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M-lab Clients


This endpoint returns a set of all the hosts within a certain resource for which any network tests occurred.

The data is based on active host measurements collected by the Measurement Lab platform (M-Lab).

The measurements are commonly ran using the M-Lab Network Detection Tool (NDT), available as a stand-alone network speed test application, and also included in a popular BitTorrent client.
Note that due to the nature the data is processed data can be delayed for around two days at the beginning of each month!

The results published, including host details are covered by the M-Lab acceptable use policy.

GET /data/mlab-clients/data.json?resource=193.0.0.0/16&starttime=2020-08-21T07:00&endtime=2020-18-27T12:00
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Parameters

KeyValueInfoRequired
resourceIPv4 Prefix, IPv4 address or 2-digit ISO-3166 country code (e.g. "at","de"...)Defines the resource that the query is performed for.YES
starttimeISO8601 or Unix timestampDefines the starttime for the queryNO - default: (endtime - 7d)
endtimeISO8601 or Unix timestampDefines the endtime for the queryNO - default: latest time there is M-Lab data available

Data Output

KeyInfo
clientsA key-value list of hosts with network activity, indexed by the host IP address. Each record has the following format.
num_tests The number of tests ran by the host during the query period.
country The country where the host is located (according to Maxmind data).
city The city where the host is located (according to Maxmind data).
latitude The host latitude according to Maxmind data.
longitude The host longitude according to Maxmind data.
nr_clientsTotal number of hosts in the result.
perc_coverage(Only applicable for prefixes). The amount of address space coverage of the hosts. Equals to nr_clients/number of IPs in the prefix.
query_starttimeDefines the start of the time interval covered in the query.
query_endtimeDefines the end of the time interval covered in the query.
resourceDefines the resource used in the query.

Code Examples

bash
curl --location --request GET "https://stat.ripe.net/data/mlab-clients/data.json?resource=193.0.0.0/16&starttime=2020-08-21T07:00&endtime=2020-18-27T12:00"
js
const requestOptions = {
	method: 'GET',
};

fetch("https://stat.ripe.net/data/mlab-clients/data.json?resource=193.0.0.0/16&starttime=2020-08-21T07:00&endtime=2020-18-27T12:00", requestOptions)
.then(response => response.text())
.then(result => console.log(result))
.catch(error => console.log('error', error));

Available versions for this endpoint:

1.0 (current)