Domain WHOIS Examples by TLD · Example 99 of 992 in Generic

WHOIS for .best (nic.best)

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

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

TLD: .best
Type: generic

.best is a generic top-level domain.

The example requests the WHOIS record of nic.best, the registry's own domain by convention, so the response shows the .best 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.best' \
  -H 'apikey: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json'

Python

import requests

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

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

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.best";

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.best", 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.best"))
            .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.best");
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.best',
    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.best')

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

Shortened for this page: raw: first 4,000 of 9,485 characters

Response Body

{
  "domain_name": "nic.best",
  "raw": "{\"rdapConformance\":[\"icann_rdap_response_profile_1\",\"icann_rdap_technical_implementation_guide_1\",\"rdap_level_0\",\"redacted\"],\"lang\":\"en\",\"objectClassName\":\"domain\",\"handle\":\"D68182594-CNIC\",\"ldhName\":\"nic.best\",\"nameservers\":[{\"objectClassName\":\"nameserver\",\"ldhName\":\"a.nic.best\",\"handle\":\"H23475841-CNIC\",\"links\":[{\"title\":\"Authoritative URL for this resource\",\"rel\":\"self\",\"type\":\"application\\/rdap+json\",\"value\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/best\\/domain\\/nic.best\",\"href\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/best\\/nameserver\\/a.nic.best\"}]},{\"objectClassName\":\"nameserver\",\"ldhName\":\"b.nic.best\",\"handle\":\"H23475846-CNIC\",\"links\":[{\"title\":\"Authoritative URL for this resource\",\"rel\":\"self\",\"type\":\"application\\/rdap+json\",\"value\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/best\\/domain\\/nic.best\",\"href\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/best\\/nameserver\\/b.nic.best\"}]},{\"objectClassName\":\"nameserver\",\"ldhName\":\"c.nic.best\",\"handle\":\"H23475851-CNIC\",\"links\":[{\"title\":\"Authoritative URL for this resource\",\"rel\":\"self\",\"type\":\"application\\/rdap+json\",\"value\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/best\\/domain\\/nic.best\",\"href\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/best\\/nameserver\\/c.nic.best\"}]},{\"objectClassName\":\"nameserver\",\"ldhName\":\"d.nic.best\",\"handle\":\"H23475856-CNIC\",\"links\":[{\"title\":\"Authoritative URL for this resource\",\"rel\":\"self\",\"type\":\"application\\/rdap+json\",\"value\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/best\\/domain\\/nic.best\",\"href\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/best\\/nameserver\\/d.nic.best\"}]}],\"secureDNS\":{\"delegationSigned\":false},\"entities\":[{\"objectClassName\":\"entity\",\"roles\":[\"registrant\"],\"handle\":\"C214154894-CNIC\",\"vcardArray\":[\"vcard\",[[\"version\",{},\"text\",\"4.0\"],[\"fn\",{},\"text\",\"\"],[\"adr\",{\"cc\":\"FR\"},\"text\",[\"\",\"\",\"\",\"\",\"VAL DE MARNE\",\"\",\"\"]]]],\"remarks\":[{\"title\":\"Data Policy\",\"type\":\"object truncated due to authorization\",\"description\":[\"Some of the data in this object has been removed.\"]},{\"title\":\"REDACTED FOR PRIVACY\",\"type\":\"object redacted due to authorization\",\"description\":[\"Some of the data in this object has been removed.\"]},{\"title\":\"EMAIL REDACTED FOR PRIVACY\",\"type\":\"object truncated due to authorization\",\"description\":[\"Please query the RDDS service of the Registrar of Record identified in this output for information on how to contact the Registrant of the queried domain name.\"]}]},{\"objectClassName\":\"entity\",\"roles\":[\"technical\"],\"handle\":\"C214154894-CNIC\",\"vcardArray\":[\"vcard\",[[\"version\",{},\"text\",\"4.0\"],[\"fn\",{},\"text\",\"\"]]],\"remarks\":[{\"title\":\"Data Policy\",\"type\":\"object truncated due to authorization\",\"description\":[\"Some of the data in this object has been removed.\"]},{\"title\":\"REDACTED FOR PRIVACY\",\"type\":\"object redacted due to authorization\",\"description\":[\"Some of the data in this object has been removed.\"]},{\"title\":\"EMAIL REDACTED FOR PRIVACY\",\"type\":\"object truncated due to authorization\",\"description\":[\"Please query the RDDS service of the Registrar of Record identified in this output for information on how to contact the Registrant of the queried domain name.\"]}]},{\"objectClassName\":\"entity\",\"handle\":\"9999\",\"roles\":[\"registrar\"],\"vcardArray\":[\"vcard\",[[\"version\",{},\"text\",\"4.0\"],[\"fn\",{},\"text\",\"THE BEST SAS\"]]],\"links\":[{\"title\":\"Authoritative URL for this resource\",\"rel\":\"self\",\"type\":\"application\\/rdap+json\",\"value\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/best\\/domain\\/nic.best\",\"href\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/best\\/entity\\/9999\"},{\"title\":\"Registrar's Website\",\"rel\":\"about\",\"value\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/best\",\"href\":\"https:\\/\\/www.domains.best\"}],\"entities\":[{\"objectClassName\":\"entity\",\"handle\":\"not applicable\",\"roles\":[\"abuse\"],\"vcardArray\":[\"vcard\",[[\"version\",{},\"text\",\"4.0\"],[\"fn\",{},\"text\",\"Abuse Contact\"],[\"org\",{},\"text\",\"THE BEST SAS\"],[\"email\",{},\"text\",\"user@domains.best\"],[\"tel\",{\"type\":\"voice\"},\"uri\",\"tel:+33.610828641\"]]]}],\"publicIds\":[{\"type\":\"IANA Registrar ID\",\"identifier\":\"9999\"}]}],\"redacted\":[{\"name\":{\"type\":\"Registrant Name\"},\"postPath\":\"$.entities[?(@.roles[0]=='registr…",
  "parsed": {
    "uid": "2026-09-09T00:04:38+00:00",
    "create_date": "2013-09-16T19:56:06Z",
    "update_date": "2026-09-09T00:04:38Z",
    "expiry_date": "2027-09-15T23:59:59Z",
    "registrar": "the best sas",
    "registrant": {
      "name": null,
      "organization": null,
      "street": null,
      "city": null,
      "state": "val de marne",
      "postal_code": null,
      "country": null,
      "phone": null,
      "email": null
    },
    "name_servers": [
      "a.nic.best",
      "b.nic.best",
      "c.nic.best",
      "d.nic.best"
    ],
    "domain_status": [
      "serverdeleteprohibited",
      "serverrenewprohibited",
      "servertransferprohibited",
      "serverupdateprohibited"
    ],
    "whois_server": "whois.nic.best"
  },
  "check_date": "2026-09-23T15:14:38Z",
  "parse_code": null
}

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.best`

Reference updated September 24, 2026

Request

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