# 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:** 2 total users, 0 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 a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
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.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use 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.

# 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

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Bulk WHOIS, DNS & SSL Lookup — Domain Intelligence API",
        "description": "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.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "A2WSIGcHdKR1qHvhJ"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/fetchbase~domain-dns-intelligence/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-fetchbase-domain-dns-intelligence",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/fetchbase~domain-dns-intelligence/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-fetchbase-domain-dns-intelligence",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/fetchbase~domain-dns-intelligence/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-fetchbase-domain-dns-intelligence",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "domains"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "domains": {
                        "title": "Domains",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Domains to look up (e.g. example.com). Full URLs are accepted too — the hostname is extracted. Each domain is one billable event.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "includeDns": {
                        "title": "DNS records",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Resolve A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS, CNAME, SOA and CAA records.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "includeWhois": {
                        "title": "Registration data (RDAP/WHOIS)",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Registrar, creation/expiry/updated dates, status codes and DNSSEC via RDAP (the modern JSON WHOIS). Also flags unregistered/available domains.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "includeSsl": {
                        "title": "SSL certificate",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Live TLS certificate: issuer, subject, validity window, days until expiry, and Subject Alternative Names.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "timeoutSecs": {
                        "title": "Timeout per lookup (seconds)",
                        "minimum": 3,
                        "maximum": 60,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Max time for each network operation.",
                        "default": 15
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```