ShieldLabs History API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: ShieldLabs History API
  version: '1.2'
  description: "The ShieldLabs API surfaces visitor identification, anonymity detection, and\nabuse and fraud prevention for your application.\n\nThere are three surfaces:\n\n- The **JS snippet** posts collected signals to `rest.shieldlabs.ai` automatically.\n  You do not call this endpoint yourself. See [Install the snippet](/setup/snippet).\n- **Webhooks** deliver the Risk Score and signals to your server shortly after a\n  visit. See [Webhooks](/api/webhooks). Contract: schema_version `2026-06-01`\n  (`identification.scored` / `webhook.ping`), signature in `X-Shield-Signature`.\n- The **Server API** has two backend hosts:\n  - **History API** (recommended) on `account.shieldlabs.ai/api`.\n    Private API Key (`Authorization: Bearer sec_…`).\n    Envelope `{ data, total }`. See [Server API](/api/server-api).\n  - **Management API** on `api.shieldlabs.ai`.\n    Secret Key in headers (`X-Shield-Domain` + `Authorization: Bearer`).\n    Profile and balance (Secret Key). Snapshot history: use History API.\n\nThe Risk Score is an integer from 0 to 100. ShieldLabs scores visits; your own\ncode decides whether to allow, challenge, review, or block.\n"
  contact:
    email: support@shieldlabs.ai
servers:
- url: https://account.shieldlabs.ai/api
  description: History API (Private API Key, recommended for snapshot reads)
- url: https://api.shieldlabs.ai
  description: Management API (Secret Key — profile and balance)
tags:
- name: history-api
  description: 'Recommended snapshot reads on account.shieldlabs.ai.

    Authenticated with Private API Key. Response envelope `{ data, total }`.

    '
paths:
  /api/v1/history/{search_type}/{value}:
    get:
      tags:
      - history-api
      summary: Search history by identifier (recommended)
      description: 'Returns stored snapshots that match an identifier, newest first, in a paginated

        `{ data, total }` envelope. Does not consume request balance.

        Served on account.shieldlabs.ai.

        '
      operationId: searchHistoryAccount
      security:
      - PrivateApiKey: []
      parameters:
      - name: search_type
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ip
          - user_hid
          - visitor_id
          - request_id
          - device_id
          - session_id
          - cookie_id
      - name: value
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 20
      - name: offset
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          default: 0
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paginated snapshot list
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HistoryEnvelope'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnauthorizedJson'
components:
  schemas:
    AccountSnapshot:
      type: object
      description: Snapshot row from the History API (snake_case).
      properties:
        request_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        session_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        cookie_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        device_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        visitor_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        ip:
          type: string
        score:
          type: integer
        score_details:
          type: string
          description: JSON string of signal objects with Value and Description fields.
        created_at:
          type: string
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          examples:
          - too many requests
          - invalid api key
    HistoryEnvelope:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccountSnapshot'
        total:
          type: integer
  responses:
    UnauthorizedJson:
      description: Missing or invalid Private API Key
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    PrivateApiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Private API Key from the dashboard API tab (`sec_…`).
    SecretKeyHeader:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Secret Key plus `X-Shield-Domain` header with your registered domain.