Security 1 Endpoints 8 Key Features

Domain Reputation & Security API

Evaluate domain reputation and security with comprehensive trust scoring. Detect malicious activity, phishing attempts, spam sources, and suspicious behavior. Use the single endpoint for deep checks or POST /v1/reputation/bulk to score a few domains in one request. Essential for security teams and fraud prevention.

Category Security
Endpoints 1
Key Features 8
Frequently Asked Questions 4

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Trust signals before you integrate

Transparent docs, authenticated requests, and visible reliability details make it easier to evaluate DomScan before you ship.

99.99% Uptime

Production-ready endpoints are designed for 99.99% uptime and documented status handling.

OpenAPI API artifacts

OpenAPI, Swagger, Postman, CLI, SDK, and MCP links are one click away.

API keys Protected access

Authenticated endpoints use API keys with clear credit costs before you call them.

10,000 Free allowance

Start with 10,000 monthly credits and upgrade only when usage grows.

What this API helps you ship

Use this page as a production brief: endpoints, examples, response shape, and the workflow pieces needed to plug DomScan into your own product.

Product workflows

Embed domain checks, DNS intelligence, risk signals, or enrichment into onboarding, search, and internal tools.

Analyst automation

Replace repeated manual lookups with scheduled jobs, alerting, and reproducible investigation steps.

Clean JSON data

Use predictable fields, documented status codes, and credit costs instead of scraping provider pages.

AI and ops tooling

Feed agents, dashboards, SOAR playbooks, and CRMs through OpenAPI, SDK, Postman, or MCP.

Integration workflow

A simple path from first request to repeatable production usage.

1
Authenticate once

Send your API key with the documented header and keep requests consistent across services.

2
Query with examples

Start from the curl and HTTP samples, then map the parameters into your application code.

3
Operate and monitor

Use status codes, credit costs, and response fields to build retries, logs, and alerts.

Developer kit

Jump from this page into machine-readable docs, request collections, SDKs, or agent tooling.

Parameters and response map

Scan the inputs, output fields, and status codes before wiring the endpoint into your client.

Request parameters

Parameter

domain
Response fields

Example Response

domainreputation_scoregraderisk_levelreputation_score_confidencegrade_capped_by_parkingfactorsfactors.agefactors.age.scorefactors.age.weightfactors.age.detailsfactors.dns_security
Status coverage

HTTP Status Codes

200400402429500502503504

Endpoints

GET /v1/reputation
Credits: 2Authentication: optional
domain

Trust signals before you integrate

Transparent docs, authenticated requests, and visible reliability details make it easier to evaluate DomScan before you ship.

Uptime API artifacts

OpenAPI, Swagger, Postman, CLI, SDK, and MCP links are one click away.

API keys Protected access

Authenticated endpoints use API keys with clear credit costs before you call them.

Free allowance Sign Up for Free

Start with 10,000 monthly credits and upgrade only when usage grows.

Active Example Request

Start from the curl and HTTP samples, then map the parameters into your application code.

Key Features

Trust Score

0-100 reputation score based on multiple factors.

Risk Classification

Critical, high, medium, or low risk assessment.

Malware Detection

Check if domain hosts or distributes malware.

Phishing Detection

Identify known phishing and credential theft sites.

Spam Source Check

Detect domains associated with spam campaigns.

Blacklist Monitoring

Check major security blacklists and blocklists.

Domain Age Analysis

Older domains generally have higher trust scores.

SSL Verification

Verify valid SSL certificate configuration.

Example Request

GET /v1/reputation bash
Open
curl -H "X-API-Key: $DOMSCAN_API_KEY" "https://domscan.net/v1/reputation?domain=example.com"

Example Response

200 OK json
{
  "domain": "example.com",
  "reputation_score": 76,
  "grade": "C",
  "risk_level": "medium",
  "reputation_score_confidence": "high",
  "grade_capped_by_parking": true,
  "factors": {
    "age": {
      "score": 84,
      "weight": 0.1,
      "details": {
        "age_days": 5840
      }
    },
    "dns_security": {
      "score": 80,
      "weight": 0.2,
      "details": {
        "dnssec": false,
        "spf": true,
        "dmarc": true,
        "dmarc_policy": "reject"
      }
    },
    "ssl_certificate": {
      "score": 92,
      "weight": 0.2,
      "details": {
        "valid": true,
        "error": null,
        "grade": "A",
        "chain_valid": true,
        "min_tls_version": "TLSv1.3"
      }
    },
    "hosting": {
      "score": 35,
      "weight": 0.1,
      "details": {
        "has_a_records": true,
        "a_record_count": 2,
        "parked": true
      }
    },
    "web_presence": {
      "score": 20,
      "weight": 0.15,
      "details": {
        "has_website": true,
        "redirects_to_https": true,
        "response_time_ms": 87,
        "parked": true,
        "for_sale": false,
        "parking_provider": "Example Parking"
      }
    },
    "blacklists": {
      "score": 100,
      "weight": 0.1,
      "details": {
        "listed": false,
        "threat_level": "none",
        "domain_sources": [],
        "ip_sources": []
      }
    },
    "email_config": {
      "score": 100,
      "weight": 0.15,
      "details": {
        "has_mx": true,
        "has_spf": true,
        "has_dmarc": true,
        "mx_count": 2
      }
    }
  },
  "recommendations": [
    {
      "priority": "high",
      "category": "web_presence",
      "action": "Move the domain off parking if it is intended for customer traffic.",
      "impact": "+10 points"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "query_time_ms": 187,
    "checks_performed": 7,
    "cached": false,
    "served_by": "pop=MAD country=ES",
    "worker_version": "2.0.0"
  }
}

Frequently Asked Questions

How is reputation score calculated?

Score combines multiple factors: domain age, blacklist status, SSL configuration, DNS setup, historical behavior, and threat intelligence feeds. Higher scores indicate greater trustworthiness.

How often is data updated?

Blacklist and threat intelligence data is updated multiple times per day. Historical data and domain age are calculated in real-time.

Can a domain improve its score?

Yes. Domains can improve reputation by maintaining clean history over time, proper SSL configuration, and avoiding association with malicious activity.

What blacklists do you check?

We check 15+ major security blacklists including Spamhaus, SURBL, URIBL, PhishTank, Google Safe Browsing, and others.

Related Tools & Resources

HTTP Status Codes

We document the HTTP status codes you should handle so you can distinguish successful responses, auth issues, credits, rate limits, missing data, and upstream failures.

OK 200

Request successful

Bad Request 400

Invalid parameters

Payment Required 402

Not enough credits to run this request.

Too Many Requests 429

Rate limit exceeded

Server Error 500

Internal error

Bad Gateway 502

Upstream RDAP error

Service Unavailable 503

Upstream service unavailable or temporarily rate limited.

Gateway Timeout 504

Upstream lookup timed out.

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