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Kent 'picat' Gruber edited this page Oct 21, 2017 · 1 revision

Shodanz

Shodanz is a modern Ruby gem for Shodan, the world's first search engine for Internet-connected devices. You can refer to some of the websites official documentation which this wiki takes a lot of its wording from.

Using Shodanz, you can effortlessly interact with Shodan's various APIs to do all sorts of awesome things!

πŸ”‘ API Key

In order to use Shodan's API, you're going to need to first get yourself a Shodan API key. Then, by default, Shodanz will look for your SHODAN_API_KEY environment variable and use that when contacting any of the Shodan API endpoints.

Usage

πŸ’» Explore the Internet of Things: Use Shodan to discover which of your devices are connected to the Internet, where they are located and who is using them.

πŸ‘ Monitor Network Security: Keep track of all the computers on your network that are directly accessible from the Internet. Shodan lets you understand your digital footprint.

πŸ–Ό See the Big Picture: Websites are just one part of the Internet. There are power plants, Smart TVs, refrigerators and much more that can be found with Shodan!

πŸ’° Get a Competitive Advantage: Who is using your product? Where are they located? Use Shodan to perform empirical market intelligence.

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