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Spamhaus DROP and Intelligence API

DROP is global and changes daily; eDROP was merged into DROP on 10 April 2024. The free Intelligence API Developer License lasts six months and allows up to 5,000 queries per month; the provider says its tracked active botnet-controller dataset has about 800 to 1,500 entries with live updates every minute.

Open spamhaus.org

Signal Scoredraft model

Access: No key · none for DROP; account and bearer token for Intelligence API; 20
Licence clarity: Provider terms · terms linked; 13
Evidence: 5 source links checked; 20
Freshness: verified 2026-11-01; 20
Documentation: docs · limits · coverage · attribution; 20

// Terms and limits

Access: none for DROP; account and bearer token for Intelligence API
Free tier: DROP is keyless and free for any use under its stated credit and update conditions. The Intelligence API Developer License gives one account six months of free access for up to 5,000 queries per month and excludes production or commercial use.
Rate limits: DROP automated downloads must be at least one hour apart; the page also asks product users not to download more than once per day. Developer API: 5,000 queries per month; shorter account-specific thresholds are exposed by the limits endpoint.
Licence: Provider termsterms
Licence note: DROP is open to download and use without a fee; product use must credit The Spamhaus Project and preserve the date and copyright text. The six-month Intelligence API Developer License is limited to development or evaluation and excludes commercial, high-volume and production use.
Attribution: When DROP is used in a product, credit The Spamhaus Project and retain the date and copyright text with the file and data.

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-01

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cyber-threatblockliststhreat-intelnetwork-datarisk

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Request · get_entry

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "spamhaus-drop-intelligence"
    }
  }
}

Reply · selected fields

{
  "name": "Spamhaus DROP and Intelligence API",
  "slug": "spamhaus-drop-intelligence",
  "domain": "Cyber Threat",
  "type": "Dataset",
  "badge": "Freemium",
  "auth": "none for DROP; account and bearer token for Intelligence API",
  "rateLimits": "DROP automated downloads must be at least one hour apart; the page also asks product users not to download more than once per day. Developer API: 5,000 queries per month; shorter account-specific thresholds are exposed by the limits endpoint.",
  "license": "Provider terms",
  "licenseUrl": "https://www.spamhaus.org/blocklists/do-not-route-or-peer/",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-01",
  "evidenceUrls": [
    "https://www.spamhaus.org/blocklists/do-not-route-or-peer/",
    "https://www.spamhaus.org/drop/drop_v4.json",
    "https://www.spamhaus.com/data-access/intelligence-api-developer-license/",
    "https://docs.spamhaus.com/sia/docs/source/10-API-Interface/110-API.html",
    "https://docs.spamhaus.com/sia/docs/source/02-data-explained/data-anatomy.html"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    "cyber-threat",
    "blocklists",
    "threat-intel",
    "network-data",
    "risk"
  ],
  "providerUrl": "https://www.spamhaus.org/blocklists/do-not-route-or-peer/"
}

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// Terms and limits

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-01

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