The IP WHOIS API provides detailed IP address information, including registration data, organization details, administrative, technical, and abuse contacts, as well as routing and network information, all returned in well‑structured JSON or XML format.
Authorization
You can make authorized requests to our API by passing API key as a query parameter. To get your API key, login to our billing dashboard and get your API key! If your API key has been compromised, you can change it by clicking on reset button in billing dashboard.
Important References
- For details on request limits and handling rate limiting, refer here
- For a complete overview of API credit consumption and usage, refer here
Fields Description
status
Indicates whether the WHOIS API request was successful
true
ip_address
IP address being queried
8.8.8.8
query_time
Timestamp when the WHOIS query was executed
2024-02-01 07:50:47
whois_server
WHOIS server used for IP lookup
whois.arin.net
inet_nums
List of IP network allocation records
start_ip
Start IP of allocated range
8.8.8.0
end_ip
End IP of allocated range
8.8.8.255
cidr
CIDR notation of IP range
8.8.8.0/24
net_name
Network name
GOGL
net_handle
Network handle identifier
NET-8-8-8-0-2
status
Allocation status of the IP block
Direct Allocation
organization
Organization owning the IP block
Google LLC (GOGL)
date_created
Date when IP block was created
2023-12-28
date_updated
Last update date of IP block
2023-12-28
source
Source RDAP/WHOIS registry URL
https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/8.8.8.0
parents
Parent network blocks
NET8 (NET-8-0-0-0-0)
organization
Organization details associated with IP allocation
handle
Organization handle/ID
GOGL
name
Organization name
Google LLC
address
Full postal address
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
street
Street name
Amphitheatre Parkway
city
City
Mountain View
state
State code
CA
zip_code
Postal code
94043
country
Country code(s)
US
date_created
Organization record creation date
2000-03-30
date_updated
Last update date of organization record
2019-10-31
source
Registry source URL
https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/GOGL
technical_contacts
Technical contact details for IP allocation
handle
Contact handle
ZG39-ARIN
name
Contact name
Google LLC
email
Contact email addresses
phone
Contact phone numbers
+1-650-253-0000
source
Registry source URL
https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/ZG39-ARIN
abuse_contacts
Abuse contact information for reporting misuse
handle
Abuse contact handle
ABUSE5250-ARIN
name
Abuse contact name
Abuse
email
Abuse contact email addresses
phone
Abuse contact phone numbers
+1-650-253-0000
source
Registry source URL
https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/ABUSE5250-ARIN
whois_raw_response
Raw WHOIS response data from ARIN
