Domain, DNS & WHOIS Intelligence

A bulk domain age checker and WHOIS lookup in one run: who registered a domain and when, what DNS says, whether the SSL certificate is healthy, and what the website answers.

Registration data comes from RDAP — the registries' own JSON service that replaced WHOIS text. No scraping, no blocking, no rate-limit games.

How to use

1. Sign up for Apify — the free plan's monthly credit is enough to try this Actor.
2. Open WHOIS & DNS Lookup, fill in the input (the form is pre-filled with a working example) and click Start.
3. Watch results stream into the dataset table while the run is going.
4. Export as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, HTML or RSS — or pull the results from your own code with the Apify API.

What data can this domain and WHOIS data scraper extract?

• Registration — registrar, creation date, expiry date, last change, domain age, days until expiry, status codes
• DNS — A / AAAA / MX / NS / TXT, plus SPF and DMARC records
• Providers — DNS host (Cloudflare, Route 53, GoDaddy…) and mail host (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Naver Works…)
• SSL — issuer, valid from/to, days until expiry, covered hostnames
• Website — HTTP status, final URL after redirects, server header, HSTS, page title

What people use it for

• Lead qualification — a domain registered last week with no MX is not a real company.
• Security and compliance checks — missing SPF or DMARC, expiring certificates, weak headers across a portfolio.
• Domain portfolio monitoring — expiringWithinDays returns only what is about to lapse.
• Competitor research — which mail and DNS providers a market uses.

How to look up domain, DNS and WHOIS data

Field	What it does
domains	Domains, URLs or even email addresses — all reduced to the domain
datasetId + datasetDomainField	Or read them from another Actor's output
includeRegistration, includeCertificate, includeWebsite	Turn off what you don't need
onlyRegisteredDomains	Drop unregistered names
expiringWithinDays	Only domains expiring soon

Input reference

Every option at a glance. A minimal input that works as-is:

{
  "domains": [
    "stripe.com",
    "apify.com",
    "naver.com"
  ],
  "datasetDomainField": "domain",
  "includeRegistration": true,
  "includeCertificate": true,
  "includeWebsite": true,
  "maxResults": 10000
}

All fields:

• domains (Domains) — Domains or URLs — “stripe.com”, “https://www.apify.com/store”, even an email address. Everything is reduced to the domain.
• datasetId (Or a dataset ID) — Take domains from an existing dataset — for example the output of the Website Contact & Email Scraper.
• datasetDomainField (Field with the domain) — Which field of that dataset holds the domain. Default "domain".
• includeRegistration (Registration data (RDAP/WHOIS)) — Registrar, creation and expiry dates, domain age and status codes. Default true.
• includeCertificate (SSL certificate) — Issuer, validity dates, days until expiry and covered hostnames. Default true.
• includeWebsite (Website response) — HTTP status, final URL after redirects, server header and page title. Default true.
• onlyRegisteredDomains (Only registered domains) — Drop domains that are not registered — handy when checking a list of candidate names. Default false.
• expiringWithinDays (Only expiring within N days) — Keep only domains whose registration expires within this many days. Leave empty to keep all.
• maxResults (Max results) — Total limit. Default 10000.

What the domain output looks like

{
  "domain": "stripe.com",
  "isRegistered": true,
  "rdapAvailable": true,
  "registrar": "SafeNames Ltd.",
  "createdAt": "1995-09-12T04:00:00Z",
  "updatedAt": "2025-10-01T01:39:51Z",
  "expiresAt": "2027-09-11T04:00:00Z",
  "domainAgeDays": 11331,
  "domainAgeYears": 31,
  "expiresInDays": 355,
  "statuses": [
    "client delete prohibited",
    "client transfer prohibited",
    "client update prohibited"
  ],
  "nameserversRdap": [
    "ns-1087.awsdns-07.org",
    "ns-1882.awsdns-43.co.uk",
    "ns-423.awsdns-52.com",
    "ns-705.awsdns-24.net"
  ],
  "resolves": true,
  "ipv4": [
    "198.202.176.231",
    "198.137.150.231"
  ],
  "ipv6": [],
  "mx": [
    "aspmx.l.google.com",
    "alt2.aspmx.l.google.com",
    "alt1.aspmx.l.google.com",
    "aspmx2.googlemail.com",
    "aspmx3.googlemail.com"
  ],
  "nameservers": [
    "ns-705.awsdns-24.net",
    "ns-1087.awsdns-07.org",
    "ns-1882.awsdns-43.co.uk",
    "ns-423.awsdns-52.com"
  ],
  "spf": null,
  "dmarc": "v=DMARC1; p=reject; pct=100; fo=1; rua=mailto:dmarc-reports@stripe.com; ruf=mailto:dmarc-forensics@stripe.com;",
  "dnsProvider": "AWS Route 53",
  "mailProvider": "Google Workspace",
  "httpsWorks": true,
  "certIssuer": "DigiCert Inc",
  "certSubject": "stripe.com",
  "certValidFrom": "2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z",
  "certValidTo": "2026-11-12T23:59:59.000Z",
  "certExpiresInDays": 53,
  "certAltNames": [
    "stripe.com",
    "www.stripe.com"
  ],
  "httpStatus": 200,
  "finalUrl": "https://stripe.com/",
  "redirectsToOtherDomain": null,
  "serverHeader": "nginx",
  "poweredBy": null,
  "hasHsts": true,
  "title": "Stripe | Financial Infrastructure to Grow Your Revenue",
  "checkedAt": "2026-09-20T12:37:34.057Z"
}

How fast is it and what does it cost?

