target
POST
/top_pages
Return top-ranking pages on a subdomain or root domain
POST
/usage_data
Report remaining API quota for the account
Why Jentic?
Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.
Credential isolation
Moz API access ID and secret key are stored encrypted in the Jentic vault. The agent receives a scoped session token, so the raw Basic auth pair never appears in prompt context or logs.
Intent-based discovery
Agents search Jentic with intents like 'look up domain authority' and Jentic returns the matching Moz operation with its input schema, removing the need to read Moz's row-quota docs before calling.
Time to first call
Direct Moz integration: 1-2 days for auth, batching, and quota handling. Through Jentic: under 30 minutes for an agent to discover the operation and execute its first batched lookup.
Related APIs
Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.
FAQs
Specific to using Moz Links API through Jentic.
Why is there no official OpenAPI spec for Moz Links API?
Moz does not publish an OpenAPI specification. Jentic generates and maintains this spec so that AI agents and developers can call Moz Links API via structured tooling. It is validated against the live API and kept up to date. Get started at https://app.jentic.com/sign-up.
What authentication does the Moz Links API use?
The Moz Links API uses HTTP Basic authentication. You send your Moz API access ID as the username and the secret key as the password on every request. Through Jentic those credentials live in the encrypted vault and never enter the agent's prompt context.
Can I look up Domain Authority for many URLs in a single call?
Yes. POST /url_metrics accepts a batch of targets in one request, so you can score up to 50 URLs per call instead of issuing one request per target. Batch every audit to stay inside quota.
What are the rate limits for the Moz Links API?
Moz enforces row-quota limits tied to your subscription tier rather than a per-second rate cap, and POST /usage_data returns your remaining rows for the current period. Check the response headers and the usage_data endpoint to avoid quota exhaustion mid-job.
How do I run an anchor text audit through Jentic?
Search Jentic with the query 'analyze backlink anchor text', load the Moz anchor_text schema, then execute against POST /anchor_text with the target URL. The agent receives the parsed anchor distribution without ever holding the raw API secret.
Is the Moz Links API free?
No. The Moz Links API is a paid product gated by row quotas tied to Moz Pro and standalone API plans. A limited free tier exists for evaluation but production use requires a paid subscription.
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