An African Network (AFRINIC)

GEThttps://api.deepinfo.com/v1/lookup/ip-whois

IP WHOIS of 196.216.2.1 (AFRINIC): the registry's own network, 196.216.2.0/23, with AS33764.

Param: ip
Value: 196.216.2.1

Asks for the IP WHOIS record of 196.216.2.1, in AFRINIC's own network.

asn_registry is afrinic and asn 33764. The network 196.216.2.0/23 (ASSIGNED PI, provider-independent) is registered to African Network Information Center - (AfriNIC) Ltd, inside the parent range 196.0.0.0 - 196.255.255.255. AFRINIC marks its contacts as individuals, so the administrative and technical contacts are redacted even when the name is a team's.

Request

curl

curl 'https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/lookup/ip-whois?ip=196.216.2.1' \
  -H 'apikey: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json'

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/lookup/ip-whois"

params = {
    "ip": "196.216.2.1"
}

headers = {
    "apikey": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Accept": "application/json"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params, headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())

JavaScript

const url = "https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/lookup/ip-whois?ip=196.216.2.1";

const response = await fetch(url, {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "apikey": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Accept": "application/json"
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/lookup/ip-whois?ip=196.216.2.1", nil)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("apikey", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")

	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()

	body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

Java

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/lookup/ip-whois?ip=196.216.2.1"))
            .header("apikey", "YOUR_API_KEY")
            .header("Accept", "application/json")
            .GET()
            .build();

        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

        System.out.println(response.body());
    }
}

using System;
using System.Net.Http;

using var client = new HttpClient();

var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/lookup/ip-whois?ip=196.216.2.1");
request.Headers.Add("apikey", "YOUR_API_KEY");
request.Headers.Add("Accept", "application/json");

using var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());

PHP

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/lookup/ip-whois?ip=196.216.2.1',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'apikey: YOUR_API_KEY',
        'Accept: application/json',
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);

if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException(curl_error($curl));
}

echo $response . PHP_EOL;

Ruby

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI('https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/lookup/ip-whois?ip=196.216.2.1')

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request['apikey'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
request['Accept'] = 'application/json'

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
  http.request(request)
end

