Documentation | WHOIS | API

Parameters

The various parameters listed below are elaborated upon in detail:

Parameter	Description
domain	The domain name to look up (e.g., example.com).
format	The output format of the response (e.g., JSON, XML).

Request

Integrating is just seamless. Select your preferred language to view code examples for domain requests.

Python
Javascript
PHP

import requests

# HTTP request to API WHOIS
api_result = requests.get(
    'https://v1.api-whois.com/api/whois',
    headers={'API-KEY': ''},
    params={
        'domain': 'google.com'
    }
)

# Dump results
print(api_result.json()['data'])

// HTTP request to API WHOIS
const apiResult = fetch('https://v1.api-whois.com/api/whois?domain=google.com', {
    headers: {'API-KEY': ''}
});

// Dump results
apiResult
    .then(response => response.json())
    .then(data => console.log(data));

<?php

$ch = curl_init('https://v1.api-whois.com/api/whois?domain=google.com');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('API-KEY: '));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

// HTTP request to API WHOIS
$api_result = curl_exec($ch);

curl_close($ch);

// Dump results
$data = json_decode($api_result, true);
var_dump($data['data']);

Response

A successful response will return a 200 HTTP status code along with a JSON object containing the WHOIS information for the specified domain. Below is an example of a typical response :

{
    "server": "gamma",
    "name": "google.com",
    "idnName": "google.com",
    "status": [
        "clientUpdateProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited)",
        "clientTransferProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited)",
        "clientDeleteProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited)",
        "serverUpdateProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#serverUpdateProhibited)",
        "serverTransferProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#serverTransferProhibited)",
        "serverDeleteProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#serverDeleteProhibited)"
    ],
    "nameserver": [
        "ns3.google.com",
        "ns2.google.com",
        "ns1.google.com",
        "ns4.google.com"
    ],
    "ips": "142.250.181.238",
    "created": "1997-09-15 07:00:00",
    "changed": "2024-08-02 02:17:33",
    "expires": "2028-09-14 04:00:00",
    "registered": true,
    "dnssec": "unsigned",
    "whoisserver": "whois.markmonitor.com",
    "contacts": {
        "owner": [
            {
                "organization": "Google LLC",
                "email": "Select Request Email Form at https://domains.markmonitor.com/whois/google.com",
                "country": "US"
            }
        ],
        "tech": [
            {
                "email": "Select Request Email Form at https://domains.markmonitor.com/whois/google.com"
            }
        ]
    },
    "registrar": {
        "id": "292",
        "name": "MarkMonitor, Inc.",
        "email": "abusecomplaints@markmonitor.com",
        "url": "http://www.markmonitor.com",
        "phone": "+1.2086851750"
    },
    "network": null,
    "exception": null,
    "parsedContacts": true,
    "template": {
        "whois.verisign-grs.com": "verisign",
        "whois.markmonitor.com": "standard"
    },
    "source": "whois",
    "ask_whois": "whois.markmonitor.com"
}