How to Check IP Addresses for Bot Client Threats (Botnets) using Go

Botnets are a particularly sneaky cybersecurity threat, capable of performing a plethora of malicious activities right under our noses — including anything from spam to distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Detecting botnet IPs can be a difficult task; thankfully, however, our “Check if IP Address is a Bot Client Threat” API offers a simple, easy-to-use solution for rooting them out. This API uses real-time signals to check your suspicious IPs against known, high-probability bots, and returns a simple Boolean response indicating if a bot was detected (true) or not (false).

To help you take advantage of this API, I’ve provided ready-to-run Go code examples (below) which you can use to structure your API call. If you’re in need of code examples in a different programming language, not to worry — just head to our API console page and you’ll find a variety of different options including C#, Node.js, Python, Java, and more. Just copy & paste, and then authenticate the service with a Cloudmersive API key (you can get one for free OR browse various enterprise options when you register an account on our website):

package main

import (
     "fmt"
     "strings"
     "net/http"
     "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

     url := "https://api.cloudmersive.com/security/threat-detection/network/ip/is-bot"
     method := "POST"

     payload := strings.NewReader(`"<string>"`)

     client := &http.Client {
     }
     req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, payload)

     if err != nil {
          fmt.Println(err)
          return
     }
     req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
     req.Header.Add("Apikey", "YOUR-API-KEY-HERE")

     res, err := client.Do(req)
     if err != nil {
          fmt.Println(err)
          return
     }
     defer res.Body.Close()

     body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
     if err != nil {
          fmt.Println(err)
          return
     }
     fmt.Println(string(body))
}