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WHOIS / WHOIS History

Provide current and historical ownership information on domains / IPs. Identify all connections between domains, registrants, registrars, and DNS servers.

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DNS / DNS History

Look into all current and historical DNS / IP connections between domains and A, MX, NS, and other records. Monitor suspicious changes to DNS records.

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IP Geolocation / IP Netblocks

Get detailed context on an IP address, including its user’s geolocation, time zone, connected domains, connection type, IP range, ASN, and other network ownership details.

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Domain Research Suite (DRS)

Access our web-based solution to dig into and monitor all domain events of interest.

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Domain Research Suite (DRS)

Get access to a web-based enterprise-grade solution to search and monitor domain registrations and ownership details for branded terms, fuzzy matches, registrants of interest, and more.

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Unlock integrated intelligence on Internet properties and their ownership, infrastructure, and other attributes.

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Security Intelligence (SI) Suite

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Making requests: API v3

API endpoint

GET https://emailverification.whoisxmlapi.com/api/v3?apiKey=YOUR_API_KEY&emailAddress=support@whoisxmlapi.com
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Postman collection

Postman is a desktop and web application that allows you to make requests to an API from a graphical user interface. We recommend using Postman with WhoisXML APIs endpoints when exploring the APIs functionality, as well as when you are troubleshooting issues with your application.

The WhoisXML API Postman collection is available at the following links:

The collection includes a preconfigured environment. You will need to set up the api_key variable to fire each request. Get your personal API KEY on the My products page. If you have questions related to the API, contact us.

Input parameters: required

apiKey

Get your personal API key on the My products page.
emailAddress

The email address to be verified.

Input parameters: optional

outputFormat

Response output format.

Acceptable values: JSON | XML

Default: JSON
validateDNS

1 results in checking the email address with DNS.

Acceptable values: 0 | 1

Default: 1
validateSMTP

1 results in checking the email address with SMTP.

Acceptable values: 0 | 1

Default: 1
checkCatchAll

1 results in checking if the email provider has a catch-all email address.

Acceptable values: 0 | 1

Default: 1
checkFree

1 results in checking whether the email provider is a free one.

Acceptable values: 0 | 1

Default: 1
checkDisposable

1 results in checking if the address is disposable.

Acceptable values: 0 | 1

Default: 1

Free access

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