General API

Domain Whois

Retrieve comprehensive WHOIS registration information for any domain name.

Domain Whois
POST

Domain WHOIS Lookup API — Retrieve comprehensive WHOIS registration information for any domain name. Returns registrar details, registration/expiry dates, registrant contact, administrative and technical contacts, name servers, and domain status. Powered by WhoisFreaks.

  • Global coverage
  • Real-time general lookup
  • Structured JSON response
  • POST request with Bearer auth
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Endpoint
POST
https://app.way2api.com/api/v1/domain/whois_live

Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Request Parameters
Parameter Type Required Description
domain_name string Yes Fully qualified domain name to look up (e.g. example.com, example.co.in).
Request Example
<?php $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt_array($ch, [ CURLOPT_URL => "https://app.way2api.com/api/v1/domain/whois_live", CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_POST => true, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [ "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type: application/json" ], CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([ "domain_name" => "kwikapi.com" ]) ]); $response = curl_exec($ch); $httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE); curl_close($ch); $data = json_decode($response, true); print_r($data);
const response = await fetch("https://app.way2api.com/api/v1/domain/whois_live", { method: "POST", headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json" }, body: JSON.stringify({ "domain_name": "kwikapi.com" }) }); if (!response.ok) { throw new Error(`HTTP error: ${response.status}`); } const data = await response.json(); console.log(data);
curl -X POST https://app.way2api.com/api/v1/domain/whois_live \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{\"domain_name\":\"kwikapi.com\"}'
$.ajax({ url: "https://app.way2api.com/api/v1/domain/whois_live", type: "POST", contentType: "application/json", headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }, data: JSON.stringify({ "domain_name": "kwikapi.com" }), success: function(data) { console.log(data); }, error: function(xhr) { console.error(xhr.responseJSON); } });
const { data } = await axios.post( "https://app.way2api.com/api/v1/domain/whois_live", {"domain_name":"kwikapi.com"}, { headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" } } ); console.log(data);
import requests response = requests.post( "https://app.way2api.com/api/v1/domain/whois_live", headers={ "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json" }, json={ "domain_name": "kwikapi.com" } ) print(response.status_code) print(response.json())
Response Example
200 OK Success Response 
{
    "success": true,
    "message": "Verification successful.",
    "data": {
        "order_id": "W2A1739512345abcdef01",
        "verified": true,
        "result": {
            "domain_name": "kwikapi.com",
            "domain_registered": "yes",
            "create_date": "2019-03-19",
            "update_date": "2024-02-18",
            "expiry_date": "2025-03-19",
            "domain_registrar": {
                "iana_id": "1068",
                "registrar_name": "NAMECHEAP INC",
                "whois_server": "whois.namecheap.com",
                "website_url": "http://www.namecheap.com",
                "email_address": "[email protected]",
                "phone_number": "+1.9854014545"
            },
            "registrant_contact": {
                "name": "Redacted for Privacy",
                "company": "Privacy service provided by Withheld for Privacy ehf",
                "street": "Kalkofnsvegur 2",
                "city": "Reykjavik",
                "state": "Capital Region",
                "zip_code": "101",
                "country_name": "Iceland",
                "country_code": "IS",
                "email_address": "[email protected]",
                "phone": "+354.4212434",
                "fax": "N/A",
                "mailing_address": "Kalkofnsvegur 2, 101 Reykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland"
            },
            "administrative_contact": {
                "name": "Redacted for Privacy",
                "company": "Privacy service provided by Withheld for Privacy ehf",
                "street": "Kalkofnsvegur 2",
                "city": "Reykjavik",
                "state": "Capital Region",
                "zip_code": "101",
                "country_name": "Iceland",
                "country_code": "IS",
                "email_address": "[email protected]",
                "phone": "+354.4212434",
                "fax": "N/A",
                "mailing_address": "Kalkofnsvegur 2, 101 Reykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland"
            },
            "technical_contact": {
                "name": "Redacted for Privacy",
                "company": "Privacy service provided by Withheld for Privacy ehf",
                "street": "Kalkofnsvegur 2",
                "city": "Reykjavik",
                "state": "Capital Region",
                "zip_code": "101",
                "country_name": "Iceland",
                "country_code": "IS",
                "email_address": "[email protected]",
                "phone": "+354.4212434",
                "fax": "N/A",
                "mailing_address": "Kalkofnsvegur 2, 101 Reykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland"
            },
            "name_servers": [
                "dns3.cloudns.net",
                "dns4.cloudns.net",
                "dns7.cloudns.net",
                "dns8.cloudns.net"
            ],
            "domain_status": [
                "clientTransferProhibited"
            ]
        }
    }
}
4xx Error Response 
{
    "success": false,
    "message": "domain_name must be a valid domain name (e.g. example.com).",
    "data": null
}
Common Response Codes
Code Meaning
200 OK — Request successful
400 Bad Request — Missing or invalid parameters
401 Unauthorized — Invalid or missing API key
429 Too Many Requests — Rate limit exceeded
500 Server Error — Try again later
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