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// CT INTELLIGENCE API

Search & Stream the Global
Certificate Transparency Firehose

Real-time CT log streaming, historical certificate search, and webhook delivery. Build security tools on the world's largest certificate database.

264M+ Certs Indexed

Searchable certificate database

26M+ Certs/Day

Ingested from 40+ CT logs

10-Day Lookback

Growing daily toward 90-day depth

Webhook Delivery

Real-time filtered notifications

// CT SEARCH API

Search the global certificate database

Historical certificate search across all CT logs. Query by domain, issuer, SAN pattern, or date range with sub-second response times.

Historical certificate search across all CT logs

Query billions of certificates from 40+ Certificate Transparency logs with sub-second response times.

Search by domain, issuer, SAN pattern, date range

Flexible search filters let you find exactly the certificates you need across any combination of fields.

Deduplication of certificates and precertificates

Automatic deduplication ensures clean results without duplicate entries from precertificate and final certificate pairs.

CSV/JSON export of search results

Export search results in structured JSON for programmatic use or CSV for spreadsheet analysis and reporting.

// RAW CT DATA FEEDS

Raw certificate data for your security tools

Full certificate JSON delivered to your endpoint in real-time. Every field, HMAC-signed, ready for SIEM ingestion and security automation.

Raw certificate JSON delivered to your endpoint

Full certificate data POSTed in real-time: all SANs, serial number, fingerprint, issuer chain, CT log source, and timestamps. Built for programmatic consumption.

HMAC-signed payloads for verification

Every payload is signed with HMAC-SHA256 so your ingestion pipeline can verify authenticity and reject tampered requests.

Route data feeds to your security tooling

Send raw CT data to your SIEM, security automation pipeline, or custom detection engine. Configure per-domain routing to different endpoints.

Guaranteed delivery with retry logic

Failed deliveries are automatically retried with exponential backoff, ensuring no certificate data is lost in your ingestion pipeline.

// CT FIREHOSE

The full certificate stream

Access the complete unfiltered CT log stream — every certificate from every log, delivered in real-time via WebSocket or webhook.

Full unfiltered real-time CT stream (Coming Soon)

Access the complete Certificate Transparency firehose — every certificate from every log, in real-time.

WebSocket + Webhook delivery methods

Choose between persistent WebSocket connections for streaming or webhook POSTs for event-driven architectures.

Server-side domain filtering

Apply domain filters server-side to receive only matching certificates, reducing bandwidth and processing overhead.

Consumer group fan-out

Enterprise-grade fan-out architecture ensures reliable delivery to multiple consumers with at-least-once guarantees.

// DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE

Built for developers, by developers

REST API, CLI tool, and comprehensive documentation. Get from zero to production in minutes, not weeks.

REST API with API key authentication

Simple API key authentication with per-key rate limiting, usage tracking, and instant revocation.

CLI tool for testing and debugging

Test your webhook endpoints, search queries, and API integration directly from the command line.

Rate limit dashboard (Coming Soon)

Monitor your API usage, rate limit status, and remaining credits in real-time from your dashboard.

Comprehensive API documentation

Complete OpenAPI spec with interactive examples, code snippets in multiple languages, and migration guides.

// HOW IT WORKS

From API key to production in minutes

Three steps to real-time certificate intelligence.

01

Connect

Get your API key and start making requests. Search certificates by domain, issuer, or SAN pattern.

API keyREST APIInstant setup
02

Subscribe

Configure webhook endpoints for your domains. We filter the CT firehose and POST matching certificates in real-time.

Domain filtersHMAC signaturesReal-time
03

Build

Build security tools, threat intelligence feeds, or compliance dashboards with our structured certificate data.

Structured dataCSV exportJSON API
// COMPARE

The most developer-friendly CT data platform

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Price$79/mo$50-1,500/mo$100+/moFree
Historical SearchSlow
Webhook Delivery
Real-time StreamingSoon$1,000/mo
Domain FilteringPartial
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CLI Tool

The only CT data platform with native webhook delivery

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100 free API calls/day
Historical certificate search
Webhook delivery
Domain filtering
HMAC-signed payloads
CLI testing tool
REST API access
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