AlienVault Indicators API

Indicator of compromise detail lookups and submission

Operations 7

POST /api/v1/pulses/indicators/validate Validate an indicator #
GET /api/v1/indicators/{type}/{indicator}/{section} Get indicator details #
POST /api/v1/indicators/submit_file Submit a file for analysis #
GET /api/v1/indicators/submitted_files List submitted files #
POST /api/v1/indicators/submit_url Submit a URL for analysis #
POST /api/v1/indicators/submit_urls Submit multiple URLs for analysis #
GET /api/v1/indicators/submitted_urls List submitted URLs #

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OpenAPI Specification

alienvault-indicators-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: AlienVault OTX DirectConnect Indicators API
  description: The Open Threat Exchange (OTX) DirectConnect API provides programmatic access to the AlienVault OTX threat intelligence community. It exposes threat "pulses" (curated collections of indicators of compromise), indicator detail lookups (IPv4/IPv6, domain, hostname, URL, file hash, CVE), user and pulse search, and indicator submission. Authentication is by API key passed in the X-OTX-API-KEY request header. Endpoint paths and the authentication scheme are derived from the official AlienVault OTX Python SDK (OTXv2).
  version: v1
  contact:
    name: AlienVault OTX (LevelBlue)
    url: https://otx.alienvault.com/api
  license:
    name: OTX Terms of Service
    url: https://otx.alienvault.com/terms/
servers:
- url: https://otx.alienvault.com
  description: OTX production
security:
- OTXApiKey: []
tags:
- name: Indicators
  description: Indicator of compromise detail lookups and submission
paths:
  /api/v1/pulses/indicators/validate:
    post:
      operationId: validateIndicator
      summary: Validate an indicator
      tags:
      - Indicators
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                indicator:
                  type: string
                type:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Validation result
  /api/v1/indicators/{type}/{indicator}/{section}:
    get:
      operationId: getIndicatorDetails
      summary: Get indicator details
      description: Look up threat detail for an indicator. `type` is one of IPv4, IPv6, domain, hostname, url, hash (file), cve. `section` selects a facet (general, geo, malware, url_list, passive_dns, reputation, analysis, etc.).
      tags:
      - Indicators
      parameters:
      - name: type
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - IPv4
          - IPv6
          - domain
          - hostname
          - url
          - file
          - cve
      - name: indicator
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: section
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Indicator detail for the requested section
        '404':
          description: Indicator not found
  /api/v1/indicators/submit_file:
    post:
      operationId: submitFile
      summary: Submit a file for analysis
      tags:
      - Indicators
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                file:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Submission accepted
  /api/v1/indicators/submitted_files:
    get:
      operationId: getSubmittedFiles
      summary: List submitted files
      tags:
      - Indicators
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paginated list of submitted files
  /api/v1/indicators/submit_url:
    post:
      operationId: submitUrl
      summary: Submit a URL for analysis
      tags:
      - Indicators
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                url:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Submission accepted
  /api/v1/indicators/submit_urls:
    post:
      operationId: submitUrls
      summary: Submit multiple URLs for analysis
      tags:
      - Indicators
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                urls:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Submission accepted
  /api/v1/indicators/submitted_urls:
    get:
      operationId: getSubmittedUrls
      summary: List submitted URLs
      tags:
      - Indicators
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paginated list of submitted URLs
components:
  securitySchemes:
    OTXApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-OTX-API-KEY
      description: OTX API key, available from your OTX account settings page.