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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.
**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`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
account\_id: string
Identifier.
maxLength32
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20intel.urls%20%3E%20(method)%20get%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20account_id%20%3E%20(schema)>)
##### Q uery ParametersExpand Collapse
url: string
The URL to look up.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20intel.urls%20%3E%20(method)%20get%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20url%20%3E%20(schema)>)
##### ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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messages: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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success: true
Whether the API call was successful.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20intel.urls%20%3E%20(method)%20get%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20success>)
result: optional URL { 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
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name: optional string
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source\_id: optional number
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super\_category\_id: optional number
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full\_url: string
The full URL that was looked up.
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hostname: string
The hostname of the URL.
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risk\_type: array of object {id, name, source\_id, super\_category\_id }
Security risk types associated with this URL.
id: optional number
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name: optional string
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source\_id: optional number
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super\_category\_id: optional number
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url\_path: string
The path component of the URL.
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### Get URL Intelligence
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
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"
}
}
```