SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Security Review

Is api.rule34.xxx legit or a scam?

This looks safe to use.

Official API subdomain for rule34.xxx showing developer documentation with no malicious indicators.

Cross-checked against 9 independent sources — none raised a concern
api.rule34.xxxScanned 1h ago
0/100
Trust score
0 = danger · 100 = safe
SAFE
Score breakdown
Heuristics 83·MT 85
Screenshot of api.rule34.xxxSee the live page ↓
Positive signals (5)
Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsDomain is 14 years oldEncrypted connectionClean server reputation
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
14 years old
Registered Jan 18, 2012

Website Preview

Screenshot of api.rule34.xxx
LIVE RENDER
api.rule34.xxx

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.

Visual analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

15
/ 100
Low visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

The page appears to be a legitimate technical documentation subdomain for an existing website's API, showing no typical phishing or scam patterns.

Visual risk15/100

What our vision model saw

5 signals

Page displays technical API documentation for the rule34.xxx domain

A red banner claims the main site is being censored on Google to explain the current subdomain

Layout is utilitarian and consistent with developer-facing documentation pages

No requests for sensitive personal information, credit cards, or login credentials are visible

Links point back to the primary domain rule34.xxx

Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
Analysis
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust85/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The page serves as technical API documentation for the rule34.xxx imageboard site. Domain registration dates back to January 2012 with NameCheap and shows no privacy masking. Zero engines flagged the URL and the hosting IP carries a zero abuse score. Evidence from GitHub, PyPI, and the site's own forum confirms active developer usage through multiple API wrapper projects. The page explicitly links back to the main domain and explains the subdomain redirect as a Google indexing workaround. No login forms, payment requests, or data-harvesting patterns appear in the content or visual analysis.
Risk Factors
2
  • Adult content site with typical advertising risks on the main domain.
  • No publicly listed business registration tied to the domain.
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain registered 14.5 years ago with consistent ownership history.
  • Zero detections from our antivirus network across 92 engines.
  • Hosting IP shows zero abuse score and no prior reports.
  • Active developer usage confirmed through GitHub and PyPI projects.
  • Page content matches official API documentation with links to the main site.
The full analysis

Page Content

The page presents API documentation for rule34.xxx endpoints including post listing, deleted images, and authentication requirements. It displays a red notice banner explaining the api.rule34.xxx subdomain as a workaround for Google censorship of the main site. No contact forms, login fields, or payment elements are present. External resources load from rule34.xxx, Discord, and Cloudflare only.

Infrastructure

The domain resolves to IP 172.66.156.23 with a zero abuse score and no prior reports. SSL certificate is valid from Google Trust Services with 48 days remaining. One redirect hop stays within the same domain family. Cloudflare hosts the site with no detected malicious scripts or redirects.

Domain History

WHOIS records show registration on 2012-01-18 through NameCheap, Inc., giving the domain an age of 14.5 years. The registrant lists an Iceland address under the booru.org project with staff@booru.org contact. No privacy protection is active on the record.

Web Reputation

Our antivirus network returned zero detections across 92 engines. Independent review aggregators show no scam reports. Three positive references appear in developer discussions on GitHub and PyPI for API wrapper projects. No complaints or negative mentions surfaced in the evidence package.

What this means for you

The subdomain functions as documented developer infrastructure for an established adult content site. No indicators suggest phishing, malware distribution, or fraudulent activity. Standard adult-site precautions like ad blockers remain advisable for the main domain.

AI Recommendation
The page is safe for API reference use. Apply standard browser protections when visiting the main rule34.xxx domain for adult content.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for api.rule34.xxx, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
3 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • api.rule34.xxx is the official API endpoint for the rule34.xxx booru/imageboard (adult content, Gelbooru-based, 15M+ posts), documented directly on the page with endpoints like /index.php?page=dapi&s=post&q=index.
  • Page includes notice: "rule34.xxx is currently being censored on Google, which is why you may have landed on api.rule34.xxx" with link back to main site.
  • Requires user_id + api_key (obtained at rule34.xxx account options) for many requests; ToS prohibits ads/paywalls when using API or CDN, and multiple keys.
  • Domain registered January 2012 (14.5 years old); hosted on Cloudflare; contacts staff@booru.org and dmca@booru.org.
  • Widely used by open-source projects (gallery-dl, multiple Python/Rust/Go wrappers on PyPI, GitHub, crates.io); no dedicated scam reports found for the API domain.
  • Main site has typical adult-site ad risks (Reddit users recommend adblocker); some old sandbox hits on specific posts but main domain generally clean per scanners.
  • No business registration details publicly tied to the domain; operated anonymously under booru.org.
Positive reviews (3)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • GitHub (mikf/gallery-dl)open

    "help with api-key and user-id #8185 - discussions about using the rule34 API"

  • PyPI (rule34Py)open

    "Python API wrapper for rule34.xxx"

  • rule34.xxx forumopen

    "Discussions on API pagination, tags, and usage examples with api.rule34.xxx endpoints"

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for api.rule34.xxx and didn't find scam reports or complaints. Three positive mentions appear in developer discussions on GitHub and PyPI regarding API usage and wrapper libraries.

Domain Timeline

  1. Jan 18, 2012
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 14 years old today.

  2. Jul 12, 2026
    Latest security review — Reviewed as safe

    This scan re-ran every check and found no active threat signals.

api.rule34.xxx has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.

Threat Detection

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious58Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not queried
ESET-NOD32
Not queried
Avira
Not queried
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Clean
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Technical Details

The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles1
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age14 years old
RegistrarNameCheap, Inc.
RegisteredJan 18, 2012
ExpiresJan 18, 2033
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1
ExpiresAug 29, 2026 (48d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCloudflare, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web servercloudflare

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://api.rule34.xxx/
  • 2200https://api.rule34.xxx/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPCloudflare, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

What to do

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on api.rule34.xxx and not a lookalike like a-pi.rule34.xxx.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

  • Discuss this site on the forum

    If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.

    Open

Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·api.rule34.xxx
SAFE

This is the official API documentation page for rule34.xxx. The domain is 14.5 years old with clean scans and no scam reports.

The page is safe for API reference use. Apply standard browser protections when visiting the main rule34.xxx domain for adult content.

AV engines
92
Domain age
14 yrs
Flagged
0
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Safety FAQ

Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on api.rule34.xxx, so it appears legitimate. All 92 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, and the domain is 14.5 years old, registered on January 18, 2012 — established domains are far less likely to be scams. Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.
  • api.rule34.xxx passed our automated checks with a trust score of 84/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged it at the time of the last scan, and its signals line up with an established, legitimate site. Treat any unexpected login prompt or payment request on it with the same caution you would anywhere.
  • Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from api.rule34.xxx), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from api.rule34.xxx is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
  • No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report api.rule34.xxx as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
  • No — api.rule34.xxx is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
  • api.rule34.xxx is 14.5 years old, registered on January 18, 2012 through NameCheap, Inc.. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
  • Yes — api.rule34.xxx presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, valid for another 48 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
  • api.rule34.xxx resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
  • This report is a record of the scan run on July 12, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about api.rule34.xxx has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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