LevelBlue Open Threat Exchange (OTX) DirectConnect API

The OTX DirectConnect API provides programmatic access to the LevelBlue Open Threat Exchange, an open community threat-intelligence platform. It exposes indicators (IPs, domains, hostnames, file hashes, URLs, CVEs, NIDS), pulses (curated collections of related indicators with tags, TLP levels and targeted countries), keyword search over users and pulses, and user subscription management. Access is by API key, validated against the users/me endpoint.

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑
name: LevelBlue Open Threat Exchange (OTX) DirectConnect API
description: The OTX DirectConnect API provides programmatic access to the LevelBlue Open Threat Exchange,
  an open community threat-intelligence platform. It exposes indicators (IPs, domains, hostnames, file
  hashes, URLs, CVEs, NIDS), pulses (curated collections of related indicators with tags, TLP levels and
  targeted countries), keyword search over users and pulses, and user subscription management. Access
  is by API key, validated against the users/me endpoint.
humanURL: https://otx.alienvault.com/assets/static/external_api.html
baseURL: https://otx.alienvault.com/api/v1
tags:
- Threat Intelligence
- Indicators of Compromise
- Security
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://otx.alienvault.com/assets/static/external_api.html
- type: Portal
  url: https://otx.alienvault.com/