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"
}
}