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AbuseIPDB Reputation API

Endpoints for looking up the abuse data of an IP or CIDR network.

AbuseIPDB Reputation API is one of 4 APIs that AbuseIPDB publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 6 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Reputation. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, code examples, and 6 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 2.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.abuseipdb.com/api/v2.

2 operations 2 paths 5 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
2.0.0
Base URL
https://api.abuseipdb.com/api/v2/
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

AbuseIPDB Reputation API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Key (ApiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ApiKeyAuth — AbuseIPDB API key. Issue and rotate at https://www.abuseipdb.com/account/api.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Reputation 2

Endpoints for looking up the abuse data of an IP or CIDR network.

GET
/check
Check an IP Address
checkIp 3 params → 200401422429
GET
/check-block
Check a CIDR Network Block
checkBlock 2 params → 200401422429

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are IpRecord (16 properties), Report (6 properties), CheckResponse (1 property), CheckBlockResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Report
object
6 properties
ErrorResponse
object
1 property
CheckBlockResponse
object
1 property
CheckResponse
object
1 property
IpRecord
object
16 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

abuseipdb-reputation-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs AbuseIPDB publishes across the network.

AbuseIPDB Blacklist API
AbuseIPDB Management API
AbuseIPDB Reports API