puts response.body

Response

200 OK · application/json

Response Body

{
  "ip": "196.216.2.1",
  "ipwhois": {
    "asn": "33764",
    "asn_cidr": "196.216.2.0/23",
    "asn_description": "African Network Information Center - (AfriNIC) Ltd - African Network Information Center - (AfriNIC) Ltd, MU",
    "asn_country_code": "ZA",
    "asn_registry": "afrinic",
    "entities": [
      "IT7-AFRINIC",
      "CA15-AFRINIC",
      "ORG-AFNC1-AFRINIC"
    ],
    "asn_date": "2004-05-17",
    "nir": null,
    "query": "196.216.2.1",
    "raw": null,
    "network": {
      "cidr": "196.216.2.0/23",
      "name": "ORG-AFNC1-AFRINIC",
      "country": "ZA",
      "start_address": "196.216.2.0",
      "end_address": "196.216.3.255",
      "handle": "196.216.2.0 - 196.216.3.255",
      "ip_version": "v4",
      "links": [
        "https://rdap.afrinic.net/rdap/ip/196.216.2.0 - 196.216.3.255"
      ],
      "parent_handle": "196.0.0.0 - 196.255.255.255",
      "raw": null,
      "status": [
        "active"
      ],
      "type": "ASSIGNED PI",
      "notices": [
        {
          "title": "ABOUT",
          "description": "This is the AfriNIC RDAP server.",
          "links": [
            "https://www.afrinic.net/support/whois-db/reference-manual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "title": "Terms and Conditions",
          "description": "This is the AFRINIC Database query service. The objects are in RDAP format.",
          "links": [
            "https://afrinic.net/whois/terms"
          ]
        },
        {
          "title": "Whois Inaccuracy Reporting",
          "description": "If you see inaccuracies in the results, please visit: ",
          "links": [
            "https://www.afrinic.net/support/whois-db/reference-manual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "title": "jCard sunset end",
          "description": "2023-12-31T23:59:59Z",
          "links": [
            "https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-regext-rdap-jscontact-12.html",
            "https://rdap.afrinic.net/rdap/ip/196.216.2.0 - 196.216.3.255?jscard=1"
          ]
        },
        {
          "title": "jCard deprecation end",
          "description": "2022-12-31T23:59:59Z",
          "links": [
            "https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-regext-rdap-jscontact-12.html",
            "https://rdap.afrinic.net/rdap/ip/196.216.2.0 - 196.216.3.255?jscard=1"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "remarks": null,
      "events": [
        {
          "action": "registration",
          "actor": null,
          "timestamp": "2005-02-21T15:30:00Z"
        },
        {
          "action": "last changed",
          "actor": null,
          "timestamp": "2020-08-18T12:16:00Z"
        }
      ]
    },
    "objects": {
      "IT7-AFRINIC": {
        "contact": {
          "email": [
            {
              "type": null,
              "value": "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY"
            }
          ],
          "address": [
            {
              "type": null,
              "value": "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY"
            }
          ],
          "phone": [
            {
              "type": [
                "work"
              ],
              "value": "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY"
            },
            {
              "type": [
                "work"
              ],
              "value": "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY"
            }
          ],
          "kind": "individual",
          "name": "Infrastructure Team",
          "role": null,
          "title": null
        },
        "entities": null,
        "events": null,
        "events_actor": null,
        "handle": "IT7-AFRINIC",
        "links": [
          "https://rdap.afrinic.net/rdap/entity/IT7-AFRINIC"
        ],
        "notices": null,
        "raw": null,
        "remarks": null,
        "roles": [
          "technical"
        ],
        "status": [
          "active"
        ]
      },
      "CA15-AFRINIC": {
        "contact": {
          "email": [
            {
              "type": null,
              "value": "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY"
            }
          ],
          "address": [
            {
              "type": null,
              "value": "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY"
            }
          ],
          "phone": [
            {
              "type": [
                "work"
              ],
              "value": "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY"
            }
          ],
          "kind": "individual",
          "name": "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY",
          "role": null,
          "title": null
        },
        "entities": null,
        "events": null,
        "events_actor": null,
        "handle": "CA15-AFRINIC",
        "links": [
          "https://rdap.afrinic.net/rdap/entity/CA15-AFRINIC"
        ],
        "notices": null,
        "raw": null,
        "remarks": null,
        "roles": [
          "administrative"
        ],
        "status": [
          "active"
        ]
      },
      "ORG-AFNC1-AFRINIC": {
        "contact": {
          "email": [
            {
              "type": null,
              "value": "user@afrinic.net"
            }
          ],
          "address": [
            {
              "type": null,
              "value": "11th Floor, Standard Chartered Tower\n19, Cybercity\nEbène"
            }
          ],
          "phone": [
            {
              "type": [
                "work"
              ],
              "value": "tel:+230-466-6758"
            },
            {
              "type": [
                "work"
              ],
              "value": "tel:+230-403-5100"
            }
          ],
          "kind": "org",
          "name": "African Network Information Center - (AfriNIC) Ltd",
          "role": null,
          "title": null
        },
        "entities": null,
        "events": null,
        "events_actor": null,
        "handle": "ORG-AFNC1-AFRINIC",
        "links": [
          "https://rdap.afrinic.net/rdap/entity/ORG-AFNC1-AFRINIC"
        ],
        "notices": null,
        "raw": null,
        "remarks": [
          {
            "title": "Remark",
            "description": "=======================================",
            "links": null
          },
          {
            "title": "Remark",
            "description": "For more information on AFRINIC assigned blocks,",
            "links": null
          },
          {
            "title": "Remark",
            "description": "querry whois.afrinic.net port 43, or the web based",
            "links": null
          },
          {
            "title": "Remark",
            "description": "query at http://whois.afrinic.net or www.afrinic.net",
            "links": null
          },
          {
            "title": "Remark",
            "description": "website: www.afrinic.net",
            "links": null
          },
          {
            "title": "Remark",
            "description": "Other Contacts:",
            "links": null
          },
          {
            "title": "Remark",
            "description": "===============",
            "links": null
          },
          {
            "title": "Remark",
            "description": "user@afrinic.net - for IP resources",
            "links": null
          },
          {
            "title": "Remark",
            "description": "user@afrinic.net - for new members and other",
            "links": null
          },
          {
            "title": "Remark",
            "description": "inquiries.",
            "links": null
          }
        ],
        "roles": [
          "registrant"
        ],
        "status": [
          "active"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "check_date": "2026-09-24T07:51:50Z"
}

Content-Type: application/json
ratelimit-limit: 1
ratelimit-remaining: 0
ratelimit-reset: 1
x-ratelimit-limit-second: 1
x-ratelimit-remaining-second: 0
deepinfo-request-id: 5f0c6a8e-1b2d-4c3e-9f4a-7b8c9d0e1f2a

Request

What this example sends. Every parameter is documented on IP WHOIS; the exact request is in the code panel.

Parameter	Value
`ip`query	`196.216.2.1`

Reference updated September 24, 2026

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