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WHOIS / WHOIS History

Provide current and historical ownership information on domains / IPs. Identify all connections between domains, registrants, registrars, and DNS servers.

DNS / DNS History
DNS / DNS History

Look into all current and historical DNS / IP connections between domains and A, MX, NS, and other records. Monitor suspicious changes to DNS records.

IP Geolocation / IP Netblocks
IP Geolocation / IP Netblocks

Get detailed context on an IP address, including its user’s geolocation, time zone, connected domains, connection type, IP range, ASN, and other network ownership details.

Domain Research Suite (DRS)
Domain Research Suite (DRS)

Access our web-based solution to dig into and monitor all domain events of interest.

Domain Research Suite (DRS)
Domain Research Suite (DRS)

Get access to a web-based enterprise-grade solution to search and monitor domain registrations and ownership details for branded terms, fuzzy matches, registrants of interest, and more.

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WhoisXML API Predictive Threat Intelligence
Predictive Threat Intelligence

Detect and block access to and from dangerous domain names before malicious actors can weaponize them. Contact us today for more information.

WhoisXML API Internet Infrastructure
Internet Infrastructure

Unlock integrated intelligence on Internet properties and their ownership, infrastructure, and other attributes.

Enterprise API Packages
Enterprise API Packages

Our complete set of domain, IP, and DNS intelligence available via API calls as an annual subscription with predictable pricing.

Security Intelligence (SI) Suite
Security Intelligence (SI) Suite

Offers complete access to WHOIS, IP, DNS, and subdomain data for product enrichment, threat hunting and more.

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Making requests

API endpoint

POST https://domains-subdomains-discovery.whoisxmlapi.com/api/v1
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Postman collection

Postman is a desktop and web application that allows you to make requests to an API from a graphical user interface. We recommend using Postman with WhoisXML APIs endpoints when exploring the APIs functionality, as well as when you are troubleshooting issues with your application.

The WhoisXML API Postman collection is available at the following links:

The collection includes a preconfigured environment. You will need to set up the api_key variable to fire each request. Get your personal API KEY on the My products page. If you have questions related to the API, contact us.

POST request body sample: domains only (1 DRS credit)

Return only domains that match the specified search terms in domain and TLD zones, excluding subdomain zones.

{
    "apiKey": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "domains": {
        "include": [
            "amazon.*"
        ]
    }
}

POST request body sample: subdomains only (10 DRS credits)

Return only subdomains that match the specified search terms in subdomain zones, excluding domain and TLD zones.

{
    "apiKey": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "subdomains": {
        "include": [
            "adidas*"
        ],
        "exclude": [
            "*shoes*"
        ]
    }
}

POST request body sample: domains and subdomains (11 DRS credits)

Return domains AND subdomains that match the specified search terms in the entire hostname.

{
    "apiKey": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "domains": {
        "include": [
            "amazon.com"
        ]
    },
    "subdomains": {
        "include": [
            "aws*"
        ],
        "exclude": [
            "*portal*",
            "*beta*"
        ]
    }
}

You can provide up to four include and exclude search terms within one request.

Input parameters

apiKey

Required. Get your personal API key on the My products page.
[domains|subdomains].include

Required. Array of included search terms. Maximum 4 items. Case insensitive.
[domains|subdomains].exclude

Optional. Array of excluded search terms. Maximum 4 items. Case insensitive.
sinceDate

Optional. Date in "YYYY-MM-DD" format.

If present, search through domains/subdomains discovered since the given date.
outputFormat

Optional. Response output format.

Acceptable values: JSON | XML

Default: JSON

1 request to Domains & Subdomains Discovery API costs:

  • Domains only: 1 DRS credit
  • Subdomains only: 10 DRS credits
  • Domains and subdomains: 11 DRS credits

Wildcard Search

You can use wildcards in order to search. Note that such queries might be slow.

{
    "apiKey": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "domains": {
        "include": [
            "amazon.*"
        ]
    },
    "subdomains": {
        "include": [
            "aws*"
        ],
        "exclude": [
            "*portal*",
            "*beta*"
        ]
    }
}

Free access

After Sign Up you automatically get a free subscription plan limited to 500 DRS credits.

Usage limits and requests throttling

The maximum number of requests per second is 30. In case that the limit is breached, your subsequent requests will be rejected until the next second.

This API is also available with a dedicated load balancer and premium endpoint to enable faster querying as part of our Premium API Services and Enterprise API Packages.