What does domainAPI provide ?

What does the domainAPI acronym mean ?

domainAPI stands for Domain Tools Web Services
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The single entry point

The Domains Tool Web Services is a single entry point to a complete collection of webservices around domain names. The webservice will retreive from several providers information about a domain name.

Existing web services

Here is the list of the existing webservices :

  • WHOIS: provides information about the owner of a domain name
  • AVAILABILITY: gives the status of a domain name : free, taken, ...?
  • SEMANTIC: finds a list of domain suggestions
  • INFO: retrieves information (specific information, traffic rank, usage statistics, and related links) about website associated domain names
  • THUMBNAIL: retrieves thumbnail of a domain name
  • MARKETPLACE: finds a list of domain suggestions on sale
  • IP LOCATION: retrieves the location of an ip or a domain name.
  • SEARCH ENGINE: is a domain name search engine
  • HISTORIC WHOIS: like WHOIS provides information about the owner of a domain name at a given date.
  • DATACUBE: finds a tld or a list of tlds with its specifics paramaters

Additional information