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WHOIS / WHOIS History
WHOIS / WHOIS History

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

DNS / DNSHistory
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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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.

Enterprise Data Feed Packages
Enterprise Data Feed Packages

Downloadable domain, IP, and DNS datasets for efficient and unrestricted access to all of our intelligence sources within your network perimeter.

Enterprise Tools Packages
Enterprise Tools Packages

Access to our domain and threat intelligence tools in combo with package discounts for enterprise and government customers.

Enterprise Security Intelligence Packages
Enterprise Security Intelligence Packages

Packages designed to augment commercial and in-house security platforms, support managed security services, and facilitate investigations.

Threat Intelligence Analysis
Threat Intelligence Analysis

Carry a complete threat intelligence analysis for a given domain or IP address and get access to a report covering 120+ parameters including IP resolutions, website analysis, SSL vulnerabilities, malware detection, domain ownership, mail servers, name servers, and more.

Threat Intelligence APIs
Threat Intelligence APIs

Gather threat intelligence via API calls covering Domain’s Infrastructure analysis, SSL Certificates Chain, SSL Configuration Analysis, Domain Malware Check, Connected Domains, and Domain Reputation Scoring.

Threat Intelligence Data Feeds
Threat Intelligence Data Feeds

Bolster enterprise security with our feeds covering Typosquatting domains, Disposable domains, Phishing URLs, Domain & IP reputation, Malicious URLs, Botnet C&C, and DDoS URLs.

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Making requests

POST https://brand-alert.whoisxmlapi.com/api/v2
It takes up to a minute to activate your account after the registration.

POST request body sample

{
    "apiKey": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "sinceDate": "2020-09-17",
    "mode": "purchase",
    "withTypos": false,
    "responseFormat": "json",
    "punycode": true,
    "includeSearchTerms": [
        "google",
        "blog"
    ],
    "excludeSearchTerms": [
        "analytics"
    ]
}

Headers

X-Authentication-Token

You can use this header or apiKey parameter for API calls.

Get your personal API KEY on My products page.

Input parameters

apiKey

Required. Get your personal API KEY on My products page.
includeSearchTerms

Required. Array of search terms. All of them should be present in the domain name. Maximum 4 items. Case insensitive.
excludeSearchTerms

Optional. Array of search terms. All of them should NOT be present in the domain name. Maximum 4 items. Case insensitive.
sinceDate

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

Allowed dates are in the [Today minus 14 days — Today] interval.

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 – 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.

Acceptable values: preview | purchase

Default: preview
withTypos

Optional. If true, the search terms set will be enriched with their possible typos. For example, for the term 'google', the typos might be: 'goigle', 'gokgle', 'golgle', 'gopgle', 'goglee', 'gooogle' etc.

Acceptable values: false | true

Default: false

With typos included - 1 request costs 1,000 DRS credits.

Learn more: Typo generation FAQ
punycode

Optional. If true, domain names in the response will be encoded to Punycode.

Acceptable values: false | true

Default: true
responseFormat

Optional. Response output format.

Acceptable values: json | xml

Default: json

Free access

After Sign Up you automatically get a free subscription plan limited to 100 DRS credits per month.

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.

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