{"uid":"cap_LVfqMl4-2gUY9Vb34Vh6y","slug":"whatchuneed-whois-lookup-4f9537f9","name":"WhatChuNeed WHOIS Lookup","description":"320+ pay-per-call API endpoints across accommodation, LLM, code execution, crypto, medical, finance, and more. One API, one payment. Powered by x402 protocol.","url":"https://whatchuneed.vercel.app/api/data/whois","method":"POST","headers":{},"bodySchema":{"type":"object","required":["input"],"properties":{"input":{"type":"string","description":"Request input"}}},"responseSchema":{"type":"object","properties":{"result":{"type":"object","description":"Response data"},"status":{"type":"string"}}},"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.05","displayCostAsset":"USDC","priceDynamic":false,"priceHint":null,"priceStatus":"priced","priceSource":"probe","requiresHandshake":false,"reviewCount":0,"rating":{"score":"0.00","successRate":"0.00","reviews":0,"stars":null,"state":"unrated"},"availabilityStatus":"unknown","priceObserved":null,"sessionDeposit":null,"pricing":{"kind":"static","summary":"$0.05/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.05","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.05","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_lBTW-xSI9qmvUsG1E9Amq","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.05","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Performs a WHOIS lookup for a given domain name, returning registration and ownership metadata.","exampleAgentPrompt":"Can you run a WHOIS lookup on openai.com and tell me who registered it, when it expires, and which registrar they used?","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Domain ownership investigation","prompt":"Who owns the domain suspicioussite.xyz? I want to know the registrant, registration date, and registrar — I think it might be a phishing site."},{"title":"Domain expiry monitoring","prompt":"Can you check the WHOIS record for mybusiness.com and tell me when it's set to expire so I know if I need to renew it soon?"},{"title":"Competitive domain research","prompt":"Look up the WHOIS data for competitor.io — I want to know when they registered the domain and who their registrar is."}],"resultDescription":"Returns a structured WHOIS record including registrant name, registrar, registration and expiry dates, name servers, and domain status fields, wrapped in a result object with a status string.","failureModes":["Domain not found or unregistered — result may be empty or return an error status","WHOIS rate limiting or privacy protection (GDPR redaction) may hide registrant details","Invalid or malformed domain input returns an error","Timeout if WHOIS servers are slow to respond","TLDs with non-standard or unsupported WHOIS servers may return incomplete data"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need programmatic WHOIS lookups for any domain via a simple pay-per-call API without needing to set up dedicated WHOIS infrastructure. Prefer this over manual WHOIS lookups or dedicated domain registrar APIs when you want a lightweight, on-demand lookup billed at $0.05 USDC per call via the x402 protocol.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-09-15T12:47:46.395Z","isFirstParty":false}