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IPinfo whois API

IP WHOIS API

IPinfo whois API is one of 17 APIs that IPinfo publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include whois. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 6 operations across 6 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://ipinfo.io/, https://v6.ipinfo.io/, https://api.ipinfo.io/.

6 operations 6 paths 6 schemas 6 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.ipinfo.io
Authentication
HTTP Basic, HTTP Bearer, API Key
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 3

IPinfo whois API declares 3 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (BasicAuth). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BearerAuth). An API key is passed in the query as token (ApiKeyAuth).

Paths & Operations 6

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 6 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

whois 6

IP WHOIS API

GET
/whois/net/{whoisnetid}
IPinfo Returns the WHOIS Information by Net ID Lookup
3 params → 200
GET
/whois/net/{whoisip}
IPinfo Returns the WHOIS Information by WHOIS IP Address or IP Address Range
3 params → 200
GET
/whois/net/{domain}
IPinfo Returns the WHOIS Information by WHOIS Domain of an Internet Organization
3 params → 200
GET
/whois/net/AS{asn}
IPinfo Returns the WHOIS Information by WHOIS ASN
3 params → 200
GET
/whois/org/{whoisorgid}
IPinfo Returns the WHOIS Information by WHOIS Organization (ORG) ID of an Internet Organization
3 params → 200
GET
/whois/poc/{whoispoc}
IPinfo Returns the WHOIS Information by WHOIS Point of Contact (POC) Value of an Internet Organization
3 params → 200

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are WhoisAsnResponse (4 properties), WhoisPocResponse (4 properties), WhoisOrgResponse (4 properties), WhoisDomainResponse (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

WhoisNetIdResponse
object
4 properties
WhoisIpResponse
object
4 properties
WhoisDomainResponse
object
4 properties
WhoisOrgResponse
object
4 properties
WhoisPocResponse
object
4 properties
WhoisAsnResponse
object
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

ipinfo-whois-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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