Domain WHOIS Examples by TLD · Example 151 of 992 in Generic

WHOIS for .capetown (nic.capetown)

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

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

TLD: .capetown
Type: generic

.capetown is a generic top-level domain.

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

Python

import requests

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

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

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.capetown";

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.capetown", 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.capetown"))
            .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.capetown");
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.capetown',
    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.capetown')

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.capetown",
  "raw": "Domain Name: nic.capetown\nRegistry Domain ID: bwo3w_DOMAIN-CAPETOWN\nRegistrar WHOIS Server: http://www.dns.net.za/whois\nRegistrar URL: http://dns.business\nUpdated Date: 2025-12-01T06:11:12Z\nCreation Date: 2014-06-09T08:19:51Z\nRegistry Expiry Date: 2998-12-31T22:00:00Z\nRegistrar Registration Expiration Date: 2998-12-31T22:00:00Z\nRegistrar: DNServices\nRegistrar IANA ID: 9999\nRegistrar Abuse Contact Email: user@registry.net.za\nRegistrar Abuse Contact Phone: +27.113140077\nReseller: \nDomain Status: ok https://icann.org/epp#ok\nRegistrant Organization: \nRegistrant Country: ZA\nRegistrant Email: Please contact the RDDS service of the listed Registrar for Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact information.\nAdmin Email: Please contact the RDDS service of the listed Registrar for Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact information.\nTech Email: Please contact the RDDS service of the listed Registrar for Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact information.\nBilling Email: Please contact the RDDS service of the listed Registrar for Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact information.\nName Server: ns1.dnservices.co.za\nName Server: nsp.netnod.se\nName Server: ns1.nic.capetown\nDNSSEC: unsigned\n\nURL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/\n>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2026-09-23T15:15:12Z <<<\n\nFor more information on Whois status codes, please visit https://icann.org/epp\n\n# ZACR Policies and Procedures: https://zacities.africa/policies/\n# The use of this Whois facility is subject to the following terms and\n# conditions: https://zacities.africa/whois-terms-and-conditions/\n# Copyright ZACR (NPC) 1995-2026",
  "parsed": {
    "uid": "e19b61113df09d839ae67844f09f6fb0",
    "create_date": "2014-06-09T08:19:51Z",
    "update_date": "2025-12-01T06:11:12Z",
    "expiry_date": "2998-12-31T22:00:00Z",
    "registrar": "dnservices",
    "registrant": {
      "name": null,
      "organization": null,
      "street": null,
      "city": null,
      "state": null,
      "postal_code": null,
      "country": "za",
      "phone": null,
      "email": "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY"
    },
    "name_servers": [
      "ns1.dnservices.co.za",
      "ns1.nic.capetown",
      "nsp.netnod.se"
    ],
    "domain_status": [
      "ok"
    ],
    "whois_server": "http://www.dns.net.za/whois"
  },
  "check_date": "2026-09-23T15:15:12Z",
  "parse_code": null
}

The raw field of this response, line by line.

Raw WHOIS Text

Domain Name: nic.capetown
Registry Domain ID: bwo3w_DOMAIN-CAPETOWN
Registrar WHOIS Server: http://www.dns.net.za/whois
Registrar URL: http://dns.business
Updated Date: 2025-12-01T06:11:12Z
Creation Date: 2014-06-09T08:19:51Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2998-12-31T22:00:00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2998-12-31T22:00:00Z
Registrar: DNServices
Registrar IANA ID: 9999
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: user@registry.net.za
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +27.113140077
Reseller: 
Domain Status: ok https://icann.org/epp#ok
Registrant Organization: 
Registrant Country: ZA
Registrant Email: Please contact the RDDS service of the listed Registrar for Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact information.
Admin Email: Please contact the RDDS service of the listed Registrar for Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact information.
Tech Email: Please contact the RDDS service of the listed Registrar for Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact information.
Billing Email: Please contact the RDDS service of the listed Registrar for Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact information.
Name Server: ns1.dnservices.co.za
Name Server: nsp.netnod.se
Name Server: ns1.nic.capetown
DNSSEC: unsigned

URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2026-09-23T15:15:12Z <<<

For more information on Whois status codes, please visit https://icann.org/epp

# ZACR Policies and Procedures: https://zacities.africa/policies/
# The use of this Whois facility is subject to the following terms and
# conditions: https://zacities.africa/whois-terms-and-conditions/
# Copyright ZACR (NPC) 1995-2026

Content-Type: application/json
ratelimit-limit: 10
ratelimit-remaining: 7
ratelimit-reset: 1
x-ratelimit-limit-second: 10
x-ratelimit-remaining-second: 7
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.capetown`

Reference updated September 24, 2026

Request

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