Domain API

The Domain API checks domain availability and retrieves basic registration information for any given domain.

For detailed domain registration information from the WHOIS protocol, check out our Whois API instead.

/v1/domain GET

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/domain

Returns domain availability status and registration details for a given domain name.

Parameters

  • domain  required

    Valid domain to check (e.g. example.com). For top-level domains other than .com, a premium subscription is required.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Sample Request Live Demo!

domain
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/domain?domain=example.com

Headers

X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API Key

Sample Response

JSON
1 2 3 4 5 6 { "domain": "example.com", "available": false, "creation_date": 808372800, "registrar": "reserved-internet assigned numbers authority" }

Code Examples

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 import requests domain = 'example.com' api_url = 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/domain?domain={}'.format(domain) response = requests.get(api_url, headers={'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'}) if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok: print(response.text) else: print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)

If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.