Have I Been Pwned

Have I Been Pwned Range Search API

K-anonymity range search for password hashes.

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Operations 1

GET /range/{hashPrefix} Search By Hash Range #

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OpenAPI Specification

have-i-been-pwned-range-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Have I Been Pwned API v3 Breached Accounts Range Search API
  description: 'The Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) API allows the list of pwned accounts (email addresses, domains,

    passwords, and stealer log entries) to be quickly searched via REST. Authenticated endpoints

    require an `hibp-api-key` header. All requests must send a `user-agent` header that accurately

    identifies the consuming application. Subscriptions range from Pwned 1 to Pwned 5.

    '
  version: 3.0.0
  contact:
    name: Have I Been Pwned
    url: https://haveibeenpwned.com/API/v3
  license:
    name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
servers:
- url: https://haveibeenpwned.com/api/v3
  description: HIBP Production API
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Range Search
  description: K-anonymity range search for password hashes.
paths:
  /range/{hashPrefix}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Range Search
      summary: Search By Hash Range
      description: 'Returns suffixes of all SHA-1 (or NTLM) hashes that begin with the supplied 5-character

        prefix, alongside the number of times each hash was observed in breaches.

        '
      operationId: searchPasswordRange
      parameters:
      - name: hashPrefix
        in: path
        required: true
        description: First 5 characters of the SHA-1 (or NTLM) password hash, uppercase hex.
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: ^[A-F0-9]{5}$
      - name: mode
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Hash algorithm. Default is SHA-1; set `ntlm` for NTLM hashes.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - sha1
          - ntlm
          default: sha1
      - name: Add-Padding
        in: header
        required: false
        description: When `true`, the response is padded to 800-1,000 entries to mask the response size.
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 'A newline-separated list of `HASHSUFFIX:COUNT` entries. The endpoint always returns

            200; absence of the queried suffix indicates the password is not known to HIBP.

            '
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: '0018A45C4D1DEF81644B54AB7F969B88D65:1

                  00D4F6E8FA6EECAD2A3AA415EEC418D38EC:2

                  '
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: hibp-api-key
      description: '32-character hexadecimal API key issued at https://haveibeenpwned.com/API/Key.

        Required for all account, paste, stealer log, domain search, and subscription endpoints.

        '