Domain WHOIS Examples by TLD · Example 20 of 231 in Country-Code

WHOIS for .be (nic.be)

GEThttps://api.deepinfo.com/v1/lookup/whois

The WHOIS record of nic.be, in the .be registry's format.

TLD: .be
Type: country-code

.be is the country-code top-level domain of Belgium.

The example requests the WHOIS record of nic.be, the registry's own domain by convention, so the response shows the .be registry's WHOIS format: compare raw, the text as the WHOIS server returned it, with parsed, the same record in Deepinfo's fields.

Request

curl

curl 'https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/lookup/whois?domain=nic.be' \
  -H 'apikey: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json'

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/lookup/whois"

params = {
    "domain": "nic.be"
}

headers = {
    "apikey": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Accept": "application/json"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params, headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())

JavaScript

const url = "https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/lookup/whois?domain=nic.be";

const response = await fetch(url, {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "apikey": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Accept": "application/json"
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/lookup/whois?domain=nic.be", nil)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("apikey", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")

	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()

	body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

Java

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/lookup/whois?domain=nic.be"))
            .header("apikey", "YOUR_API_KEY")
            .header("Accept", "application/json")
            .GET()
            .build();

        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

        System.out.println(response.body());
    }
}

using System;
using System.Net.Http;

using var client = new HttpClient();

var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/lookup/whois?domain=nic.be");
request.Headers.Add("apikey", "YOUR_API_KEY");
request.Headers.Add("Accept", "application/json");

using var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());

PHP

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/lookup/whois?domain=nic.be',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'apikey: YOUR_API_KEY',
        'Accept: application/json',
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);

if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException(curl_error($curl));
}

echo $response . PHP_EOL;

Ruby

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI('https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/lookup/whois?domain=nic.be')

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request['apikey'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
request['Accept'] = 'application/json'

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
  http.request(request)
end

puts response.body

Response

200 OK · application/json

Response Body

{
  "domain_name": "nic.be",
  "raw": "% .be Whois Server 6.1\n%\n% The WHOIS service offered by DNS Belgium and the access to the records in the DNS Belgium\n% WHOIS database are provided for information purposes only. It allows\n% persons to check whether a specific domain name is still available or not\n% and to obtain information related to the registration records of\n% existing domain names.\n%\n% DNS Belgium cannot, under any circumstances, be held liable where the stored\n% information would prove to be incomplete or inaccurate in any sense.\n%\n% By submitting a query you agree not to use the information made available\n% to:\n%   - allow, enable or otherwise support the transmission of unsolicited,\n%     commercial advertising or other solicitations whether via email or otherwise;\n%   - target advertising in any possible way;\n%   - to cause nuisance in any possible way to the domain name holders by sending \n%     messages to them (whether by automated, electronic processes capable of\n%     enabling high volumes or other possible means).\n% \n% Without prejudice to the above, it is explicitly forbidden to extract, copy\n% and/or use or re-utilise in any form and by any means (electronically or\n% not) the whole or a quantitatively or qualitatively substantial part\n% of the contents of the WHOIS database without prior and explicit permission\n% by DNS Belgium, nor in any attempt thereof, to apply automated, electronic\n% processes to DNS Belgium (or its systems).\n%\n% You agree that any reproduction and/or transmission of data for commercial\n% purposes will always be considered as the extraction of a substantial\n% part of the content of the WHOIS database.\n%\n% By submitting the query you agree to abide by this policy and accept that\n% DNS Belgium can take measures to limit the use of its whois services in order to\n% protect the privacy of its registrants or the integrity of the database.\n%\n\nDomain:\tnic.be\nStatus:\tNOT AVAILABLE\nRegistered:\tWed Apr 1 1998\n\nRegistrant:\n\tNot shown, please visit www.dnsbelgium.be for webbased whois.\n\nRegistrar Technical Contacts:\n\tOrganisation:\tTelenet BV\n\tLanguage:\tnl\n\tPhone:\t+32.93269094\n\n\nRegistrar:\n\tName:\tTelenet BV\n\tWebsite:\thttps://www2.telenet.be/nl/business/producten-diensten/hosting-cloud/domeinnamen/\n\nNameservers:\n\tns3.combell.net\n\tns4.combell.net\n\nKeys:\n\nFlags:\n\tclientTransferProhibited\n\nPlease visit www.dnsbelgium.be for more info.",
  "parsed": {
    "uid": "97630012f407e63b035c06cfa2e605f0",
    "create_date": "1998-04-01T00:00:00Z",
    "update_date": null,
    "expiry_date": null,
    "registrar": "telenet bv",
    "registrant": {
      "name": null,
      "organization": null,
      "street": null,
      "city": null,
      "state": null,
      "postal_code": null,
      "country": null,
      "phone": null,
      "email": null
    },
    "name_servers": [
      "ns3.combell.net",
      "ns4.combell.net"
    ],
    "domain_status": [
      "clienttransferprohibited"
    ],
    "whois_server": null
  },
  "check_date": "2026-09-23T17:00:35Z",
  "parse_code": null
}

