🕵️‍♂️ Domain Inspector

A powerful, all-in-one tool to perform DNS lookups, WHOIS queries, HTTP status checks, and SSL certificate validation for a list of domains.

It can clean full URLs down to the bare domain (e.g., https://www.apify.com/store → apify.com) and run all checks in a single batch.

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✨ Features

• Batch Processing: Process a whole list of domains in a single run.
• Smart URL Cleaning: Automatically extracts the correct domain (apify.com) from full URLs (https://www.apify.com/store?q=new).
• Custom DNS Lookups: Choose exactly which DNS records to query (A, AAAA, MX, TXT, CNAME, NS, SOA).
• WHOIS Data: Optionally performs a WHOIS lookup to get registrar, creation, and expiration dates.
• HTTP Status: Optionally checks the http:// and https:// versions of the domain to get their HTTP status code (e.g., 200, 301, 404).
• SSL Certificate: Optionally checks the SSL certificate to find the issuer and expiration date.

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📥 Input

The Actor's input is defined by the .actor/input_schema.json file.

Field	Emoji	Description
Domains to Look Up	🌐	A list of domains or full URLs to inspect. The tool will automatically clean them.
Record Types to Query	🔍	A multi-select dropdown to choose which DNS record types to query.
Perform WHOIS Lookup	👤	A checkbox. If checked, the Actor will perform a WHOIS query for each domain.
Perform HTTP Status Check	🚦	A checkbox. If checked, the Actor will check the HTTP status code for http:// and https:// protocols.
Perform SSL Certificate Check	🔒	A checkbox. If checked, the Actor will check the SSL certificate for its issuer and expiration date.

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📤 Output

The Actor saves its results as one item per domain in the Actor's default dataset.

Example Output

[
  {
    "domain": "apify.com",
    "records": {
      "A": ["104.18.23.133", "104.18.22.133"],
      "MX": [
        { "preference": 1, "exchange": "aspmx.l.google.com." }
      ],
      "TXT": ["google-site-verification=..."],
      "NS": ["ns-1032.awsdns-01.org."],
      "SOA": [
        {
          "mname": "ns-1032.awsdns-01.org.",
          "rname": "awsdns-hostmaster.amazon.com.",
          "serial": 1,
          "refresh": 7200,
          "retry": 900,
          "expire": 1209600,
          "minimum": 86400
        }
      ]
    },
    "whois": {
      "domain_name": ["APIFY.COM", "apify.com"],
      "registrar": "Amazon Registrar, Inc.",
      "creation_date": "2015-02-12T15:35:14+00:00",
      "expiration_date": "2027-02-12T15:35:14+00:00",
      "emails": [
        "abuse@amazonaws.com",
        "proxy-contact@registrar.amazon.com"
      ]
    },
    "http_status": {
      "https": { "status_code": 200, "url": "https://apify.com" },
      "http": { "status_code": 301, "url": "http://apify.com" }
    },
    "ssl_info": {
      "issuer": "GTS CA 1P5",
      "expires": "2025-12-15T08:50:39+00:00",
      "error": null
    }
  }
]

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💸 Monetization

This Actor uses the Pay-Per-Event (PPE) model. You will be charged for the following events:

Event	Description
run_started	A small, one-time fee for initiating the Actor run.
domain_processed	Charged for each domain successfully processed from your input list.
whois_lookup	An additional fee charged for each domain when the Perform WHOIS Lookup option is enabled.
http_check	An additional fee charged for each domain when the Perform HTTP Status Check option is enabled.
ssl_check	An additional fee charged for each domain when the Perform SSL Certificate Check option is enabled.

⚠️ Note: The default apify-default-dataset-item event (for saving results) is disabled to avoid double-charging you for results.