If you have spent any time in the world of Search Engine Optimization (SEO), you know that backlinks are the currency of the internet. For nearly a decade, professionals have relied on Moz’s (formerly Open Site Explorer) to audit their link profiles and spy on competitors.
If you use for SEO analytics, the new endpoints require an updated authentication token. Here is a sample script to pull fresh links using httr in R: r link explorer new
query <- list( target = "moz.com", scope = "page_to_page", sort = "domain_authority" ) If you have spent any time in the
By: Digital Insights Team
Note: The "new" API returns data in under 2 seconds, compared to the 10-second delay of the legacy API. No major update is without bugs. Here is how to solve the most common complaints about the R Link Explorer new : Here is a sample script to pull fresh
If you have been avoiding the update because the interface looks different, stop hesitating. The old tool is deprecated. Spend 30 minutes in the version setting up your "Lost & Found" alerts, and watch your organic traffic recover from links you didn't even know you had lost.
response <- GET(url, add_headers(Authorization = paste("Bearer", YOUR_NEW_API_KEY)), query = query) data <- fromJSON(content(response, "text")) print(data$fresh_links)