{"id":7175,"date":"2024-08-26T22:45:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T17:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shreshtait.com\/blog\/?p=7175"},"modified":"2024-08-26T22:45:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T17:15:49","slug":"whois-api-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shreshtait.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/whois-api-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Whois API free"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you looking for a reliable, easy-to-use, and free Whois API? Our new Whois API service offers fast, accurate domain information data, making it an ideal solution for security researchers, SOC analysts etc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Whois API provides the creation date and registrar name. The API requires no registration or token generation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>curl -s https:\/\/domaininfo.shreshtait.com\/api\/search\/apple.com | jq .<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The above request, returns a JSON response with the creation_date, domain_name and the registrar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>{\n  \"creation_date\": \"1987-02-19\",\n  \"domain_name\": \"apple.com\",\n  \"registrar\": \"NOM-IQ Ltd dba Com Laude\"\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-use-cases-of-whois-api\">Use Cases of Whois API<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We built the Whois API to scratch our itch. 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