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Whois API

The Whois API retrieves domain registration information for any given domain using the WHOIS protocol.

For basic domain availability information, check out our Domain API instead.

/v1/whois GET

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

Returns domain registration details (e.g. registrar, contact information, expiration date, name servers) 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/whois?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 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 { "domain_name": "example.com", "registrar": "reserved-internet assigned numbers authority", "whois_server": "whois.iana.org", "updated_date": 1628924504, "creation_date": 808372800, "expiration_date": 1660363200, "name_servers": [ "a.iana-servers.net", "b.iana-servers.net" ], "dnssec": "signeddelegation" }

Code Examples

1 2 curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/whois?domain=example.com" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

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.