Getting Started with the Censys Command Line Tool (Video)

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This video shows how to get started using the command line to search Censys. The configuration is easy and should take less than 5 minutes to set up your account and configure the tool. You can use the command line tool to export results in JSON or CSV format.

Finding your API Key

Visit search.censys.io/account/api

Installing and Configuring the Tool (assuming python is already installed)

# Install censys with pip
$ pip install censys

# Configure your credentials
$ censys config
Censys API ID:
Censys API Secret:

Successfully authenticated for  your@email.com

Examples

Find all ElasticSearch servers.

$ censys search "services.service_name: ELASTICSEARCH" --index-type hosts

View a specific IP.

$ censys view 1.14.7.142

Find all certificates for censys.io.

censys search "\"CN=Censys.io\" AND precert: false" --index-type certificates --fields names