如何查询RIPE API获取JSON数据？如何通过RIPE REST API获取whois同款JSON数据？

Hey there! Let's tackle your two questions about working with the RIPE REST API to get JSON-formatted data, especially matching what you see from the whois command.

1. 如何查询RIPE API以获取JSON格式的数据？ #

The RIPE Database REST API makes it straightforward to fetch structured JSON data—you just need to specify the right request headers and parameters:

• 核心API端点: Use the search endpoint https://rest.db.ripe.net/search for general queries.
• 指定JSON格式: Add an Accept: application/json header to your request to tell the API you want JSON instead of the default XML.
• 基本查询示例:
  For example, to look up details for the IP 8.8.8.8, run this curl command:

  curl -H "Accept: application/json" "https://rest.db.ripe.net/search?query-string=8.8.8.8&type=ip&source=ripe"
  

  • query-string: The value you want to search for (IP, ASN, domain, etc.)
  • type: Filters results to a specific object type (e.g., ip, asn, domain, inetnum)
  • source: Specifies the RIPE database (since RIPE handles resources for Europe, Middle East, and Central Asia)

You can adjust the query-string and type parameters to search for other resource types—like an ASN (type=asn) or domain (type=domain).

2. 如何获取与whois命令输出一致的JSON格式数据？ #

The whois command returns raw RIPE database objects (like inetnum for IP ranges, aut-num for ASNs). To get the exact same data in JSON, you need to target those specific objects directly:

Step 1: Find the exact object path (if you don't know it) #

First, use the search API to locate the URL of the object that matches your whois result. For example, searching for 8.8.8.8 will return a link to the inetnum object for 8.8.8.0-8.8.8.255.

Step 2: Fetch the object directly #

Once you have the object path, request it with the JSON accept header. Using the inetnum example:

curl -H "Accept: application/json" "https://rest.db.ripe.net/ripe/inetnum/8.8.8.0-8.8.8.255"

What makes this match the whois output? #

The JSON response will include an attributes array that maps directly to the lines in the whois output. For example:

• whois line: netname: LVLT-GOGL-8-8-8
• JSON equivalent:

  {"name": "netname", "value": "LVLT-GOGL-8-8-8"}
  

All fields from the whois output (like descr, country, admin-c, tech-c) will be present in this attributes array.

Tip for bulk or unknown objects #

If you're working with a query that returns multiple objects (like a domain that has multiple associated records), the search API's JSON response will include an array of objects—each one corresponds to a section in the whois output, so you can iterate through them to get all matching data.

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者Jonathan