ASInfo
The ASInfo API call retrieves information about an AS number. It is based on the AS/BGP report displayed on the website, see for example https://search.dnslytics.com/bgp/as15169. This is a Premium API call, you have to buy API credits.
API request
https://api.dnslytics.net/v1/asinfo/<asn>/summary?apikey=<apikey>
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Parameters:
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asn
The requested AS number, for example 15169
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apikey
Your API key
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API response
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A JSON object with the following fields:
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status
Status of API call: succeed or error.
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question
The requested AS number.
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typeinfo
Data type returned, always ‘asinfo’.
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shortname
Description of the AS.
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country
Country of registration (2-digit code).
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rir
Regional Internet Registry (eg Ripe or Arin).
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rirdate
Date of assignment by RIR.
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ndomains
Number of domains hosted on this AS.
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nadultdomains
Number of adult domains hosted on this AS.
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nmxrecords
Number of MX records hosted on this AS.
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nnsrecords
Number of NS records hosted on this AS.
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nopenproxies
Number of open proxies hosted on this AS.
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nspamhosts
Number of spam hosts hosted on this AS.
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rank
Ranking of this AS based on number of IPv4 address allocated.
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prefixesv4
Array of IPv4 prefixes with the following fields (prefix, shortname and country).
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prefixesv6
Array of IPv6 prefixes with the following fields (prefix, shortname and country).
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peersv4
Array of IPv4 peers with the following fields (aspeer, shortname and country).
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peersv6
Array of IPv6 peers with the following fields (aspeer, shortname and country).
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mxrecords
Top 50 MX records hosted on this AS based on the number of domains using an MX record. Array of MX records with the following fields (mxrecord, ipv4, ndomains).
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nsrecords
Top 50 NS records hosted on this AS based on the number of domains using an NS record. Array of NS records with the following fields (nsrecord, ipv4, ndomains).
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topips
Top 50 IP addresses with domains hosted on this AS. Following fields are returned (ipv4, ndomains, example domain).
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domains
Domains hosted on this AS with the following fields (domain, ipv4). Maximum of 50 domain names are returned.
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Example
URL
$ curl https://api.dnslytics.net/v1/asinfo/15169/summary?apikey=<apikey>
Output
{
"status": "succeed",
"data":
{
"question": 15169,
"typeinfo": "asinfo",
"shortname": "Google LLC",
"country": "US",
"rir": "arin",
"rirdate": "2000-03-30",
"ndomains": 6139894,
"nadultdomains": 21061,
"nmxrecords": 148455,
"nnsrecords": 8724,
"nopenproxies": 6,
"nspamhosts": 17,
"rank": 124,
"prefixesv4":[
{
"prefix": "8.8.4.0/24",
"shortname": "Google LLC",
"country": "US"
},
{"......."}
],
"prefixesv6":[
{
"prefix": "2001:4860::/32",
"shortname": "Google LLC",
"country": "US"
},
{"......."}
],
"peersv4":[
{
"aspeer": 24482,
"shortname": "SG.GS",
"country": "SG"
},
{"......."}
],
"peersv6":[
{
"aspeer": 6939,
"shortname": "Hurricane Electric LLC",
"country": "US"
},
{"......."}
],
"mxrecords":[
{
"mxrecord": "aspmx.l.google.com",
"ipv4": "173.194.76.27",
"ndomains": 9082074
},
{"......."}
],
"nsrecords":[
{
"nsrecord": "ns8.wixdns.net",
"ipv4": "216.239.32.101",
"ndomains": 415274
},
{"......."}
],
"topips":[
{
"ipv4": "23.236.62.147",
"ndomains": 3662167,
"examples": "number3.co,yamahacostarica.com"
},
{"......."}
],
"domains":[
{
"domain": "aaanetworking.net",
"ipv4": "8.8.4.1"
},
{"......."}
]
}
}