--- title: Admin::IpBlock description: Represents an IP address range that cannot be used to sign up. menu: docs: parent: entities aliases: [ "/entities/admin-ipblock", "/entities/Admin-IpBlock", "/entities/admin_ipblock", "/entities/Admin_IpBlock", "/api/entities/admin-ipblock", "/api/entities/Admin-IpBlock", "/api/entities/admin_ipblock", "/api/entities/Admin_IpBlock", ] --- ## Example ```json { "id": "1", "ip": "8.8.8.8/32", "severity": "no_access", "comment": "", "created_at": "2022-11-16T07:22:00.501Z", "expires_at": null } ``` ## Attributes ### `id` {#id} **Description:** The ID of the DomainBlock in the database.\ **Type:** String (cast from an integer, but not guaranteed to be a number)\ **Version history:**\ 4.0.0 - added ### `ip` {#ip} **Description:** The IP address range that is not allowed to federate.\ **Type:** String (IP address and prefix)\ **Version history:**\ 4.0.0 - added ### `severity` {#severity} **Description:** The associated policy with this IP block.\ **Type:** String (Enumerable, oneOf)\ `sign_up_requires_approval` = Any signup from this IP range will create a pending account\ `sign_up_block` = Any signup from this IP range will be rejected\ `no_access` = Any activity from this IP range will be rejected entirely\ **Version history:**\ 4.0.0 - added ### `comment` {#comment} **Description:** The recorded reason for this IP block.\ **Type:** String\ **Version history:**\ 4.0.0 - added ### `created_at` {#created_at} **Description:** When the IP block was created.\ **Type:** String (ISO 8601 Datetime)\ **Version history:**\ 4.0.0 - added ### `expires_at` {#expires_at} **Description:** When the IP block will expire.\ **Type:** {{}} String (ISO 8601 Datetime)\ **Version history:**\ 4.0.0 - added ## See also {{< page-relref page="methods/admin/ip_blocks" caption="admin/ip_blocks API methods" >}} {{< caption-link url="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/app/serializers/rest/admin/ip_block_serializer.rb" caption="app/serializers/rest/admin/ip_block_serializer.rb" >}}