Project Honeypot

This npm module will allow you to query and consume the Project Honeypot API. Query it with an IP, and a simple JSON object will be sent back with relevent metadata regarding that IP.

Installation

npm install project-honeypot

Usage

1. Register for an account at Project Honeypot.
2. Enable API access and receive an access key.
3. Use this code:

    var honeypot = require('project-honeypot')('YOUR-ACCESS-KEY');
 
    honeypot.query(ip, callback);

Callback

Callback signature is (err, payload), and follows the following format:

1. If the IP address not found, payload.found is boolean false
2. Otherwise, payload.found is boolean true and shows follows this format:

{
  "ip": "127.1.1.5",
  "found": true,
  "lastSeenDays": 1,
  "threatScore": 1,
  "searchEngineId": null,
  "type": {
    "searchEngine": false,
    "suspicious": true,
    "harvester": false,
    "spammer": true
  }
}

Note: Certain ip addresses in the 127.*.*.* range are test addresses, 127.1.1.5 being one of them. It returns a result record corresponding to a IP address flagged as both "suspicious" and "comment spammer". View the full list here.

License

MIT