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AlienVault OTX Has a Free API — Threat Intelligence From 200,000+ Contributors

AlienVault OTX Has a Free API — Threat Intelligence From 200,000+ Contributors

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AlienVault Open Threat Exchange (OTX) is the world's largest open threat intelligence community. 200,000+ contributors sharing indicators of compromise (IOCs) in real-time. Their API is completely free. No usage limits. No premium tier needed. The Problem It Solves Threat intelligence feeds are expensive. CrowdStrike, Recorded Future, ThreatConnect — they charge thousands per year. Small security teams can't afford them. OTX gives you the same type of data: malicious IPs, domains, file hashes, URLs — crowdsourced from 200K+ security researchers worldwide. For free. Get Your Free API Key Sign up at otx.alienvault.com Go to Settings → API Integration Copy your OTX API Key Check an IP for Threats \ `python import requests API_KEY = "your-otx-api-key" headers = {"X-OTX-API-KEY": API_KEY} BASE = " https://otx.alienvault.com/api/v1 " def check_ip(ip): """Get threat intelligence for an IP address.""" # General info r = requests.get(f"{BASE}/indicators/IPv4/{ip}/general", headers=headers, time

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