Domain WHOIS Examples by TLD · Example 136 of 992 in Generic

WHOIS for .brussels (nic.brussels)

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

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

TLD: .brussels
Type: generic

.brussels is a generic top-level domain.

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

Python

import requests

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

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

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.brussels";

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.brussels", 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.brussels"))
            .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.brussels");
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.brussels',
    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.brussels')

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 4,813 characters

Response Body

{
  "domain_name": "nic.brussels",
  "raw": "{\"rdapConformance\":[\"rdap_level_0\",\"icann_rdap_technical_implementation_guide_1\",\"icann_rdap_response_profile_1\",\"redacted\"],\"objectClassName\":\"domain\",\"notices\":[{\"title\":\"Terms of Service\",\"description\":[\"By executing a query, in any means whatsoever, you agree to these Terms of Service.\"],\"links\":[{\"value\":\"https://rdap.nic.brussels/domain/nic.brussels\",\"rel\":\"terms-of-service\",\"href\":\"https://www.dnsbelgium.be/en/rdap\",\"type\":\"text/html\"}]},{\"title\":\"Status Codes\",\"description\":[\"For more information on domain status codes, please visit https://icann.org/epp\"],\"links\":[{\"value\":\"https://rdap.nic.brussels/domain/nic.brussels\",\"rel\":\"glossary\",\"href\":\"https://icann.org/epp\",\"type\":\"text/html\"}]},{\"title\":\"RDDS Inaccuracy Complaint Form\",\"description\":[\"URL of the ICANN RDDS Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://icann.org/wicf\"],\"links\":[{\"value\":\"https://rdap.nic.brussels/domain/nic.brussels\",\"rel\":\"help\",\"href\":\"https://icann.org/wicf\",\"type\":\"text/html\"}]}],\"events\":[{\"eventAction\":\"registration\",\"eventDate\":\"2014-03-26T12:09:34Z\"},{\"eventAction\":\"last changed\",\"eventDate\":\"2026-05-10T12:10:40Z\"},{\"eventAction\":\"expiration\",\"eventDate\":\"2027-03-26T12:09:34Z\"},{\"eventAction\":\"last update of RDAP database\",\"eventDate\":\"2026-09-23T15:15:04Z\"}],\"status\":[\"server delete prohibited\",\"server transfer prohibited\"],\"handle\":\"D0000000007-BRUSSELS\",\"ldhName\":\"nic.brussels\",\"secureDNS\":{\"delegationSigned\":true,\"dsData\":[{\"keyTag\":14107,\"algorithm\":13,\"digest\":\"45857a108f6bf518db7b2df502b7b7ec16021ec2b982f457880d396d20b355f3\",\"digestType\":2}]},\"entities\":[{\"objectClassName\":\"entity\",\"handle\":\"9999\",\"vcardArray\":[\"vcard\",[[\"version\",{},\"text\",\"4.0\"],[\"fn\",{},\"text\",\"DNS Belgium vzw/asbl\"]]],\"roles\":[\"registrar\"],\"publicIds\":[{\"type\":\"IANA Registrar ID\",\"identifier\":\"9999\"}],\"entities\":[{\"objectClassName\":\"entity\",\"vcardArray\":[\"vcard\",[[\"version\",{},\"text\",\"4.0\"],[\"fn\",{},\"text\",\"\"],[\"email\",{},\"text\",\"user@dnsbelgium.be\"],[\"tel\",{\"type\":\"voice\"},\"uri\",\"tel:+32.16284970\"]]],\"roles\":[\"abuse\"]}]},{\"objectClassName\":\"entity\",\"vcardArray\":[\"vcard\",[[\"version\",{},\"text\",\"4.0\"],[\"fn\",{},\"text\",\"\"],[\"org\",{},\"text\",\"DNS Belgium vzw\"],[\"adr\",{\"cc\":\"BE\"},\"text\",[\"\",\"\",\"\",\"\",\"\",\"\",\"\"]]]],\"roles\":[\"registrant\"]},{\"objectClassName\":\"entity\",\"vcardArray\":[\"vcard\",[[\"version\",{},\"text\",\"4.0\"],[\"fn\",{},\"text\",\"\"]]],\"roles\":[\"technical\"]}],\"redacted\":[{\"name\":{\"type\":\"Registry Registrant ID\"},\"prePath\":\"$.entities[?(@.roles[0]=='registrant')].handle\",\"pathLang\":\"jsonpath\",\"method\":\"removal\"},{\"name\":{\"type\":\"Registrant Name\"},\"postPath\":\"$.entities[?(@.roles[0]=='registrant')].vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='fn')][3]\",\"pathLang\":\"jsonpath\",\"method\":\"emptyValue\"},{\"name\":{\"type\":\"Registrant Street\"},\"postPath\":\"$.entities[?(@.roles[0]=='registrant')].vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='adr')][3][:3]\",\"pathLang\":\"jsonpath\",\"method\":\"emptyValue\"},{\"name\":{\"type\":\"Registrant City\"},\"postPath\":\"$.entities[?(@.roles[0]=='registrant')].vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='adr')][3][3]\",\"pathLang\":\"jsonpath\",\"method\":\"emptyValue\"},{\"name\":{\"type\":\"Registrant Postal Code\"},\"postPath\":\"$.entities[?(@.roles[0]=='registrant')].vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='adr')][3][5]\",\"pathLang\":\"jsonpath\",\"method\":\"emptyValue\"},{\"name\":{\"type\":\"Registrant Phone\"},\"prePath\":\"$.entities[?(@.roles[0]=='registrant')].vcardArray[1][?(@[1].type=='voice')]\",\"pathLang\":\"jsonpath\",\"method\":\"removal\"},{\"name\":{\"type\":\"Registrant Email\"},\"prePath\":\"$.entities[?(@.roles[0]=='registrant')].vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='email')]\",\"pathLang\":\"jsonpath\",\"method\":\"removal\"},{\"name\":{\"description\":\"Administrative Contact\"},\"prePath\":\"$.entities[?(@.roles[0]=='administrative')]\",\"pathLang\":\"jsonpath\",\"method\":\"removal\"},{\"name\":{\"type\":\"Registry Tech ID\"},\"prePath\":\"$.entities[?(@.roles[0]=='technical')].handle\",\"pathLang\":\"jsonpath\",\"method\":\"removal\"},{\"name\":{\"type\":\"Tech Name\"},\"postPath\":\"$.entities[?(@.roles[0]=='technical')].vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='fn')][3]\",\"pathLang\":\"jsonpath\",\"method\":\"emptyValue\"},{\"name\":{\"type\":\"Tech Phone\"},\"prePath\"…",
  "parsed": {
    "uid": "fad77868423493bf01643f3ec100f3bb",
    "create_date": "2014-03-26T12:09:34Z",
    "update_date": "2026-05-10T12:10:40Z",
    "expiry_date": "2027-03-26T12:09:34Z",
    "registrar": "dns belgium vzw/asbl",
    "registrant": {
      "name": "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY",
      "organization": "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY",
      "street": null,
      "city": null,
      "state": null,
      "postal_code": null,
      "country": null,
      "phone": null,
      "email": null
    },
    "name_servers": [
      "ns1.nic.brussels",
      "ns2.nic.brussels",
      "ns3.nic.brussels",
      "ns5.nic.brussels"
    ],
    "domain_status": [
      "serverdeleteprohibited",
      "servertransferprohibited"
    ],
    "whois_server": null
  },
  "check_date": "2026-09-23T15:15:04Z",
  "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.brussels`

Reference updated September 24, 2026

Request

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