STEP 1
Select Ahrefs in workflow
Pick Ahrefs app in the workflow builder [4] - just one click to select the app.
Ahrefs Integration
SEO toolkit for backlinks, keywords, site audits, and competitive research. Connect Ahrefs campaigns and audiences to CRM, advertising, and analytics workflows. When Get a Competitor's Overview arrives, automatically continue with Get AI Responses or Get a Keywords List.
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Supported triggers and actions for Ahrefs integration
Triggers can detect changes in Ahrefs and run actions that can create, search or modify data inside Ahrefs automatically [3] — exactly how you set them.
- Get a Competitor's OverviewRetrieves a competitor's overview from the system.
- Get AI ResponsesRetrieves all AI responses.
- Get a Keywords ListRetrieves a list of all keywords.
- Get AnchorsRetrieves all anchors from the service.
- Get a SERP OverviewRetrieves a summary of the search engine results page (SERP) overview.
- Get a SERP OverviewRetrieves the SERP overview data.
- Get BacklinksRetrieves all backlinks.
- Get Backlinks StatsRetrieves statistics about backlinks for a specific URL.
- Get Best by External LinksRetrieves all Best by External Links.
- Get Best by Internal LinksRetrieves all Best by Internal Links entries.
- Get Broken BacklinksRetrieves all broken backlinks.
- Get Competitor PagesRetrieves all competitor pages.
- Get CompetitorsRetrieves all competitors.
- Get Crawler IP AddressesRetrieves all crawler IP addresses.
- Get Crawler IP RangesRetrieves all crawler IP ranges.
- Get Domain RatingRetrieves the domain rating for a specific domain.
- Get Domain Rating HistoryRetrieves all the domain rating history.
- Get KeywordsRetrieves all keywords.
- Get KeywordsRetrieves all keywords from the service.
- Get Keywords HistoryRetrieves the history of all keywords.
How to integrate Ahrefs in automation workflow?
3 simple steps to make your Ahrefs connected with other apps in automation workflows on WEXTL. Up to 10 minutes integration set up.
STEP 2
Connect Ahrefs
When prompted, authorize access to Ahrefs in WEXTL once. Ahrefs credentials are encrypted and never shared with WEXTL. Authorization will be reused in any future API calls [3].
WEXTL wants to integrate with your Ahrefs account. Approve?
STEP 3
Build a workflow
Build your workflow with Ahrefs yourself or with WEXTL® AI Builder. Connect Ahrefs to any available integrations [5], or use HTTP node to go beyond them.
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How Ahrefs connects and integrates with WEXTL
Save and approve your credentials once — WEXTL® stores authorization information encrypted and reuses the authentication whenever Ahrefs app is called in workflows. That allows your marketing automations to run without your attention, per defined schedule [7]. Explore documentation [6] for a detailed list of fields that Ahrefs supports.
The following table illustrates what fields Ahrefs integration require during authorization flow inside our workflow builder [4].
Video slide demonstrates how Ahrefs is connected in WEXTL builder [4].
| Field | Type | Help |
|---|---|---|
API KeyRequired | password | You can create and manage existing API keys via Account settings -> API keys. |
Connect Ahrefs to popular apps on WEXTL
Enter a name of the other app you want to sync with Ahrefs below. Click on selected app to explore integration options with Ahrefs. If the app you search for is not available in WEXTL yet, you can use HTTP node [10] instead to integrate it directly.
Example automation with Ahrefs integration
Select Get a Competitor's Overview action from Ahrefs - this will be a starting point in your automation. Whenever event happens in Ahrefs, workflow will start [7] from Get a Competitor's Overview node.
Search for Add Competitors, connect it as the next step of integration sequence. You can use filters between Get a Competitor's Overview and Add Competitors, so only important data pass from Get a Competitor's Overview to the next step. WEXTL gives you full control over the process of Ahrefs automation. All parts of workflow are visible on the canvas [4].
Ahrefs on WEXTL has 57 modules for combining marketing automations. Explore Ahrefs documentation for more.
Video slide demonstrates how Get a Competitor's Overview and Add Competitors [6] nodes are used in Ahrefs workflow.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about automating Ahrefs in your workflows.
Ahrefs has no triggers, but it provides 57 actions including "Get a Competitor's Overview", "Get AI Responses", and "Get a Keywords List". Pair them with triggers from other apps to automate Ahrefs tasks.
Integration has 57 actions, including "Get a Competitor's Overview", "Get AI Responses", and "Get a Keywords List", and more. Refer to our Ahrefs Documentation for detailed inputs and outputs.
No. Most automations are built visually on the canvas by picking triggers, actions, and mapping fields. You can add custom JavaScript with Functions when advanced logic is needed — but our customers do that in rare cases [4].
Yes. Connections are authenticated per account, credentials are encrypted at rest, and you can enforce approvals and team-level access controls on any automation.
The Ahrefs integration on WEXTL runs directly on its vendor public API — every field name, authentication method, and rate limit is controlled by Ahrefs official API and covered in documentation [3]. WEXTL handles the request signing and pagination for you.
Absolutely. Where Ahrefs provides native webhooks, you can use instant triggers to eliminate polling delay. For custom webhooks, WEXTL offers Custom Webhook node, so you can start automation whenever Ahrefs or any other service sends event to webhook URL.
WEXTL is an AI-first visual canvas. The platform allows you to describe automation in plain text — and AI will wire nodes for Ahrefs inside the workflow builder [4]. You can also use built-in workflow nodes (AI Agent, Human in the Loop, Condition, Aggregate Results) in pair with Ahrefs modules to craft complex integration flows with branches, filtering, and conditional logic. There are absolutely no limits of what you can build.
References
List of sources used to gather information about the Ahrefs integration.
- Ahrefs integration source code, module specs and credentials implementation.
- Internal Ahrefs integration documentation, structured input and output parameters, scopes, and authentication methods.
- Official Ahrefs vendor API documentation — used to verify field meanings, authentication flows, and anything our own specs don't fully capture.
- WEXTL® Visual Workflow Builder, anonymized data from our technical support team.
- WEXTL® Apps Library
- WEXTL® Ahrefs App Documentation
- WEXTL® Workflow Scheduler
- WEXTL® HTTP node documentation