Shodan Rest Host Structure
Canonical structural representation of a Shodan host record.
Type: object
Properties: 0
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ShodanHost is a JSON Structure definition published by Shodan. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/draft/2025/schema meta-schema.
{
"$schema": "https://json-structure.org/draft/2025/schema",
"$id": "https://github.com/api-evangelist/shodan/json-structure/shodan-rest-host-structure.json",
"title": "Shodan Host Structure",
"description": "Canonical structural representation of a Shodan host record.",
"type": "object",
"name": "ShodanHost",
"namespace": "shodan",
"fields": [
{ "name": "ip_str", "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "IP address in dotted-quad form." },
{ "name": "ip", "type": "integer", "description": "Integer-encoded IP address." },
{ "name": "hostnames", "type": "array", "items": "string" },
{ "name": "domains", "type": "array", "items": "string" },
{ "name": "country_code", "type": "string", "description": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-2." },
{ "name": "country_name", "type": "string" },
{ "name": "city", "type": "string" },
{ "name": "region_code", "type": "string" },
{ "name": "postal_code", "type": "string" },
{ "name": "latitude", "type": "number" },
{ "name": "longitude", "type": "number" },
{ "name": "org", "type": "string", "description": "Organization owning the network." },
{ "name": "isp", "type": "string" },
{ "name": "asn", "type": "string", "description": "Autonomous System Number." },
{ "name": "os", "type": "string" },
{ "name": "last_update", "type": "datetime" },
{ "name": "ports", "type": "array", "items": "integer" },
{ "name": "vulns", "type": "array", "items": "string", "description": "Known CVE identifiers." },
{ "name": "tags", "type": "array", "items": "string" },
{ "name": "data", "type": "array", "items": "ShodanBanner", "description": "Banner records for each observed service." }
]
}
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