WHOIS

Look up WHOIS registration data for a domain.

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GET/v1/domains/whois

https://api.vee3.io/v1/domains/whois

4 tokens

Look up WHOIS registration data for a domain.

Authorization

Send your API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

MCP

The same capability is available as an MCP tool on Vee3 hosted MCP.

Tool name

get_domain_whois

Parameters2 fields

domainstringRequired

Domain name to look up (for example example.com).

include_registrarbooleanOptional

When true, query registry and registrar WHOIS servers for more complete data. When false (default), query the registry server only.

Response11 fields

{whois_server}object

10 fields

Parsed WHOIS fields returned by one WHOIS server.

Domain Namestring

Registered domain name.

Registrarstring

Sponsoring registrar name.

Created Datestring

Domain creation date.

Expiry Datestring

Domain expiration date.

Name Serverarrayitems

1 field

Authoritative name servers.

name_serverstring

Single name server host name.

Domain Statusarrayitems

1 field

EPP status values.

statusstring

Single domain status value.

textarrayitems

1 field

Raw WHOIS text lines from the server.

linestring

Single text line.

HTTP errors: unauthorized, validation_error, insufficient_tokens, payment_required, domains_not_configured, domains_upstream_error

Example request

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.vee3.io/v1/domains/whois"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
}
params = {
    "domain": "rapidapi.com",
    "include_registrar": False
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
print(data)

Example responses1 example

200Registry-only WHOIS response for rapidapi.com.

rapidapi_registry_only.json

{
  "whois.verisign-grs.com": {
    "Domain Name": "RAPIDAPI.COM",
    "Registrar": "MarkMonitor Inc.",
    "Created Date": "2014-09-02T18:49:14Z",
    "Expiry Date": "2025-09-02T18:49:14Z",
    "Name Server": [
      "GINA.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM",
      "JIM.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM"
    ]
  }
}