The raw field of this response, line by line.

Raw WHOIS Text

% .be Whois Server 6.1
%
% The WHOIS service offered by DNS Belgium and the access to the records in the DNS Belgium
% WHOIS database are provided for information purposes only. It allows
% persons to check whether a specific domain name is still available or not
% and to obtain information related to the registration records of
% existing domain names.
%
% DNS Belgium cannot, under any circumstances, be held liable where the stored
% information would prove to be incomplete or inaccurate in any sense.
%
% By submitting a query you agree not to use the information made available
% to:
%   - allow, enable or otherwise support the transmission of unsolicited,
%     commercial advertising or other solicitations whether via email or otherwise;
%   - target advertising in any possible way;
%   - to cause nuisance in any possible way to the domain name holders by sending 
%     messages to them (whether by automated, electronic processes capable of
%     enabling high volumes or other possible means).
% 
% Without prejudice to the above, it is explicitly forbidden to extract, copy
% and/or use or re-utilise in any form and by any means (electronically or
% not) the whole or a quantitatively or qualitatively substantial part
% of the contents of the WHOIS database without prior and explicit permission
% by DNS Belgium, nor in any attempt thereof, to apply automated, electronic
% processes to DNS Belgium (or its systems).
%
% You agree that any reproduction and/or transmission of data for commercial
% purposes will always be considered as the extraction of a substantial
% part of the content of the WHOIS database.
%
% By submitting the query you agree to abide by this policy and accept that
% DNS Belgium can take measures to limit the use of its whois services in order to
% protect the privacy of its registrants or the integrity of the database.
%

Domain:	nic.be
Status:	NOT AVAILABLE
Registered:	Wed Apr 1 1998

Registrant:
	Not shown, please visit www.dnsbelgium.be for webbased whois.

Registrar Technical Contacts:
	Organisation:	Telenet BV
	Language:	nl
	Phone:	+32.93269094


Registrar:
	Name:	Telenet BV
	Website:	https://www2.telenet.be/nl/business/producten-diensten/hosting-cloud/domeinnamen/

Nameservers:
	ns3.combell.net
	ns4.combell.net

Keys:

Flags:
	clientTransferProhibited

Please visit www.dnsbelgium.be for more info.

Content-Type: application/json
ratelimit-limit: 10
ratelimit-remaining: 9
ratelimit-reset: 1
x-ratelimit-limit-second: 10
x-ratelimit-remaining-second: 9
deepinfo-request-id: 5f0c6a8e-1b2d-4c3e-9f4a-7b8c9d0e1f2a

Request

What this example sends. Every parameter is documented on Domain WHOIS; the exact request is in the code panel.

Parameter	Value
`domain`query	`nic.be`

Reference updated September 24, 2026

Request

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