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Making requests

POSThttps://registrant-alert-api.whoisxmlapi.com/api/v2
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Request body sample

        {
    "apiKey": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "sinceDate": "2018-03-01",
    "mode": "purchase",
    "basicSearchTerms":
    {
        "include": [
            "Airbnb",
            "US"
        ],
        "exclude": [
            "Europe",
            "EU"
        ]
    }
}

You can provide up to four include and exclude search terms within one request. With several include/exclude search terms, the output includes domains having all the include terms and none of the exclude terms.

The output includes domains added or dropped by registrants having the terms in any of the following fields:

Registrant contact fields

                            RegistrantContact.City,
RegistrantContact.Country,
RegistrantContact.Email,
RegistrantContact.Fax,
RegistrantContact.FaxExtension,
RegistrantContact.Name,
RegistrantContact.Organization,
RegistrantContact.PostalCode,
RegistrantContact.State,
RegistrantContact.StreetAddress,
RegistrantContact.Telephone,
RegistrantContact.TelephoneExtension

Headers

X-Authentication-Token
You can use this header or apiKey parameter for API calls.
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Input parameters

apiKey
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basicSearchTerms.include
Required. Array of search strings which should be present in the domain's registrant details. Maximum 4 items. Case insensitive.
basicSearchTerms.exclude
Optional. Array of search strings which should NOT be present in the domain's registrant details. Maximum 4 items. Case insensitive.
sinceDate
Optional. Date in "YYYY-MM-DD" format.

Yesterday's date by default.

If present, search through activities discovered since the given date. Sometimes there is a latency between the actual added/renewal/expired date and the date when our system detected this change. We recommend using this field in your monitoring tools for filtering daily changes.
mode
Optional.

"preview" (default) – return only the number of domains. No credits deducted.

"purchase" – return the actual list of domains (limited to 10,000). 1 request costs 10 DRS credits.
responseFormat
Optional.

"json" (default) – response format will be JSON.

"xml" – response format will be XML.
createdDateFrom
Optional. Date in "YYYY-MM-DD" format.

If present, search through domains created after the given date.
createdDateTo
Optional. Date in "YYYY-MM-DD" format.

If present, search through domains created before the given date.
updatedDateFrom
Optional. Date in "YYYY-MM-DD" format.

If present, search through domains updated after the given date.
updatedDateTo
Optional. Date in "YYYY-MM-DD" format.

If present, search through domains updated before the given date.
expiredDateFrom
Optional. Date in "YYYY-MM-DD" format.

If present, search through domains expired after the given date.
expiredDateTo
Optional. Date in "YYYY-MM-DD" format.

If present, search through domains expired before the given date.

Advanced search API docs

Advanced search allows searching through concrete WHOIS fields.

Sample output

JSON
XML
                            {
   "domainsCount": 2,
   "domainsList": [
        {
            "domainName": "domain1.com",
            "action": "added"
        },
        {
            "domainName": "domain2.com",
            "action": "dropped"
        }
    ]
}
                        
                            <xml>
<domainsCount>2</domainsCount>
<domainsList>
   <item>
      <domainName>domain1.com</domainName>
      <action>added</action>
   </item>
   <item>
      <domainName>domain2.com</domainName>
      <action>dropped</action>
   </item>
</domainsList>
</xml>
domainsCount
The number of domains matching the criteria.
domainsList
The list of domains matching the criteria. This section is present for the "purchase" mode only.
domainsList[k].domainName
Full domain name
domainsList[k].action
"added" for the registered and "dropped" for the expired domains.

Account balance information

GEThttps://user.whoisxmlapi.com/service/account-balance?apiKey=YOUR_API_KEY
apiKey
Required. Get your personal API KEY on My products page.
productId
Optional. A list of the products' IDs can be found in the response.

- You can always check your account balance on the My products page. - Note that the following products use the same WHOIS credits: WHOIS API, Bulk WHOIS API, Domain Availability API. - Note that the following products use the same Domain Research Suite credits: Brand Alert API, Registrant Alert API, Reverse WHOIS API, WHOIS History API, Reverse IP/DNS API, Reverse MX API, Reverse NS API.

List of possible errors

400 Bad Request
Invalid JSON received.
403 Forbidden
Access restricted. Check credits balance or enter the correct API key.
422 Unprocessable Entity
Input correct search term.
429 Too Many Requests
Too Many Requests. Try your call again later.
5XX
Internal server error. Try your call again or contact us.
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