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Shodan
Shodan is the world's first search engine for Internet-connected devices. It continuously crawls the public Internet to build a searchable database of servers, IoT devices, industrial control systems, routers, webcams, databases, and any other host that exposes a service. Shodan provides REST, Streaming, and Trends APIs along with on-demand scanning, network alerts, notifiers, DNS lookups, the Int
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Account OverviewSummarize the account profile, plan credits, and client IP.Alert With Notifier
Stand up a notifier and a triggered network alert in one flow.CVEDB Product Vulnerability Enrichment
Enumerate CPEs and CVEs for a product and detail the top CVE.Domain Reconnaissance
Map a domain's DNS footprint and inspect a resolved host.Historical Trends vs Live Exposure
Compare a query's historical trend to its current live count.InternetDB Vulnerability Triage
Triage an IP's exposure using free InternetDB and CVEDB lookups.Network Alert Lifecycle
Create, arm, verify, and update a Shodan network alert.Notifier Lifecycle
Create, verify, update, and delete a Shodan notifier.Query Directory Explorer
Explore the saved-query directory and run a discovered query.Resolve Hostname and Inspect Host
Resolve a hostname and inspect the resulting host in Shodan.Reverse DNS to Host Info
Reverse-resolve an IP and inspect the host in Shodan.Scan Then Inspect Host
Re-crawl a single IP and read back its updated host record.Search Builder
Build and validate a Shodan search query against live metadata.Search to Host Detail
Count, search, and inspect the top matching host for a Shodan query.Submit On-Demand Scan and Poll
Submit an on-demand scan and wait for it to finish.