Prefix Overview

This data call gives a summary of the given prefix, including whether and by whom it is announced.

GET /data/prefix-overview/data.json?resource=193/23

Parameters

Key	Value	Info	Required
resource	prefix	States the prefix you want to get the resource info for	YES
min_peers_seeing	integer	Minimum number of (RIS) peers necessary to see a resource to be included in the result	NO - if not provided a default is choosen by the server. An info message is added if any resource got filtered.
max_related	integer	Limits the number of related prefixes - if there are any - included in the result	NO - if not provided a default is choosen by the server. An info message is added if truncation happens.
query_time	ISO8601 or Unix timestamp	Defines the query time for the lookup	NO - default: latest time data available is available for

Data Output

Key	Info
block	This contains information about this ASN or the ASN block it belongs to. Keys: desc (a human readable description), name (a human readable name) and the referencing resource/resources
announced	"True" if the prefix is announced, "False" otherwise
asns	A list of ("asn"/"holder") objects representing the originating ASNs. For multi-origin prefixes it's more than one ASN.
holder	Descriptive name for the AS if AS is given, "null" otherwise
resource	Outputs the prefix that the query is based on
type	For this data call always "prefix"
related_prefixes	List of related prefixes
actual_num_related	Total number of (returned and truncated) related prefixes.
num_filtered_out	Number of prefixes (exact or related) filtered by low-visibility filter. This can be controlled by the parameter "min_peers_seeing".
is_less_specific	True if the information in the response is for a larger block than the one requested.
resource	holds the resource this query based on
query_time	defines the query time the result is based on

Code Examples

Available versions for this data call:

1.3

This is the current and only version of this API call.