# Bulk WHOIS, DNS & SSL Lookup — Domain Intelligence API (`fetchbase/domain-dns-intelligence`) Actor

Full domain intelligence in one call: all DNS records (A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS, CNAME, SOA, CAA), registration via RDAP/WHOIS (registrar, creation/expiry dates, status, DNSSEC), and live SSL certificate details. Flags unregistered domains. Charged per domain — no startup fee.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/fetchbase/domain-dns-intelligence.md
- **Developed by:** [Fetchbase](https://apify.com/fetchbase) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 domain analyzeds

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Domain & DNS Intelligence — WHOIS, DNS Records & SSL in One Call

Everything you need to know about a domain, in a single lookup: **all DNS
records**, **registration data** (registrar, creation & expiry dates, status,
DNSSEC), and the **live SSL certificate** (issuer, validity, days remaining,
SANs). Also flags **unregistered / available** domains.

Stop stitching together four single-purpose tools — this returns the whole
picture per domain, as clean JSON.

**Charged per domain.** No startup fee. Failures cost $0.

### Quick start

```json
{
  "domains": ["cloudflare.com", "example.com"]
}
```

→ one record per domain:

```json
{
  "domain": "cloudflare.com",
  "registered": true,
  "registrar": "Cloudflare, Inc.",
  "createdDate": "2009-02-17T22:07:54Z",
  "expiryDate": "2027-02-17T22:07:54Z",
  "daysUntilExpiry": 587,
  "status": ["client transfer prohibited", "server delete prohibited"],
  "dnssec": true,
  "nameservers": ["ns3.cloudflare.com", "ns4.cloudflare.com"],
  "ipAddresses": ["104.16.132.229", "104.16.133.229"],
  "dns": { "A": ["…"], "AAAA": ["…"], "MX": ["…"], "TXT": ["…"], "NS": ["…"], "SOA": {}, "CAA": ["…"] },
  "ssl": {
    "issuer": "Google Trust Services", "subject": "cloudflare.com",
    "validFrom": "2026-05-01T…", "validTo": "2026-07-30T…",
    "daysRemaining": 61, "valid": true, "san": ["cloudflare.com", "*.cloudflare.com"]
  }
}
```

### What it returns

| Section | Fields |
|---|---|
| **DNS** | A, AAAA, MX (priority-sorted), TXT, NS, CNAME, SOA, CAA — resolved via 1.1.1.1 / 8.8.8.8 |
| **Registration (RDAP/WHOIS)** | registrar, created / expiry / updated dates, `daysUntilExpiry`, status codes, DNSSEC, `registered: false` for available domains |
| **SSL certificate** | issuer, subject, valid-from / valid-to, `daysRemaining`, Subject Alternative Names, `valid` flag |

### Use cases

- **Expiry & cert monitoring:** run your domain portfolio on a **Schedule**;
  alert when `daysUntilExpiry` or `ssl.daysRemaining` drops below a threshold.
- **Security & recon:** DNS + SSL + registration snapshot for any domain, in bulk.
- **Domain research / availability:** batch-check whether names are registered.
- **DNS debugging & migrations:** verify records and nameserver propagation.

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/fetchbase~domain-dns-intelligence/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domains": ["example.com"]}'
```

### Pricing

A small fixed price **per domain analyzed**, plus (minimal) Apify platform usage
— no browser is involved, so runs are quick and cheap. Failed lookups aren't
billed.

### FAQ

**Where does the WHOIS data come from?** RDAP — the IANA-standard JSON successor
to WHOIS — via the public RDAP bootstrap. It returns structured registration
facts and, by design, omits redacted registrant contact details, so no personal
data is surfaced.

**Is this responsible to run?** Yes — DNS, RDAP and TLS are public
infrastructure lookups (the same ones your browser and `dig`/`whois` perform).
No content and no personal data.

***

Want IP geolocation, DNS propagation across regions, or blacklist checks added?
**Open an issue.** If this saves you time, a ⭐ review helps others find it.

### More tools by Fetchbase

Part of a suite of fast, no-nonsense web utilities — all pay-per-result, charged only on success, no startup fee:

- [Website Screenshot API](https://apify.com/fetchbase/web-screenshot-pro) — full-page PNG / JPEG / WebP / PDF
- [Website to Markdown](https://apify.com/fetchbase/website-to-markdown) — clean Markdown for LLMs & RAG
- [PDF & DOCX to Markdown](https://apify.com/fetchbase/document-to-markdown) — documents → Markdown for RAG
- [SEO Audit + Core Web Vitals](https://apify.com/fetchbase/website-seo-audit) — scored on-page audit with fixes
- [Website Performance Audit](https://apify.com/fetchbase/website-performance-audit) — bulk Core Web Vitals & page speed
- [Tech Stack Detector](https://apify.com/fetchbase/tech-stack-detector) — CMS, frameworks, analytics, hosting
- [Domain, DNS & WHOIS Lookup](https://apify.com/fetchbase/domain-dns-intelligence) — records, registration, SSL
- [RSS Feed Reader](https://apify.com/fetchbase/rss-feed-reader) — RSS / Atom / JSON → normalized JSON
- [Job Postings API](https://apify.com/fetchbase/job-postings-scraper) — Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby & more

### Use with AI agents (MCP)

This Actor is callable by AI agents through the [Apify MCP server](https://mcp.apify.com/). Agents in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, LangGraph, CrewAI and others can discover it via `search-actors` and run it as a tool — its inputs and outputs are fully described in the schema for reliable agent use.

***

#### Was this Actor useful?

If it saved you time, please consider leaving an honest review. Reviews are the main way
independent Actors get discovered on Apify — a single one makes a real difference, and
critical feedback is just as welcome as praise.

Something missing or broken? Open an issue instead and it will get fixed.

# Actor input Schema

## `domains` (type: `array`):

Domains to look up (e.g. example.com). Full URLs are accepted too — the hostname is extracted. Each domain is one billable event.

## `includeDns` (type: `boolean`):

Resolve A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS, CNAME, SOA and CAA records.

## `includeWhois` (type: `boolean`):

Registrar, creation/expiry/updated dates, status codes and DNSSEC via RDAP (the modern JSON WHOIS). Also flags unregistered/available domains.

## `includeSsl` (type: `boolean`):

Live TLS certificate: issuer, subject, validity window, days until expiry, and Subject Alternative Names.

## `timeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Max time for each network operation.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "domains": [
    "example.com",
    "cloudflare.com"
  ],
  "includeDns": true,
  "includeWhois": true,
  "includeSsl": true,
  "timeoutSecs": 15
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "domains": [
        "apify.com"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("fetchbase/domain-dns-intelligence").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "domains": ["apify.com"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("fetchbase/domain-dns-intelligence").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "domains": [
    "apify.com"
  ]
}' |
apify call fetchbase/domain-dns-intelligence --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetchbase/domain-dns-intelligence",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/iR4ufa1CWDsfwfJHq/builds/cESboQk74rZFs4aWn/openapi.json