---
title: Blocked Connection REST API
description: The Blocked Connection application programming interface (API) is used to fetch the list of blocked or dropped connections.
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# Blocked Connection REST API

The Blocked Connection application programming interface (API) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
\<p>A specification of interactions available for building software to access an application or service.\</p>
\</div>)* is used to fetch the list of blocked or dropped connections.

The response includes anomalies count for the given API, such as request success or failure count.

`Method: GET`

`URL : /v4/abs/bc?later_date=<>T<hh:mm>&earlier_date=<>T<hh:mm>&details=true`

|            | Header     | Value       |
| ---------- | ---------- | ----------- |
| Access Key | `x-abs-ak` | *\<string>* |
| Secret Key | `x-abs-sk` | *\<string>* |

Sample Response:

```json
{
 "earlier_date": "Wed Jan 01 08:20:00:000 2018",
 "later_date": "Sun Jan 05 13:20:00:000 2018",
 "api_blocked_connections": [
 {
 "date": "05September2016",
 "blocked_connections": [
 {
 "apiproxy_node":"204101a4-8b70-489d-98e9-
 aa3f6e67a93f",
 "blocked_connections": [
 {
 "category": "ioc",
 "details": []
 },
 {
 "category": "api",
 "details": [
 {
 "source": "100.64.31.235",
 "type": "no_backend_available",
 "destination_api": "/atmapp/zipcode"
 },
 {
 "source": "100.64.25.184",
 "type": "no_backend_available",
 "destination_api": "/atmapp/zipcode"
 },
 {
 "source": "100.64.6.137",
 "type": "no_backend_available",
 "destination_api": "/atmapp/zipcode"
 },
 {
 "source": "100.64.1.251",
 "type": "no_backend_available",
 "destination_api": "/atmapp/zipcode"
 }
 ]
 }
 ]
 }
 ]
 }
 ]
}
```