ExpiredDomains.net Scraper

Collect compact, deduplicated records from ExpiredDomains.net's public expired- and deleted-domain listing tables. The Actor fails with zero dataset rows if the target presents a login, CAPTCHA, rate limit, access block, unexpected redirect, empty table, or changed page structure.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
listType	string	expired-domains	expired-domains, deleted-domains, or the pending-delete-domains alias.
sortBy	string	bl	A public table sort key exposed by the input editor.
sortOrder	string	d	d for descending or a for ascending.
startPage	integer	1	One-based starting page, from 1 through 1,000.
maxPages	integer	10	Page cap, from 1 through 20.
maxItems	integer	50	Record cap, from 1 through 500.
maxConcurrency	integer	1	Browser concurrency, from 1 through 3.
minDelayMs	integer	250	Delay before navigation, from 0 through 10,000 ms.
maxRequestRetries	integer	2	Navigation retries, from 0 through 5.
requestHandlerTimeoutSecs	integer	60	Per-page timeout, from 10 through 120 seconds.
proxyConfiguration	object	direct	Optional Apify or custom proxy configuration.

Example:

{
  "listType": "expired-domains",
  "sortBy": "domainpop",
  "sortOrder": "d",
  "maxPages": 2,
  "maxItems": 40,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false }
}

Unknown fields and invalid types or limits stop the run before the browser starts. Detail-page extraction is not advertised because the site's domain detail links currently require authentication; the Actor uses only public listing tables.

Output

Each dataset item represents one unique syntactically valid domain. Available fields include:

• domain and one-based output rank;
• exact and displayed backlink/domain-pop metrics;
• archive birth, first-seen, and entry data;
• Dmoz, common-TLD, Whois, end-date, change, and related-domain values;
• public detail, source, canonical, and next-page URLs;
• list/sort/page provenance and scrape timestamp.

Empty optional values are removed while numeric zero is preserved. Records are buffered and written once only after a clean crawl, preventing blocked later pages from leaving a misleading partial dataset. The OUTPUT key-value record summarizes record count, pages processed, normalized list type, and Actor duration.

Local development

npm ci --ignore-scripts
npm test
apify run --input-file qa-inputs/local-validation.json

The production image uses the Apify Node 22 Playwright/Chrome base image and installs the lockfile with lifecycle scripts disabled.

Responsible use

Collect only public information you are permitted to process. Respect the target's terms, applicable law, and reasonable request rates. Authentication, CAPTCHA bypass, private endpoints, account cookies, and credential handling are outside this Actor's scope.