Hosted Whois Webservice
Provides consistent, well-structured whois data in XML & JSON.
Keeps the most updated, accurate whois data accessible to your application 24/7.
Satisfies your application's requirement for high-volumn and high traffic whois lookup
without getting choked by the whois registrars
Whois Client Software (coming soon)
Use the best whois client software(API and GUI), the whois client API automatically queries the right registrar and
obtains the raw and the parsed whois data.
Whois Webapp(server & client) Software Package (coming soon)
Use the exact same technology we are using for "Hosted Whois Webservice", this is the right choice for you
if you believe you have the necessary infrastructure and support power to run our whois webservice in house.
About Whois API - Hosted Whois Webservice
WhoisAPI Hosted Webservice returns well-parsed whois fields to your application in popular formats(XML&JSON) per http request.
Leave all the hard work to us, you need not worry about the query limit & restrictions imposed by the whois registrars.
Register your free developer account now to get your first 100 whois lookups for free.
See pricing chart for advanced offerings or Order now
Possible applications and usages:
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Tracking domain registrations
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Checking domain name availability
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Checking domain name availability
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Advanced Whois web pages
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Detecting (credit card) fraud
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Investigating spam, fraud, intrusions, and other online misbehavior
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Researching Internet infrastructure and usage
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Locating users geographically
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Much more... The possiblities are limitless
Key Features:
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Automatically follows the whois registry referral chains until it finds the correct whois registrars for the most complete whois data
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Utilize our powerful infrastructure and smart mechanism to avoid the query limits imposed by whois registrars on you
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Exceptionally robust whois parser that parses a variety of freeform whois data into well-structured fields(in XML and JSON) that your application can read.
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The intelligent parser we deploy is very fault tolerant, for example, it is able to parse out the name, organization, street, city, state/province,
postal code, phone number, and fax from a freeform human-written contact address. See the example data capture below. Or try the whois look demo above.
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Parsing support for all whois registrars, constantly tested and improved
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Strips out header and footer text for a clean display of the whois data
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Works over basic HTTP, thus avoiding firewall-related problems of accessing Whois servers on port 43
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Returns an indication of whether a domain is available
Alternatively, you may host your own WhoisAPI webservice in house by purchasing a software license
if you have the infrastructure and know-how.
