# Domain Intel (RDAP) (`conserving_mastodon/domain-intel`) Actor

Registration age, expiry, registrar, status flags, nameservers, and DNSSEC for any domain via RDAP over HTTPS - the modern replacement for port-43 WHOIS. Flags newly-registered domains, imminent expiry, hold/pending-delete states, and missing DNSSEC. Charged only on completed lookups.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/conserving\_mastodon/domain-intel.md
- **Developed by:** [Chris Arsenault](https://apify.com/conserving_mastodon) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$150.00 / 1,000 completed lookups

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#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 Intel (RDAP)

**Everything the registry knows about a domain, in one call.** Registration age, expiry countdown, registrar, status flags, nameservers, and DNSSEC — pulled over **RDAP**, the structured HTTPS protocol that replaced port-43 WHOIS. Clean JSON, no scraping, no rate-limit roulette.

### What you get

```json
{
  "domain": "example.com",
  "registered": true,
  "age_days": 9847,
  "expires": "2027-08-13T04:00:00Z",
  "expiry_days": 366,
  "registrar": "RESERVED-Internet Assigned Numbers Authority",
  "statuses": ["client delete prohibited"],
  "nameservers": ["a.iana-servers.net", "b.iana-servers.net"],
  "dnssec": true,
  "issues": ["Domain registration looks healthy."]
}
```

It flags what matters for risk and trust decisions: **newly-registered domains** (a classic fraud and phishing signal), **imminent expiry**, **hold / pending-delete** states, missing nameservers, and absent DNSSEC.

### Use cases

- **Lead and vendor qualification**: a domain registered three weeks ago is a very different counterparty than one registered in 2004.
- **Fraud and abuse triage**: domain age and status are first-line signals for agents screening inbound links, senders, or partners.
- **Portfolio expiry monitoring**: schedule it across your domains and never lose one to a missed renewal.

### Honesty notes

- Uses the public RDAP bootstrap (`rdap.org`); a small number of TLDs do not publish RDAP, in which case the run says so.
- An unregistered domain returns `registered: false` — a completed, charged lookup (that is the answer). A malformed domain is rejected free.

Built by 1450 Enterprises, alongside the Email Deliverability DNS Audit and SSL Certificate Audit.

# Actor input Schema

## `domain` (type: `string`):

The domain to look up (e.g. example.com). URLs are accepted and reduced to the domain.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "domain": "example.com"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Registration age and dates, expiry countdown, registrar, status flags, nameservers, DNSSEC, and any risk issues.

# 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 = {
    "domain": "example.com"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("conserving_mastodon/domain-intel").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 = { "domain": "example.com" }

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

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "domain": "example.com"
}' |
apify call conserving_mastodon/domain-intel --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,conserving_mastodon/domain-intel"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/kZ3czFYJGITfv4J3E/builds/idBAcm4db12btRUn9/openapi.json