IP Blacklist Lookup API

About the IP Blacklist Lookup API

An IP blacklist check API for firewalls, fraud checks and signup screening. Send an IPv4 address and IP Blacklist Lookup checks it against an IP blacklist database of inbound threats (spam, scanning and brute-force sources) and outbound threats (command-and-control servers, malware and phishing hosts), refreshed four times a day. Every plan returns whether the IP is listed and whether it is a public address; paid plans add which list it is on, a threat level, Tor exit status, the ASN, the hosting provider, the IP's location, whether it is a VPN or datacenter address, live results from four public DNS blocklists (DroneBL, UCEPROTECT, 0spam and PSBL), and how many neighbouring addresses in the same /24 are listed.

What people use it for

Firewall Enhancement

Automatically block connections to/from known malicious IPs to strengthen your security posture

Threat Detection

Identify if incoming traffic originates from known malicious sources before processing requests

Outbound Security

Detect if your systems are attempting to connect to known command-and-control or malware servers

Security Auditing

Check historical connection logs against current threat intelligence to identify past compromises

Ways to call it

One endpoint, many ways in — REST with JSON, XML, YAML and CSV, plus GraphQL and an MCP interface for AI agents.

JSON

Default REST response

XML

Markup format

YAML

Human-readable

CSV

Tabular export

Beta

GraphQL

Query language

New

MCP

For AI agents

How it compares

Side by side with the tools people weigh IP Blacklist Lookup against — what each one is better at, in plain terms.

Request parameters — GET /v1/ipblacklistlookup

Sent in the query string. Premium parameters are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them. Anything not listed here is dropped rather than passed through.

Required

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curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/ipblacklistlookup?ip=185.220.101.1" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Authentication

Send your key in the x-api-key header. That is the only auth step — no token exchange, and no per-endpoint scope to configure.

Response — GET /v1/ipblacklistlookup

Every APIVerve endpoint returns the same three top-level keys, so one response handler covers your whole integration: status, error and data. Only data changes shape.

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{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "ipAddress": "185.220.101.1",
    "isIPBlacklisted": true,
    "isPublic": true,
    "inbound": {
      "found": true,
      "description": "IP is known for malicious inbound activity (spam, scanning, brute-force attacks)"
    },
    "outbound": {
      "found": true,
      "description": "IP is a known malicious destination (C2 server, malware host, phishing)"
    },
    "threatLevel": "critical",
    "isTor": true,
    "ipDetails": {
      "ip": "185.220.101.1",
      "country": "DE",
      "region": "BB",
      "timezone": "Europe/Berlin",
      "city": "Brandenburg an der Havel",
      "coordinates": [
        52.6171,
        13.1207
      ],
      "countryName": "Germany",
      "regionName": "Brandenburg",
      "postalCode": "14621",
      "continent": "EU",
      "continentName": "Europe",
      "accuracyRadius": 20,
      "isEU": true
    },
    "asn": "AS60729",
    "asnName": "TORSERVERS-NET",
    "hostingProvider": null,
    "listedInSubnet": 255,
    "isRiskySubnet": true,
    "isVpn": true,
    "isDatacenter": true,
    "isRelay": false,
    "blocklists": [
      {
        "name": "DroneBL",
        "zone": "dnsbl.dronebl.org",
        "listed": false
      },
      {
        "name": "UCEPROTECT Level 1",
        "zone": "dnsbl-1.uceprotect.net",
        "listed": false
      },
      {
        "name": "0spam",
        "zone": "bl.0spam.org",
        "listed": false
      },
      {
        "name": "PSBL",
        "zone": "psbl.surriel.com",
        "listed": false
      }
    ],
    "blocklistsListed": 0
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

Response headers

Every response carries your balance, so your own code always knows where it stands without polling anything. All four are exposed to browsers through CORS.

Errors

Read the HTTP status first, then error for the specific reason. The body names the parameter that has to change.

What a call costs — 10 credits per call

Credits are shared across every APIVerve API — one balance, one key, one bill. Failed requests never count against it, so a rejected input costs nothing.

Calls are what the credits buy at this API's rate — spend them here, on any of the other APIs, or across both. Nothing is reserved per endpoint.

Zero-code embed — one snippet, no backend

Drop an interactive IP Blacklist Lookup form onto any page. The widget calls the API for you, so no key ever appears in your markup and there is nothing to deploy.

Changelog — IP Blacklist Lookup API

Every change to this endpoint, newest first. Breaking changes ship as a new version and the previous one keeps serving — response fields are added, never removed or retyped in place, so an integration written against v1 keeps working.

Currently v1Data refreshed 6 hours