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Netlas Python SDK Specification

Below is documentation on the main classes and their methods included in Netlas SDK.

Netlas

__init__(api_key='', apibase='https://app.netlas.io', debug=False)

Netlas class constructor

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
api_key str

Personal API key

''
apibase str

Netlas API server address

'https://app.netlas.io'
debug bool

Debug flag

False

count(query, datatype='response', indices='')

Calculate total count of query string results

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
query str

Search query string

required
datatype str

Data type (choises: response, cert, domain, whois-ip, whois-domain)

'response'
indices str

Comma-separated IDs of selected data indices (can be retrieved by indices method)

''

Returns:

Type Description
dict

JSON object with total count of query string results

datasets()

Get available datasets

Returns:

Type Description
list

List of available datasets with full information

download(query, fields=None, exclude_fields=False, datatype='response', size=10, indices='')

Download data from Netlas

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
query str

Search query string

required
fields str

Comma-separated list of fields to include/exclude

None
exclude_fields bool

Exclude fields from output (instead include)

False
datatype str

Data type (choices: response, cert, domain, whois-ip, whois-domain)

'response'
size int

Download documents count

10
indices str

Comma-separated IDs of selected data indices (can be retrieved by indices method)

''

Returns:

Type Description
bytes

Iterator of raw data

download_all(query, fields=None, exclude_fields=False, datatype='response', indices='')

Download all available data for given query

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
query str

Search query string

required
fields str

Comma-separated list of fields to include/exclude

None
exclude_fields bool

Exclude fields from output (instead include)

False
datatype str

Data type (choices: response, cert, domain, whois-ip, whois-domain)

'response'
indices str

Comma-separated IDs of selected data indices (can be retrieved by indices method)

''

Returns:

Type Description
bytes

Iterator of raw data

Get link of 'id' dataset

Returns:

Type Description
list

JSON-object that contains link and name of dataset

host(host, fields=None, exclude_fields=False)

Get full information about host (ip or domain)

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
host str

IP or domain string

required
fields str

Comma-separated output fields. If empty it will output all data

None

Returns:

Type Description
dict

JSON object with full information about host

indices()

Get available data indices

Returns:

Type Description
list

List of available indices

profile()

Get user profile data

Returns:

Type Description
dict

JSON object with user profile data

search(query, datatype='response', page=0, indices='', fields=None, exclude_fields=False)

Send search query to Netlas API

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
query str

Search query string

required
datatype str

Data type (choises: response, cert, domain, whois-ip, whois-domain)

'response'
page int

Page number of data

0
indices str

Comma-separated IDs of selected data indices (can be retrieved by indices method)

''
fields str

Comma-separated list of fields to include/exclude

None
exclude_fields bool

Exclude fields from output (instead include)

False

Returns:

Type Description
dict

search query result

stat(query, group_fields, indices='', size=100, index_type='responses')

Get statistics of responses query string results

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
query str

Search query string

required
group_fields str

Comma-separated fields using for aggregate data

required
indices str

Comma-separated IDs of selected data indices (can be retrieved by indices method)

''
size int

Aggregation size

100
index_type str

Index type (choises: responses, certificates, domains)

'responses'

Returns:

Type Description
dict

JSON object with statistics of responses query string results

APIError

Bases: Exception

Basic Netlas.io Exception class