# Bulk Domain Intel: WHOIS, DNS, Email Provider, SSL (`intuitive_ytterbium/domain-intel`) Actor

Bulk domain lookup in one row per domain: registrar, creation & expiry dates (RDAP, the official WHOIS successor), A/MX/NS records, email provider (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365...), SPF, DMARC policy, SaaS verification records and SSL certificate expiry.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/intuitive_ytterbium/domain-intel.md
- **Developed by:** [Dan W](https://apify.com/intuitive_ytterbium) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 domain checkeds

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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Bulk Domain Intel: WHOIS, DNS, Email Provider, SSL

Bulk domain lookup in one row per domain: registrar, creation & expiry dates (RDAP, the official WHOIS successor), A/MX/NS records, email provider (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365...), SPF, DMARC policy, SaaS verification records and SSL certificate expiry.

### Why this Actor

- **Pay only for results:** $0.002 per domain checked. No start fee, no monthly rental. Set a max charge per run and it stops there.
- **Fast and reliable:** public, documented sources and plain HTTP. No headless browser, no login, no personal data.
- **Clean output:** one consistent row format, ready for Sheets, Clay, Zapier, Make or the Apify API.

### Input example

```json
{"domains": ["apify.com", "https://www.stripe.com/pricing", "payoffpath-wv2.pages.dev", "bbc.co.uk", "thisdomaindoesnotexist-xyz123.com"], "checkSsl": true}
```

### Output example

```json
[
  {
    "domain": "apify.com",
    "registered": true,
    "registrar": "Amazon Registrar, Inc.",
    "createdAt": "2009-06-02T17:14:10Z",
    "expiresAt": "2035-06-02T17:14:10Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-16T16:53:04Z",
    "status": [
      "client transfer prohibited"
    ],
    "nameservers": [
      "ns-1225.awsdns-25.org",
      "ns-1928.awsdns-49.co.uk",
      "ns-449.awsdns-56.com",
      "ns-839.awsdns-40.net"
    ],
    "daysToExpiry": 3152,
    "ageYears": 17.4,
    "a": [
      "143.204.204.5",
      "143.204.204.42",
      "143.204.204.87",
      "143.204.204.97"
    ],
    "aaaa": [
      "2600:9000:2058:600:9:a03e:6540:93a1",
      "2600:9000:2058:4400:9:a03e:6540:93a1",
      "2600:9000:2058:4a00:9:a03e:6540:93a1",
      "2600:9000:2058:6a00:9:a03e:6540:93a1",
      "2600:9000:2058:8000:9:a03e:6540:93a1",
      "2600:9000:2058:9600:9:a03e:6540:93a1",
      "2600:9000:2058:b400:9:a03e:6540:93a1",
      "2600:9000:2058:c800:9:a03e:6540:93a1"
    ],
    "mx": [
      "aspmx.l.google.com",
      "alt1.aspmx.l.google.com",
      "alt2.aspmx.l.google.com",
      "aspmx2.googlemail.com",
      "aspmx3.googlemail.com"
    ],
    "emailProvider": "Google Workspace",
    "spf": "v=spf1 a mx include:_spf.google.com include:mailgun.org include:amazonses.com include:19497222.spf05.hubspotemail.net -all",
    "dmarc": "v=DMARC1; p=reject; sp=reject; pct=100; rua=mailto:dmarc-reports@apify.com; ri=604800",
    "dmarcPolicy": "reject",
    "verifications": [
      "aisle-domain-verification-ymx7gd",
      "google-site-verification",
      "openai-domain-verification",
      "tito-domain-verification",
      "zapier-domain-verification-challenge"
    ],
    "sslValid": true,
    "sslIssuer": "Amazon",
    "sslExpiresAt": "2027-01-16T23:59:59Z",
    "sslDaysLeft": 93,
    "sslSans": 4
  },
  {
    "domain": "stripe.com",
    "registered": true,
    "registrar": "SafeNames Ltd.",
    "createdAt": "1995-09-12T04:00:00Z",
    "expiresAt": "2027-09-11T04:00:00Z",
    "updatedAt": "2025-10-01T01:39:51Z",
    "status": [
      "client delete prohibited",
      "client transfer prohibited",
      "client update prohibited",
      "server delete prohibited",
      "server transfer prohibited",
      "server update prohibited"
    ],
    "nameservers": [
      "ns-1087.awsdns-07.org",
      "ns-1882.awsdns-43.co.uk",
      "ns-423.awsdns-52.com",
      "ns-705.awsdns-24.net"
    ],
    "daysToExpiry": 331,
    "ageYears": 31.1,
    "a": [
      "198.137.150.161",
      "198.202.176.161"
    ],
    "aaaa": [],
    "mx": [
      "aspmx.l.google.com",
      "alt1.aspmx.l.google.com",
      "alt2.aspmx.l.google.com",
      "aspmx2.googlemail.com",
      "aspmx3.googlemail.com"
    ],
    "emailProvider": "Google Workspace",
    "spf": "v=spf1 ip4:198.2.180.60/32 ip4:13.111.2.227/32 include:spf1.stripe.com include:greenhouse-outbound-mail.stripe.com include:_spf.qualtrics.com ~all",
    "dmarc": "v=DMARC1; p=reject; pct=100; fo=1; rua=mailto:dmarc-reports@stri
```

### Pricing

| Event | Price |
|---|---|
| Domain checked (`domain-checked`) | $0.002 |

Example: 1,000 results cost $2.0.

### Notes

Uses only publicly available data and official public endpoints. Please respect each source's terms of use. Questions or feature requests: open an issue on the Actor page.

### Use it from AI agents (MCP)

This Actor works as a tool for AI agents. Add it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or n8n through Apify's MCP server at `https://mcp.apify.com` (tool name: `intuitive_ytterbium/domain-intel`), or call it from LangChain / LlamaIndex / OpenAI Agents via the Apify integration. For several public-data tools in one MCP server, see **Public Data MCP** by the same author.

AI keywords: MCP tool, AI agent tool, Model Context Protocol, LLM function calling, Claude tool, ChatGPT tool.

# Actor input Schema

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

Domains or URLs (https://www.x.com/page is reduced to x.com).

## `checkSsl` (type: `boolean`):

Open a TLS connection to read issuer and expiry.

## `maxDomains` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap for the run (controls cost).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "domains": [
    "apify.com",
    "stripe.com"
  ],
  "checkSsl": true,
  "maxDomains": 10000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

## `summary` (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",
        "stripe.com"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("intuitive_ytterbium/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 = { "domains": [
        "apify.com",
        "stripe.com",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("intuitive_ytterbium/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 '{
  "domains": [
    "apify.com",
    "stripe.com"
  ]
}' |
apify call intuitive_ytterbium/domain-intel --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,intuitive_ytterbium/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/L03JRSv1iHcaWVGae/builds/JQUqj9tgEDGuvAFOX/openapi.json
