# Passive Recon

## Google Dork:

```
intitle:"index of" api_key OR "api key" OR
apiKey -pool
```

```
inurl:"/wp-json/wp/v2/users" 
```

```
intitle:"index.of" intext:"api.txt" 
```

```
inurl:"/includes/api/" intext:"index of /"
```

```
ext:php inurl:"api.php?action="
```

## GitDorking:

1.specify parameters like: 

```
filename:swagger.json
extension: .json
```

2.using key word.like:

```
“api key,” "api keys", "apikey", "authorization: Bearer", "access_token", "secret", or “token.”
```

## Trufflehog:

```
trufflehog github --org=target.-name           //can be used for s3,gitlab,git etc
```

## **API Directories:**

## Shodan:

```
hostname:"targetname.com"
"content-type: application/json"
"content-type: application/xml"
"200 OK"
"wp-json"
```

## Wayback Machine:

check for comporision between old and new file.


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