Abuse Contact Lookup

Used to find the abuse contact address for a domain name. This is where you would send complaints about spam originating from that domain.

URL

https://api.viewdns.info/abuselookup/

Parameters

domain - the domain name to find the abuse contact for
output - the output format required ('xml' or 'json')
apikey - your api key

Sample Query

domain: twitter.com

GET https://api.viewdns.info/abuselookup/?domain=twitter.com&apikey=yourapikey&output=output_type

XML Response (output=xml)

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1'?>
<viewdns>
  <query>
    <tool>abusecontact_PRO</tool>
    <domain>twitter.com</domain>
  </query>
  <response>
    <abusecontact>abuse@twitter.com</abusecontact>
  </response>
</viewdns>

JSON Response (output=json)

{
    "query": {
        "tool": "abusecontact_PRO",
        "domain": "twitter.com"
    },
    "response": {
        "abusecontact": "abuse@twitter.com"
    }
}