Specifications

This data feed subscription is licensed to you or your organization only, you may not resell or relicense the data without explicit written permission from Whois API, Inc. Any violation will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

The database come in the following form

Basic

• Data included: OUI blocks, vendor names and addresses.
• Filename format: macaddress.%DATE%.basic.[daily|weekly|monthly].data.[csv|json|xml]
• Filename examples:
  - macaddress.2021-12-12.basic.daily.data.csv,
  - macaddress.2021-12-12.basic.daily.data.json
  - macaddress.2021-12-12.basic.daily.data.xml

Downloading via HTTPS

• Base path: https://download.whoisxmlapi.com/datafeeds/
• Username and password: equal to your personal API Key which you can obtain from the My Products page.
• Folder: Mac_Address_Vendor_Database

Downloading via FTP

• Host: datafeeds.whoisxmlapi.com
• Port: 21210
• Username: 'user'
• Password: equal to your personal API Key which you can obtain from the My Products page.
• Base path: ftp://datafeeds.whoisxmlapi.com:21210
• Folder: Mac_Address_Vendor_Database

Downloading via FTPS

Read more about the FTPS connection: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTPS.

Our FTP server supports explicit FTP over TLS encryption. You may configure your FTP client to use explicit FTP over TLS encryption for secure communications.

Our FTPS server is accessed using the same paths and API keys as a regular FTP server, the instructions for which are described above. To connect via FTPS, select the "Require explicit FTP over TLS" encryption option in your FTP client, if it supports it. FileZilla configuration example: