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title: Get URL Intelligence
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# Get URL Intelligence

GET/accounts/{account\_id}/intel/url

Gets security information about a URL, including content categories and risk types. The URL must be provided as a query parameter.

##### Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. [Create a token](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/).

**Example:**`Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY`

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

**Example:**`X-Auth-Email: user@example.com`

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

**Example:**`X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194`

##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

`Intel Write` `Intel Read`

##### Path ParametersExpand Collapse 

account\_id: string

Identifier.

maxLength32

##### Query ParametersExpand Collapse 

url: string

The URL to look up.

##### ReturnsExpand Collapse 

errors: array of object { code, message, documentation\_url, source } 

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation\_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer } 

pointer: optional string

messages: array of object { code, message, documentation\_url, source } 

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation\_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer } 

pointer: optional string

success: true

Whether the API call was successful.

result: optional [URL](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/intel#%28resource%29%20intel.urls%20%3E%20%28model%29%20url%20%3E%20%28schema%29) { content\_categories, full\_url, hostname, 2 more } 

content\_categories: array of object { id, name, source\_id, super\_category\_id } 

Content categories associated with this URL.

id: optional number

name: optional string

source\_id: optional number

super\_category\_id: optional number

full\_url: string

The full URL that was looked up.

hostname: string

The hostname of the URL.

risk\_type: array of object { id, name, source\_id, super\_category\_id } 

Security risk types associated with this URL.

id: optional number

name: optional string

source\_id: optional number

super\_category\_id: optional number

url\_path: string

The path component of the URL.

### Get URL Intelligence

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PythonPython

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```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/intel/url \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "content_categories": [
      {
        "id": 155,
        "name": "Technology",
        "source_id": 1,
        "super_category_id": 26
      }
    ],
    "full_url": "https://example.com/path",
    "hostname": "example.com",
    "risk_type": [
      {
        "id": 0,
        "name": "name",
        "source_id": 0,
        "super_category_id": 0
      }
    ],
    "url_path": "/path"
  }
}
```

##### Returns Examples

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "content_categories": [
      {
        "id": 155,
        "name": "Technology",
        "source_id": 1,
        "super_category_id": 26
      }
    ],
    "full_url": "https://example.com/path",
    "hostname": "example.com",
    "risk_type": [
      {
        "id": 0,
        "name": "name",
        "source_id": 0,
        "super_category_id": 0
      }
    ],
    "url_path": "/path"
  }
}
```