Dark Web Search

Search dark web mentions

Look for mentions of a company, domain, IP, or email across scraped dark web/forum posts.

Simple mode: Use query to search across title + content.

Advanced mode: Use specific fields (title, content, author, source_url) with AND/OR logic.

  • Pagination: page starts at 1, page_size max 100.
  • Fields: title, content, author, source, source_ref, target, published_at, ingested_at.
post/search/dark-web

Query parameters

pageinteger

Page number (starts at 1).

Page number (starts at 1).

page_sizeinteger

Items per page (1–100, default 25).

Items per page (1–100, default 25).

sourcesstring nullable

Comma-separated list of sources to filter by

Comma-separated list of sources to filter by

date_fromstring date-time nullable

Filter posts published after this date

Filter posts published after this date

date_tostring date-time nullable

Filter posts published before this date

Filter posts published before this date

sort_bystring

Sort field: ingested_at or published_at

Sort field: ingested_at or published_at

sort_orderstring

Sort order: asc or desc

Sort order: asc or desc

Request body

querystring nullable

Global search term (simple mode).

titlestring nullable

Search in title only (advanced mode).

contentstring nullable

Search in content only (advanced mode).

authorstring nullable

Exact author match (advanced mode).

source_urlstring nullable

Source URL contains (advanced mode).

logicstring nullable

Logic for combining fields: AND or OR.

Example request

{
  "query": "example.com"
}

Response

Search results (censored on free plans).

totalinteger required

Total number of matching posts.

pageinteger required

Current page number.

page_sizeinteger required

Number of items per page.

Example response

{
  "items": [
    {
      "author": "anon",
      "censored": false,
      "content": "Full credential dump attached...",
      "id": "post_12345",
      "ingested_at": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
      "source": "forum_x",
      "source_name": "Forum X",
      "title": "Database leak for example.com",
      "truncated": false
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "page_size": 25,
  "total": 1
}

Changes

No recorded changes to this endpoint across all 1 revision of this API.