Domain Authority Checker - Extended Guide

Domain Authority Checker accepts a list of domains or URLs and returns clean, structured authority metrics for each valid target.

Documentation revision: 2026-02-26

Overview

This Actor is designed for reliable, repeatable checks of authority-related values for websites. It supports manual runs in Console and automated runs through API workflows.

What It Does

• Accepts mixed input values (plain domains or full URLs).
• Normalizes each input value into a domain.
• Removes duplicates.
• Processes up to 3 targets per run.
• Saves structured results to the default dataset.
• Shows a compact overview table in the Output tab.

Input

Input field:

• startUrls (URLs or Domains)

Accepted examples:

• example.com
• www.example.com
• https://example.com
• https://example.com/path

Input rules:

• Empty values are ignored.
• Values are normalized to domain format.
• Duplicate domains are merged.
• If more than 3 entries are provided, only the first 3 are used.

Example Input

{
  "startUrls": [
    "chatgpt.com",
    "https://openai.com/blog"
  ]
}

Output

Each dataset item contains:

• domain
• mozDa
• mozPa
• mozRank
• externalLinks

Example Output

{
  "domain": "chatgpt.com",
  "mozDa": 88,
  "mozPa": 74,
  "mozRank": 7.4,
  "externalLinks": 4469436
}

Output Tab View

The overview table shows:

• Domain
• Moz DA
• Moz PA
• MozRank
• External Links

Local Usage

Install dependencies:

$npm install

Run locally:

$apify run

Deployment

Authenticate:

$apify login

Deploy the latest version:

$apify push

Recommended Checks After Each Run

1. Run status is SUCCEEDED.
2. Dataset contains one row per valid domain.
3. domain field has domain-only values.
4. Metrics fields are populated with numeric values.

Troubleshooting

If no output is produced:

• Verify at least one valid domain or URL is provided.
• Retry with a single known domain.
• Confirm account credentials are valid in credentials.txt.

If output format looks incorrect:

• Confirm the input values are plain domains or valid URLs.
• Check that the latest Actor build is selected before running.

Project Files

• src/main.js - Actor runtime logic
• .actor/actor.json - Actor metadata
• .actor/input_schema.json - Input schema
• .actor/output_schema.json - Output schema
• .actor/dataset_schema.json - Dataset view schema
• Dockerfile - Container image definition
• package.json - Node.js dependencies and scripts

Notes

• This Actor version is intended for domain-level authority output.
• Output is designed for reporting, monitoring, and downstream automation.