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Abuse Contact API

Available in: IPinfo Enterprise

The IPinfo Abuse Contact API returns contact information, typically of the network administrator, that can be used to report IP addresses engaged in fraudulent or malicious activity. It's part of the IPinfo Enterprise plan, where customers select the specific API services and request quota that match their needs. You can access IPinfo Abuse Contact data as a downloadable dataset as well: Abuse Contact Database Downloads

Quick Reference

API Schema
JSON
{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "title": "IPinfo Abuse Contact API Response",
  "description": "Schema for IPinfo Abuse Contact API response",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "address": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The organizational address of the abuse contact.",
      "example": "US, CA, Mountain View, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043"
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code of the abuse contact.",
      "example": "US"
    },
    "email": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The organizational email address of the abuse contact.",
      "example": "network-abuse@google.com"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The name of the abuse contact.",
      "example": "Abuse"
    },
    "network": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The IP network (CIDR notation) that this abuse contact is registered for.",
      "example": "8.8.8.0/24"
    },
    "phone": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The organizational phone number of the abuse contact.",
      "example": "+1-650-253-0000"
    }
  }
}
FieldTypeDescriptionExample
addressstringThe organizational address of the abuse contact.US, CA, Mountain View, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043
countrystringThe ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code of the abuse contact.US
emailstringThe organizational email address of the abuse contact.network-abuse@google.com
namestringThe name of the abuse contact.Abuse
networkstringThe IP network (CIDR notation) that this abuse contact is registered for.8.8.8.0/24
phonestringThe organizational phone number of the abuse contact.+1-650-253-0000

Lookup IP addresses

Bash
curl https://ipinfo.io/1.1.1.1/abuse?token=$TOKEN
JSON
{
  "address": "PO Box 3646, South Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia",
  "country": "AU",
  "email": "abuse@apnic.net",
  "name": "APNIC RESEARCH",
  "network": "1.1.1.0/24",
  "phone": "+61-7-3858-3188"
}

If you are using an IPv6 connection, please use the v6.ipinfo.io endpoint.

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