ARIN · RIPE · APNIC · LACNIC · AFRINIC

Abuse Contact

Get abuse reporting contacts and network operator info for any IP address. Look up abuse emails, RIR data, and network registrar details instantly.

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Capabilities

Key Features

Everything you need to report abuse, spam, and network violations to the right contacts.

Abuse Email Addresses

Retrieve verified abuse contact email addresses directly from RIR databases — no manual searching required.

Network Registrar Info

Get full network registrar details including organisation name, address, and phone numbers from all five RIRs.

All 5 RIR Databases

Unified access to ARIN, RIPE NCC, APNIC, LACNIC, and AFRINIC — all five Regional Internet Registries in one API call.

Report Generation Template

Auto-generate abuse report templates pre-filled with network operator details, ready to send in seconds.

Bulk Abuse Query Support

Submit batches of IPs to retrieve abuse contacts for each one simultaneously — ideal for large-scale security operations.

Verified Contact Data

All contact data is sourced directly from authoritative RIR databases and validated for accuracy and deliverability.

Response Schema

Data Fields

All fields returned by the /v2/ip/{ip}/abuse endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
`ip`	string	The queried IP address
`abuse_email`	string	Primary abuse reporting email address
`rir`	string	Regional Internet Registry (ARIN, RIPE, APNIC, LACNIC, AFRINIC)
`network_name`	string	Network handle name as registered with the RIR
`org_name`	string	Full legal name of the network operator organisation
`org_address`	string	Registered postal address of the organisation
`phone`	string	Contact phone number for the network operator
`country`	string	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code

Live Demo

See It In Action

Enter any IP address to retrieve its abuse contact details.

{
  "ip": "1.1.1.1",
  "abuse_email": "[email protected]",
  "rir": "ARIN",
  "network_name": "CLOUDFLARENET",
  "org_name": "Cloudflare Inc.",
  "org_address": "101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107",
  "phone": "+1-650-319-8930",
  "country": "US"
}

Applications

Use Cases

Report Spam & Abuse

Quickly find and contact the responsible network operator when you receive spam, DDoS attacks, or malicious traffic from an IP.

Spam source reporting
DDoS attack escalation
Automated takedown workflows

Network Security Operations

Integrate abuse contact lookups into your SIEM and incident response playbooks to streamline escalation paths for security events.

SIEM integration
Incident response automation
Threat escalation workflows

Compliance Reporting

Meet regulatory requirements by ensuring abuse complaints are filed with the correct RIR contacts. Maintain audit trails of all reports sent.

GDPR breach notifications
Regulatory filing assistance
Audit trail generation

Integration

API Reference

# Get abuse contact for an IP address
curl -X GET "https://api.hostinfo.com/v2/ip/1.1.1.1/abuse" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"

// Get abuse contact for an IP address
const response = await fetch(
  'https://api.hostinfo.com/v2/ip/1.1.1.1/abuse',
  { headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' } }
);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data.abuse_email, data.org_name);

# Get abuse contact for an IP address
import requests

data = requests.get(
    'https://api.hostinfo.com/v2/ip/1.1.1.1/abuse',
    headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'}
).json()
print(data['abuse_email'], data['org_name'])

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