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How to connect Ahrefs to ARIQ

Use this guide when an agency connects a client's Ahrefs account, or when a business connects its own Ahrefs account. The connection is saved on the open project.

Credential format:Ahrefs API v3 token

Who connects Ahrefs

The connection is saved on one project. An agency connects each client from that client's project. A business connecting its own account uses its own project. Both follow the same Connect button.

Agency

Sign in to ARIQ with your agency user. Open the client project, then connect that client's Ahrefs account. The client does not need an ARIQ login. Use the Ahrefs login that can already see that client's data.

Your own business

Sign in to ARIQ, open your project, and connect the Ahrefs account this business already uses. You approve access with that same account.

Connect it inside ARIQ

  1. 1Sign in to ARIQ.
  2. 2Open the project this account belongs to. Switch projects from the left sidebar if you manage more than one client.
  3. 3Open Ahrefs from the workspace tabs, or go straight to the Ahrefs page.
  4. 4Click Connect. ARIQ asks for the key from the Ahrefs account. Copy it from Ahrefs, paste it into ARIQ, and save. The key is stored on this project.
  5. 5Stay on that project and sync. The page shows live numbers only after this account is connected. Another client's project stays empty until you connect it there too.

On Ahrefs, before you click Connect

Do this in the Ahrefs account that belongs to the client, or in your own account if this project is your business. Then come back to ARIQ and click Connect.

1

Create an Ahrefs API token

Ahrefs API keys

In Ahrefs, open Account settings, then API keys. Create a token with Site Explorer access. API units are billed by Ahrefs.

2

Paste the token in ARIQ

Open Ahrefs in the SEO workspace and connect with the token. The format is the raw token, with no prefix.

3

Sync the project domain

ARIQ queries Domain Rating and recent backlinks for the active project host. Confirm the project domain before the first sync.

What shows up after the account is connected

Sync Domain Rating, backlinks, and referring domains for the active project domain.

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Before you connect
  • A 401 or 403 means the token is invalid or the plan does not include API access.

Connect this account now

Open the project, then open Ahrefs and click Connect. The account you approve is the one ARIQ reads for that project.

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