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DomainTools Iris Detect API

Iris Detect is an Internet infrastructure detection, monitoring, and enforcement tool.It rapidly discovers malicious domains that are engaged in brand impersonation, risk-scores them within minutes, and supports your automation of detection, escalation, and enforcement actions.

DomainTools Iris Detect API is one of 12 APIs that DomainTools publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Iris Detect. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and an API reference.

This API exposes 9 operations across 6 paths, and defines 25 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

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

9 operations 6 paths 25 schemas 1 DELETE4 GET1 PATCH2 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.domaintools.com
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Basic, API Key
License
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 3

DomainTools Iris Detect API declares 3 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-Api-Key (header_auth). It accepts HTTP basic authentication (open_key_auth). An API key is passed in the query as signature (hmac_auth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • header_auth — A secure authentication method where the API key is provided in the X-Api-Key HTTP request header.
  • open_key_auth — A simple authentication scheme using your apiusername as the username and your apikey as the password. We strongly recommend using HMAC or Header authenticatio…
  • hmac_auth — A secure scheme using a Hashed Message Authentication Code (HMAC). This method requires three query parameters to be sent with the request: 1. apiusername: You…

Paths & Operations 9

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 1 DELETE, 4 GET, 1 PATCH, 2 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Iris Detect 9

Iris Detect is an Internet infrastructure detection, monitoring, and enforcement tool. It rapidly discovers malicious domains that are engaged in brand impersonation, risk-scores…

PATCH
/v1/iris-detect/domains/
Add and remove domains from Watchlist or Ignored lists.
patchDetectDomains body → 200400401403404422
GET
/v1/iris-detect/domains/ignored/
Provide ignored domains for active monitors in an account.
getDetectIgnored 19 params → 200400401403404
GET
/v1/iris-detect/domains/new/
Provide newly discovered domains for active monitors in an account.
getDetectNewDomains 16 params → 200400401403404
GET
/v1/iris-detect/domains/watched/
Provide recently changed or escalated domains for active monitors in an account.
getDomainsWatched 19 params → 200400401403404
POST
/v1/iris-detect/escalations/
Escalate internally and externally.
postDetectEscalations body → 200400401403404422
GET
/v1/iris-detect/monitors/
Retrieves monitors and monitor IDs for an account.
getDetectMonitors 9 params → 200400401403404
POST
/v1/iris-detect/monitors/
Create a new monitor to track lookalike domains for a specific term.
postDetectMonitor body → 200400401403422
PUT
/v1/iris-detect/monitors/
Update the configuration of an existing monitor.
putDetectMonitor 1 param body → 200400401403404422
DELETE
/v1/iris-detect/monitors/
Permanently delete a monitor and stop tracking its associated domains.
deleteDetectMonitor 1 param → 200400401403404

Schemas 25

The contract defines 25 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DetectDomain (19 properties), Monitor (11 properties), DetectDomainList (5 properties), WatchlistBase (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DetectDomainList
object
5 properties
IdentifierString
string
A short identifier, code, or handle.
WatchlistBase
object
4 properties
Monitor
object
Details of a single Iris Detect monitor.
11 properties
UpdateMonitorResponse
object
Response returned after successfully updating a monitor.
2 properties
Escalations
object
1 property
DetectThreatProfile
object
3 properties
MonitorDomainCounts
object
Counts of domains associated with a monitor in various states.
4 properties
Watchlist
object
1 property
DetectValidationError
object
Validation error returned by Iris Detect endpoints when the request body is syntactically valid JSON but contains values that fail server-side validation rules.
2 properties
BooleanOptInFlag
boolean
An optional boolean flag that enables a specific feature or response extension when set to true. If false or omitted, the feature is ignored.
DetectEscalation
object
4 properties
TimestampFilter
Defines a point in time for filtering results. Accepts one of: - relative time, in negative seconds - absolute time, in an ISO 8601 timestamp
UpdateMonitorRequest
object
Request body for updating an existing Iris Detect monitor. Include only the fields you want to change.
3 properties
DetectRiskComponents
object
2 properties
DetectDomain
object
19 properties
CreateMonitorResponse
object
Response returned after successfully creating a monitor.
2 properties
BasicString
string
A non-empty string with a standard length limit.
WatchlistState
DeleteMonitorResponse
object
Response returned after successfully deleting a monitor.
2 properties
CreateMonitorRequest
object
Request body for creating a new Iris Detect monitor.
4 properties 1 required
EscalationTypeEnum
string
The type of escalation action.
MonitorList
object
A list of Iris Detect monitors and associated metadata.
4 properties
ErrorResponse
object
2 properties
WatchlistEscalation

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

domaintools-iris-detect-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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