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Discover The Dark Web Exposure API

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Check if a password has been exposed in known breaches. Future updates will add full email/username/domain scan support.

Dark Web Exposure API

Authentication

All requests require your RapidAPI key in headers:

"x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY"
"x-rapidapi-host": "dark-web-exposure-api.p.rapidapi.com"
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Endpoints

1. Check Password Exposure

POST /password

Check if a password has appeared in known breaches (using pwnedpasswords).

Request Body 

{
  "password": "mypassword123"
}
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Successful Response 

{
  "ok": true,
  "breach_count": 1523
}
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  • breach_count → Number of times this password appeared in known breaches.
  • A count of 0 means the password hasn’t been exposed.

Error Response 

{
  "error": {
    "code": "missing_password",
    "message": "Provide a password."
  }
}
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Roadmap (Upcoming)

  • /scan endpoint for email / username / domain breach checks.

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