Edge API Response Parameters
Coming Soon:
The Edge API is part of the Arkose Edge Product and is currently under development. It is expected to launch in early Q3-2025. The specifications below are tentative and might change.
Overview
This section outlines how to make POST requests to the Arkose Labs Edge API, including endpoint structure, required headers, and request body format.
Response Body Parameters
Name | Type | Required / Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| string | Required | Recommended action: "allow", "block" or "challenge" Note: "challenge" is just a recommendation only. Arkose Labs does not trigger any challenge or puzzle. Customers can decide on the appropriate end user action of whether to allow or block the user. |
| string | Required | Error message, if any. |
| object | Required | Metadata about the evaluated session. |
| object | No | Information about the IP address and its attributes. |
| object | No | Risk assessment results. |
| object | No | Aggregated request statistics for the IP. |
Response Schema
The POST request should include a JSON body structure as show in the example below.
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"title": "The edge-api response body schema",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"recommended_action": {
"type": "string",
"enum": ["allow", "block", "challenge"]
},
"session_details": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"session": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[0-9A-Fa-f]+\\.[0-9]{10}$"
},
"session_created": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"format": "date-time",
"default": null
},
"telltale_user": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 0,
"maxLength": 128
},
"telltale_list": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 0,
"maxLength": 128
}
}
},
"required": [
"session",
"session_created",
"telltale_user",
"telltale_list"
]
},
"ip_intelligence": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"user_ip": {
"oneOf": [
{
"type": "string",
"format": "ipv4"
},
{
"type": "string",
"format": "ipv6"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null
},
"is_tor": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false
},
"is_vpn": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false
},
"is_proxy": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false
},
"is_bot": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false
},
"country": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"default": null
},
"region": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"default": null
},
"city": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"default": null
},
"isp": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"default": null
},
"public_access_point": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false
},
"connection_type": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"default": null
},
"latitude": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"default": null
},
"longitude": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"default": null
},
"timezone": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"default": null
}
},
"required": [
"user_ip",
"is_tor",
"is_vpn",
"is_proxy",
"is_bot",
"country",
"region",
"city",
"isp",
"public_access_point",
"connection_type",
"latitude",
"longitude",
"timezone"
]
},
"session_risk": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"global": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"score": {
"type": "number"
},
"telltales": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"weight": {
"type": "number"
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"weight"
]
}
}
},
"required": [
"score",
"telltales"
]
},
"custom": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"score": {
"type": "number"
},
"telltales": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"weight": {
"type": "number"
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"weight"
]
}
}
},
"required": [
"score",
"telltales"
]
},
"risk_category": {
"type": "string"
},
"risk_band": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"global",
"custom",
"risk_band"
]
},
"aggregations": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"error": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"ip": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"short_term": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"interval_minutes": {
"type": [
"integer",
"null"
]
},
"count": {
"type": [
"integer",
"null"
]
},
"threshold": {
"type": [
"integer",
"null"
]
}
}
},
"long_term": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"interval_minutes": {
"type": [
"integer",
"null"
]
},
"count": {
"type": [
"integer",
"null"
]
},
"threshold": {
"type": [
"integer",
"null"
]
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"error": {
"description": "An description of the error that caused the request to fail (if any)",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"recommended_action",
"session_details",
"error"
]
}
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