5 domains took 7 seconds. Registration, DNS, SSL and the website are fetched in parallel for each domain, and 10 domains are processed at a time.

Pricing — what you pay per domain

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing: no monthly rental, you pay for the results you get. Prices per 1,000 results by Apify plan:

Event	Free plan	Bronze	Silver	Gold+
domain — One domain with registration, DNS, SSL and website details	$1.00	$0.90	$0.85	$0.80

There is also a small start fee of $0.00005 per GB of memory ($0.00005 per run at the default 1 GB). Platform compute is included in the price — you are not billed separately for run time. Set a maximum total charge on the run if you want a hard cap, and use the input limits to control how much is fetched. The current prices are always on the Pricing tab.

Tips

• Start with a small maxResults (say 20) to check the output, then raise it — you only pay per result.
• Rows the Actor cannot read are logged and skipped, never charged — check the run log if a count looks low.

Automate & schedule

Run this Actor on autopilot and pull results into your own stack:

• Apify API — start runs, fetch datasets and manage schedules over REST.
• apify-client for JavaScript and apify-client for Python — official SDKs.
• Schedules — run it on a cron to keep your data fresh.
• Webhooks — trigger downstream actions the moment a run finishes.

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'MY_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('tindacloud/domain-dns-intelligence').call({
    "domains": [
        "stripe.com",
        "apify.com",
        "naver.com"
    ],
    "datasetDomainField": "domain",
    "includeRegistration": true,
    "includeCertificate": true,
    "includeWebsite": true,
    "maxResults": 10000
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Got ${items.length} records`);

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("MY_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("tindacloud/domain-dns-intelligence").call(run_input={
    "domains": [
        "stripe.com",
        "apify.com",
        "naver.com"
    ],
    "datasetDomainField": "domain",
    "includeRegistration": True,
    "includeCertificate": True,
    "includeWebsite": True,
    "maxResults": 10000
})

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

cURL — run and get the results in one request:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/tindacloud~domain-dns-intelligence/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=MY_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domains": ["stripe.com", "apify.com", "naver.com"], "datasetDomainField": "domain", "includeRegistration": true, "includeCertificate": true, "includeWebsite": true, "maxResults": 10000}'

Integrate with any app

Connect the dataset to thousands of apps — no code required:

• Make — multi-step automation scenarios.
• Zapier — push new records straight into your CRM or sheet.
• n8n — self-hosted workflows.
• Slack — get notified when a run finishes or finds something new.
• Google Drive / Sheets — auto-export every run to a spreadsheet.
• Airbyte — pipe results into your data warehouse.
• GitHub — trigger runs from commits or releases.
• Webhooks — call your own endpoint when a run succeeds or fails.

Use with AI assistants (MCP)

The output is clean, LLM-ready JSON. Call this Actor from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any agent framework through the Apify MCP server — ask your assistant to "check when these 50 domains were registered and whether their SSL certificates are about to expire" and let it run this Actor for you.

Agent-ready: autonomous payments (x402 & Skyfire)

This Actor is agent-ready — AI agents can discover it, run it and pay for it on their own. It uses pay-per-event pricing and limited permissions, so it qualifies for Apify's agentic payments:

• x402 — an open, HTTP-native payment protocol. Agents pay in USDC through the Apify MCP server — no Apify account needed.
• Skyfire — agent-to-service payments with pre-funded Skyfire tokens.

Building an AI agent, MCP tool or data pipeline? This Actor is ready to plug in and pay as it goes.

Ready-made examples

Open one, change the fields, press Start — nothing to configure:

• Domain age checker in bulk
• Find domains expiring soon
• Bulk WHOIS lookup for a list of domains
• Check SPF and DMARC records in bulk

Frequently asked questions

Do I need an API key or a login?

No. Paste your input, press Start. There is nothing to connect and no account on the target site to create.

How do I export the results?

Every run produces a dataset you can download as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or read through the Apify API from your own code. You can also connect it to Make, Zapier or n8n.

Can I run this on a schedule?

Yes. Apify schedules run it every hour, day or week without you being there. Each run is independent, so a schedule gives you a fresh snapshot every time.

Can I call it from Python or JavaScript?

Yes — the Apify API runs any Actor and returns the dataset, and the official Python and JavaScript clients wrap it in a few lines. AI agents can call it too, through Apify's MCP server.

What does it cost?

You pay per result, not per hour. Filters are applied before anything is charged, so narrowing the input directly lowers the bill. Pages that cannot be read are reported in the log and never charged.

Is this data public?

Everything collected here is what any domain shows to anyone without logging in. Check the target site's terms and the rules that apply to you before using the data commercially.

Related scrapers

• Email Verifier & List Cleaner — clean the addresses on those domains
• Website Contact & Email Scraper — emails, phones and tech stack from the sites
• LinkedIn Company Scraper — the company behind the domain