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    • nbyloff
      nbyloff last edited by

      I am trying to get all links that have a certain strings in their anchor text: I am using the python library: https://github.com/seomoz/SEOmozAPISamples/blob/master/python/lsapi.py

      Looking at the documentation, it says I can get the normalized anchor text by using the bit flag 8 for the LinkCols value:

      https://moz.com/help/guides/moz-api/mozscape/api-reference/link-metrics

      So I tried this:

      links = l.links('example.com', scope='page_to_domain', sort='domain_authority', filters=['external'], sourceCols = lsapi.UMCols.url, linkCols=8)

      But it doesn't return the expected 'lnt' response field or anything similar to the anchor text. How do I get the anchor text on the source URLs?

      I also tried 10 for the linkCols value, to get all the bit flags in the lf field as well as the anchor text. In both instances (and even with different variations of targetCols & sourceCols), this is all the fields that are returned:

      'lrid', 'lsrc', 'luuu', 'uu', 'luupa', 'ltgt'

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      • nbyloff
        nbyloff last edited by

        Just noticed it appears the python links library is broken right now. I will try another language.

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        • LokiAstari
          LokiAstari last edited by

          Hi Nathan,

          I am the manager of the team looking after the API. I am sorry that snippet does not seem to work. I'll get one of the team to have a look at that fist thing in the morning.

          Martin

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          • BrandonF
            BrandonF last edited by

            I've just fixed the code with this latest pull request:

            https://github.com/seomoz/SEOmozAPISamples/pull/17

            If you download the latest version it should be fixed for you now.

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            • nbyloff
              nbyloff last edited by

              I had built a pull request for this issue, but thank you for jumping on it yourself. I'll try it tomorrow. Marking this as complete. I'll re-open if there's any issues. Thanks!

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              • Jgfbjvvnnvvvb
                Jgfbjvvnnvvvb last edited by

                Is there a chance to use Moz API in Python? According to the pricing of Moz maybe it is free?

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