# Agency backlink portfolio watchlist

**Use case:** 

Check backlinks for several clients in one run. Replace the sample source pages and target URLs with your placements, and keep monitorKey unchanged. Open Current status to see every placement, including unchanged links and pages that could not be checked.

## Input

```json
{
  "placements": [
    {
      "id": "client-a-example",
      "sourceUrl": "https://example.com/",
      "expectedTarget": "https://iana.org/domains/example",
      "expectedAnchor": "Learn more",
      "label": "Client A - example.com"
    },
    {
      "id": "client-b-python",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.python.org/",
      "expectedTarget": "https://docs.python.org",
      "label": "Client B - python.org"
    }
  ],
  "monitorKey": "agency-portfolio",
  "mode": "all",
  "baselineMode": "emitBaseline",
  "confirmLossAfter": 2,
  "checkTargetStatus": true,
  "respectRobotsTxt": true,
  "targetMatch": "normalized"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "placementId": {
    "label": "Placement id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "label": {
    "label": "Label",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "sourceUrl": {
    "label": "Source page",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "sourceFinalUrl": {
    "label": "Source final url",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "sourceStatus": {
    "label": "Source status",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "matchedTarget": {
    "label": "Matched target",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "anchorText": {
    "label": "Anchor text",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "rel": {
    "label": "Rel",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "isNofollow": {
    "label": "Is nofollow",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "isSponsored": {
    "label": "Is sponsored",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "pageNoindex": {
    "label": "Page noindex",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "targetStatus": {
    "label": "Target status",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "observedAt": {
    "label": "Observed at",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Backlink Monitor & Lost Link Alerts](https://apify.com/automa-flow/backlink-monitor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/automa-flow/backlink-monitor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/automa-flow/backlink-monitor.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).