# Website domain name validator (`saswave/website-domain-name-validator`) Actor

Verify if a website is still up and running or if it contains a redirection to a new domain name. Data enrichment at scale.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/saswave/website-domain-name-validator.md
- **Developed by:** [SASWAVE](https://apify.com/saswave) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation
- **Stats:** 124 total users, 2 monthly users, 99.6% runs succeeded, 6 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.90 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

### Website Domain Name Status Lookup

The Website Domain Name Status Lookup scraper verifies the validity and availability of websites.

It can also detect redirects, which is useful for maintaining up-to-date client or prospect databases.

### 🔹 Features

##### Domain Verification

Checks if the domain is active and accessible.

Detects if the website is down, offline, or unreachable.

##### Redirect Detection

Identifies if the domain redirects to a new URL.

Helps keep records updated in case of domain changes or rebranding.

##### Batch Processing

Can handle a list of websites (domains or URLs) in one run for bulk validation

### Input

- list of websites (domain or url)

### Output

```json
{
  "domain": "neighbors.co",
  "website_is_up": true,
  "website_onping": "https://neighbors.co/"
}
```

### 🔹 Use Cases

##### Client Database Maintenance

Verify active websites of clients or prospects.

Update old or redirected URLs to ensure accurate contact information.

##### Lead Verification

Check the validity of domains collected from lead lists or marketing campaigns.

Remove inactive or expired domains to improve outreach efficiency.

##### SEO & Marketing

Detect domain changes to update backlinks or marketing campaigns.

Track competitor domain migrations or rebranding.

##### Bulk Website Monitoring

Perform batch checks for multiple domains to identify downtime or redirections.

Automate regular verification of critical websites for marketing or IT teams.

### 🛟 SUPPORT

Share your runs with the developer team and create issues on error to help us improve actor quality.

You might discover edge case we didn't test yet

We stay available anytime

# Actor input Schema

## `websites` (type: `array`):

domain or url

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "websites": [
    "leslipfrancais.fr",
    "lesechos.fr"
  ]
}
```

# 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 = {
    "websites": [
        "leslipfrancais.fr",
        "lesechos.fr"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("saswave/website-domain-name-validator").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 = { "websites": [
        "leslipfrancais.fr",
        "lesechos.fr",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("saswave/website-domain-name-validator").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 '{
  "websites": [
    "leslipfrancais.fr",
    "lesechos.fr"
  ]
}' |
apify call saswave/website-domain-name-validator --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/xtOpGpy4fejAalcPY/builds/wG8tauFf4oLXf51qg/openapi.json