Realtime User Scoring/Profiling

The Gator Analytics user profiling and scoring API provides the ability to get real-time intel on your users from any platform you are using. It uses a standard REST interface that returns a JSON object with the profile data. It can be integrated into any major platform.

Example:

One of the simplest ways to access the API is with an HTTPS call. Click on the link below for an example using our free version:

https://gatorapi.com/v1/profile?ip=72.211.250.156&ua=Mozilla%2F5.0%20(Windows%20NT%206.1%3B%20WOW64)%20AppleWebKit%2F537.36%20(KHTML%2C%20like%20Gecko)%20Chrome%2F42.0.2311.135%20Safari%2F537.36&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.com%2Fsearch%3Futm_campaign%3DBingAds&referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fbing.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dbicycles

This returns a JSON object with the user's score and profile. An example with comments:

{
    "code": 200,                            //  the HTTP status code of the call - 200 means the call was successfully processed
    "data": {
        "score": 520,                       //  a score less than 100 indicates a very high likelyhood of a bot or an invalid user
        "offense": null,                    //  this identifies the primary reason a user has a low score (colocation, collusion, etc.)
        "organization": "Acme, Inc.",       //  the company, ISP, school or governmental agency of the user
        "searchInfo": {                     //  we detect over 200 search engines
            "group": "Bing",
            "name": "Bing",
            "keys": "bicycles"
        },
        "campaign": "BingAds",              //  the pay version aggregates on dozens of attributes, including campaign, source, publisher id,
                                            //  medium, channel, etc.

        "deviceType": "Mobile",             //  can also be desktop/laptop, tablet, console, TV and handheld.
        "platformVersion": "iOS 9.2",
        "platform": "iOS",
        "isUniversity": false,              //  whether the user is within a university's netblock
        "geolocation": {                    //  I.P. based geolocation for web users - this is 100% accurate to the country and
                                            //  roughly 85% accurate to the postal code level.
            "countryCode": "US",
            "countryName": "United States",
            "region": "CA",
            "city": "Laguna Niguel",
            "postalCode": "92677",
            "latitude": 33.5351,
            "longitude": -117.7052,
            "dmaCode": 803,                 //  a Designated Market Area (DMA) is a group of counties in the United States that are
                                            //  covered by a specific group of television stations.
            "areaCode": 949,
            "continentCode": "NA",
            "regionName": "California"
        },
        "demographics": {                   //  these are demographics for the postal code the user is in
            "medianHouseholdIncome": 112620,
            "averageHomeValue": 798918,
            "percentWhite": 77.56,
            "percentBlack": 1.44,
            "percentHispanic": 15.81,
            "percentAsian": 10.24,
            "percentFemale": 51.35,
            "percent0_14": 21.4,
            "percent15_24": 12.1,
            "percent25_34": 10,
            "percent35_44": 15.3,
            "percent45_54": 18.3,
            "percent55_64": 12.7,
            "percent65Over": 10.1
        },
        "browserVersion": "Safari",
        "browser": "Safari",
        "status": "This result was delayed intentionally as part of the free version.  Create an account at www.gator.io for full speed access."
    }
}

Error Codes

Any code returned other than 200 indicates an error. The "message" property will describe the error. For example:

{
    "code": 400,
    "message": "Missing parameter(s): I.P. address"
}

Implementation Examples

All major platforms support REST interfaces. Here are a few examples on platform-specific implementations:

• Node.js
• .NET
• HTTPS
• CURL

Colocation

The scoring API is engineered to be extremely fast, returning data in under 5 milliseconds. However, internet latency will add to that time. Therefore, our API can be co-located at the datacenter your servers reside at, which will allow for near real-time access to user information. Please contact us for more information.