RDAP Domain Monitor API | Ownership, Expiry & Registrar Signals

Extract crucial domain registration data to protect your brand assets and discover lucrative SEO opportunities. This RDAP domain monitor extracts exact expiration timestamps, nameserver updates, and registrar details, providing a faster, more reliable alternative to legacy WHOIS tools. Whether you are managing a massive portfolio of websites or tracking competitor URLs, you can schedule recurring checks to automatically see when domains change hands or are about to expire. SEO professionals and digital marketers rely on this scraper to track high-value targets across the web. By configuring a daily or weekly schedule, you can catch dropped domains the moment they become available, giving you a distinct advantage in search rankings and backlink acquisition. Missing a renewal can destroy years of organic search equity, making this an essential defensive tool as well. You can run the monitor across up to 500 URLs at once and review the scraped results to identify precise expiration dates, ownership statuses, and a historical summary of changes for every tracked domain. Use this reliable web scraper to automate your domain intelligence pipeline without dealing with severe rate limits or outdated databases.

Store Quickstart

• Start with store-input.example.json for a low-friction dataset run on two well-known domains.
• If that matches your workflow, switch to store-input.templates.json and pick one of:
  • Starter Quickstart (2 Domains -> Baseline + Renewal Summary) for first-run validation
  • Portfolio Watch (Recurring Dataset) for larger domain lists
  • Renewal Watchlist (Expiry-focused Recurring) when expiry retention is the main concern
  • Webhook Renewal Queue (Action-needed Handoff) for expiry or ownership change automation

Key Features

• 🔍 Bulk domain lookup — Check up to 500 domains per run
• 🔄 Change detection — Automatically detects registrar, nameserver, expiry date, and status changes between runs
• ⏰ Expiry warnings — Get alerted when domains expire within your configured threshold
• 🪝 Webhook notifications — Send results to Slack, Discord, or any webhook endpoint
• 📊 Structured JSON output — Clean, consistent data ready for spreadsheets or databases
• 🛡️ Zero anti-bot risk — RDAP is an open protocol; no CAPTCHAs, no blocks

Use Cases

Who	Why
Domain investors	Monitor portfolio expiry dates and competitor domain changes
Brand protection teams	Detect unauthorized registrar transfers or nameserver hijacking
IT/Security teams	Track domain configuration changes across your organization
M&A due diligence	Verify domain ownership and registration history

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
domains	array	prefilled	List of domain names to check via RDAP (e.g. ['example.com', 'example.org']). Maximum 500 per run.
checkOwnership	boolean	true	Detect registrant/nameserver changes between runs.
expiryWarningDays	integer	30	Alert when domain expires within this many days. This also drives renewal-pressure severity and the recommended monitori
delivery	string	"dataset"	Where to send results. 'dataset' keeps the first run lightweight and snapshot-friendly, while 'webhook' sends the same s
webhookUrl	string	—	Required when delivery is 'webhook'. Receives JSON payload of results.
snapshotKey	string	"rdap-domain-snapshots"	Key for persisting previous lookup results. Reuse the same value across recurring runs to preserve the baseline, enable
concurrency	integer	3	Number of parallel RDAP lookups. Keep low to avoid rate limiting.
dryRun	boolean	false	Skip saving snapshots and sending webhooks.

Input Example

{
  "domains": ["example.com", "github.com", "google.com"],
  "expiryWarningDays": 30,
  "checkOwnership": true,
  "delivery": "dataset",
  "snapshotKey": "rdap-domain-monitor-snapshots",
  "concurrency": 3
}

Output

Field	Type	Description
meta	object
results	array
results[].domain	string
results[].status	string
results[].rdap	object
results[].changes	array
results[].warnings	array
results[].checkedAt	timestamp
results[].error	null

Output Example

{
  "meta": {
    "generatedAt": "2026-03-29T10:15:00.000Z",
    "expiryWarningDays": 30,
    "totals": {
      "total": 2,
      "ok": 2,
      "changed": 0,
      "expiring": 1,
      "errors": 0
    },
    "severityCounts": {
      "critical": 0,
      "high": 1,
      "watch": 0,
      "info": 0
    },
    "alertCount": 1,
    "executiveSummary": {
      "overallStatus": "attention_needed",
      "brief": "1 of 2 domains need renewal attention. Highest-pressure issue: Domain expires in 12 days",
      "recommendedCadence": "daily",
      "totals": {
        "total": 2,
        "initial": 2,
        "ok": 0,
        "changed": 0,
        "expiring": 1,
        "expired": 0,
        "errors": 0,
        "actionNeeded": 1
      },
      "topDomains": [
        {
          "domain": "github.com",
          "status": "initial",
          "severity": "high",
          "brief": "Domain expires in 12 days"
        }
      ],

API Usage

Run this actor programmatically using the Apify API. Replace YOUR_API_TOKEN with your token from Apify Console → Settings → Integrations.

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/taroyamada~rdap-domain-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "domains": ["example.com", "github.com", "google.com"], "expiryWarningDays": 30, "checkOwnership": true, "delivery": "dataset", "snapshotKey": "rdap-domain-monitor-snapshots", "concurrency": 3 }'

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("taroyamada/rdap-domain-monitor").call(run_input={
  "domains": ["example.com", "github.com", "google.com"],
  "expiryWarningDays": 30,
  "checkOwnership": true,
  "delivery": "dataset",
  "snapshotKey": "rdap-domain-monitor-snapshots",
  "concurrency": 3
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

JavaScript / Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('taroyamada/rdap-domain-monitor').call({
  "domains": ["example.com", "github.com", "google.com"],
  "expiryWarningDays": 30,
  "checkOwnership": true,
  "delivery": "dataset",
  "snapshotKey": "rdap-domain-monitor-snapshots",
  "concurrency": 3
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Tips & Limitations

• Keep concurrency ≤ 5 when auditing production sites to avoid WAF rate-limit triggers.
• Use webhook delivery for recurring cron runs — push only deltas to downstream systems.
• Enable dryRun for cheap validation before committing to a paid cron schedule.
• Results are dataset-first; use Apify API run-sync-get-dataset-items for instant JSON in CI pipelines.
• Run a tiny URL count first, review the sample, then scale up — pay-per-event means you only pay for what you use.

FAQ

Is there a rate limit?

Built-in concurrency throttling keeps requests polite. For most public APIs this actor can run 1–10 parallel requests without issues.

What happens when the input URL is unreachable?

The actor records an error row with the failure reason — successful URLs keep processing.

Can I schedule recurring runs?

Yes — use Apify Schedules to run this actor on a cron (hourly, daily, weekly). Combine with webhook delivery for change alerts.

Does this actor respect robots.txt?

Yes — requests use a standard User-Agent and honor site rate limits. For aggressive audits, set a higher concurrency only on your own properties.

Can I integrate with Google Sheets or Airtable?

Use webhook delivery with a Zapier/Make/n8n catcher, or call the Apify REST API from Apps Script / Airtable automations.

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Cost

Pay Per Event:

• actor-start: $0.01 (flat fee per run)
• dataset-item: $0.003 per output item

Example: 1,000 items = $0.01 + (1,000 × $0.003) = $3.01

No subscription required — you only pay for what you use.

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