Domain WHOIS Examples by TLD · Example 288 of 992 in Generic

WHOIS for .edu (nic.edu)

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

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

TLD: .edu
Type: generic

.edu is a generic top-level domain.

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

Python

import requests

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

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

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.edu";

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.edu", 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.edu"))
            .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.edu");
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.edu',
    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.edu')

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.edu",
  "raw": "This Registry database contains ONLY .EDU domains.\nThe data in the EDUCAUSE Whois database is provided\nby EDUCAUSE for information purposes in order to\nassist in the process of obtaining information about\nor related to .edu domain registration records.\n\nThe EDUCAUSE Whois database is authoritative for the\n.EDU domain.\n\nA Web interface for the .EDU EDUCAUSE Whois Server is\navailable at: http://whois.educause.edu\n\nBy submitting a Whois query, you agree that this information\nwill not be used to allow, enable, or otherwise support\nthe transmission of unsolicited commercial advertising or\nsolicitations via e-mail.  The use of electronic processes to\nharvest information from this server is generally prohibited\nexcept as reasonably necessary to register or modify .edu\ndomain names.\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------\n\nDomain Name: NIC.EDU\n\nRegistrant:\n\tREDACTED FOR PRIVACY\n\tREDACTED FOR PRIVACY\n\tREDACTED FOR PRIVACY\n\tREDACTED FOR PRIVACY\n\nAdministrative Contact:\n\tNetAdmin Admin\n\tNorth Idaho College\n\t1000 W. Garden Avenue\n\tCoeur d Alene, ID 83814\n\tUSA\n\t+1.2087693230\n\tuser@nic.edu\n\nTechnical Contact:\n\tNetwork Systems\n\tNorth Idaho College\n\t1000 W. Garden Avenue\n\tCoeur d Alene, ID 83814\n\tUSA\n\t+1.2087693231\n\tuser@nic.edu\n\nName Servers:\n\tNICNS1.NIC.EDU\n\tNICNS2.NIC.EDU\n\nDomain record activated:    20-Dec-1996\nDomain record last updated: 20-Jul-2026\nDomain expires:             31-Jul-2027",
  "parsed": {
    "uid": "6f05ba80a0be4f81522a46d9ca71acf5",
    "create_date": "1996-12-20T00:00:00Z",
    "update_date": "2026-07-20T00:00:00Z",
    "expiry_date": "2027-07-31T00:00:00Z",
    "registrar": null,
    "registrant": {
      "name": "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY",
      "organization": "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY",
      "street": "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY",
      "city": null,
      "state": null,
      "postal_code": null,
      "country": null,
      "phone": null,
      "email": null
    },
    "name_servers": [
      "nicns1.nic.edu",
      "nicns2.nic.edu"
    ],
    "domain_status": [],
    "whois_server": null
  },
  "check_date": "2026-09-23T15:16:39Z",
  "parse_code": null
}

The raw field of this response, line by line.

Raw WHOIS Text

This Registry database contains ONLY .EDU domains.
The data in the EDUCAUSE Whois database is provided
by EDUCAUSE for information purposes in order to
assist in the process of obtaining information about
or related to .edu domain registration records.

The EDUCAUSE Whois database is authoritative for the
.EDU domain.

A Web interface for the .EDU EDUCAUSE Whois Server is
available at: http://whois.educause.edu

By submitting a Whois query, you agree that this information
will not be used to allow, enable, or otherwise support
the transmission of unsolicited commercial advertising or
solicitations via e-mail.  The use of electronic processes to
harvest information from this server is generally prohibited
except as reasonably necessary to register or modify .edu
domain names.

-------------------------------------------------------------

Domain Name: NIC.EDU

Registrant:
	REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
	REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
	REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
	REDACTED FOR PRIVACY

Administrative Contact:
	NetAdmin Admin
	North Idaho College
	1000 W. Garden Avenue
	Coeur d Alene, ID 83814
	USA
	+1.2087693230
	user@nic.edu

Technical Contact:
	Network Systems
	North Idaho College
	1000 W. Garden Avenue
	Coeur d Alene, ID 83814
	USA
	+1.2087693231
	user@nic.edu

Name Servers:
	NICNS1.NIC.EDU
	NICNS2.NIC.EDU

Domain record activated:    20-Dec-1996
Domain record last updated: 20-Jul-2026
Domain expires:             31-Jul-2027

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.edu`

Reference updated September 24, 2026

Request

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