RDAP Lookup

/api/rdaplookup 1 credit(s) per call

Look up standardized RDAP registration data for any domain name including status, events, nameservers, and entities.

Overview

The RDAP Lookup API queries the IANA RDAP bootstrap registry and the authoritative RDAP service for the domain's TLD. RDAP is the structured, JSON-based successor to WHOIS and provides registration status, lifecycle events, nameservers, entities, and the original registry response.

Endpoints

POST/api/rdaplookup

GET/api/rdaplookup/generate?domain=example.com

Request Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
domain	string	Yes	The domain name to look up, such as example.com. HTTP and HTTPS prefixes are also accepted.

Response

The response is wrapped in the standard API envelope. The normalized fields include:

Field	Description
data.domain	The normalized queried domain.
data.handle	Registry object handle, when supplied.
data.status	RDAP domain status codes.
data.events	Registration lifecycle events such as registration and expiration.
data.nameservers	Nameserver hostnames.
data.entities	Registrar and registry entities, subject to redaction.
data.rawResponse	The complete authoritative RDAP JSON response.
data.queryTimeMs	Time taken to query the RDAP service.

Example

curl -X POST https://simplewebapis.com/api/rdaplookup \
  -H "X-Api-Key: swa_your_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"example.com"}'

Try it out

Use the Playground to test this API live.