CWE Timeline

GEThttps://api.deepinfo.com/v1/explore/vulnerability-insight/cwe-timeline

Time series of CVEs per CWE (weakness type).

Request

curl

curl 'https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/explore/vulnerability-insight/cwe-timeline' \
  -H 'apikey: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json'

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/explore/vulnerability-insight/cwe-timeline"

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

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

JavaScript

const url = "https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/explore/vulnerability-insight/cwe-timeline";

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/explore/vulnerability-insight/cwe-timeline", 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/explore/vulnerability-insight/cwe-timeline"))
            .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/explore/vulnerability-insight/cwe-timeline");
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/explore/vulnerability-insight/cwe-timeline',
    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/explore/vulnerability-insight/cwe-timeline')

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

[
  {
    "year": 1988,
    "cwe_stats": []
  },
  {
    "year": 1989,
    "cwe_stats": []
  }
]

Content-Type: application/json
deepinfo-request-id: 5f0c6a8e-1b2d-4c3e-9f4a-7b8c9d0e1f2a

Authentication

Send your API key in the apikey request header.

Response Fields

An array of objects:

Field	Type
`year`	integer
`cwe_stats`	array of object

Response Schema

Inferred from examples Built from the saved 2xx example response: the fields it contains, with the types seen there. It is not a contract. The response body is an array; [] marks its elements.

Field	Type	Example
`[].year`	number	`1988`
`[].cwe_stats`	array

Examples

The saved example from the Deepinfo API, shown in the request and response panels.

OKGET/explore/vulnerability-insight/cwe-timeline200 OK

Worked Examples

Worked examples of this endpoint, each on its own page with the exact request and the response it returns.

CVEs per CWE, Year by YearFor every year since 1988, the CWE weakness types of that year's CVEs with their counts.

See the example

Reference updated September 27, 2026