IPQualityScore URL Scanner API

The URL Scanner API from IPQualityScore — 1 operation(s) for url scanner.

Operations 1

GET /url/{api_key}/{url} Scan a URL or domain for threats. #

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OpenAPI Specification

ipqualityscore-url-scanner-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: IPQualityScore Device Fingerprint URL Scanner API
  description: Real-time fraud prevention and threat intelligence API from IPQualityScore (IPQS). Covers proxy/VPN/Tor and IP reputation scoring, email and phone validation, malicious URL scanning, device fingerprinting, transaction risk scoring, and dark-web leaked-data checks. The API key is passed as a path parameter and responses are returned as JSON.
  termsOfService: https://www.ipqualityscore.com/terms-of-service
  contact:
    name: IPQualityScore Support
    url: https://www.ipqualityscore.com/contact
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://www.ipqualityscore.com/api/json
security:
- ApiKeyPath: []
tags:
- name: URL Scanner
paths:
  /url/{api_key}/{url}:
    get:
      operationId: maliciousUrlScanner
      tags:
      - URL Scanner
      summary: Scan a URL or domain for threats.
      description: Scans a URL or domain for phishing, malware, parking, spam, and suspicious content, returning a risk score, domain reputation, and a content category.
      parameters:
      - name: api_key
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Your IPQualityScore API key.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: url
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The URL-encoded URL or domain to scan.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: strictness
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Adjusts sensitivity (0-2). 0 is least strict and recommended.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 2
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UrlScannerResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    UrlScannerResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
        message:
          type: string
        unsafe:
          type: boolean
        domain:
          type: string
        ip_address:
          type: string
        server:
          type: string
        content_type:
          type: string
        status_code:
          type: integer
        page_size:
          type: integer
        domain_rank:
          type: integer
        dns_valid:
          type: boolean
        parking:
          type: boolean
        spamming:
          type: boolean
        malware:
          type: boolean
        phishing:
          type: boolean
        suspicious:
          type: boolean
        adult:
          type: boolean
        risk_score:
          type: integer
        country_code:
          type: string
        category:
          type: string
        domain_age:
          type: object
        request_id:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyPath:
      type: apiKey
      in: path
      name: api_key
      description: IPQualityScore API key passed as a path parameter on each request.