Domain WHOIS Examples by TLD · Example 407 of 992 in Generic

WHOIS for .guitars (nic.guitars)

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

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

TLD: .guitars
Type: generic

.guitars is a generic top-level domain.

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

Python

import requests

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

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

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.guitars";

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.guitars", 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.guitars"))
            .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.guitars");
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.guitars',
    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.guitars')

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

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Response Body

{
  "domain_name": "nic.guitars",
  "raw": "{\"rdapConformance\":[\"icann_rdap_response_profile_1\",\"icann_rdap_technical_implementation_guide_1\",\"rdap_level_0\"],\"lang\":\"en\",\"objectClassName\":\"domain\",\"handle\":\"D307948480-CNIC\",\"ldhName\":\"nic.guitars\",\"nameservers\":[{\"objectClassName\":\"nameserver\",\"ldhName\":\"a.nic.guitars\",\"handle\":\"H32044539-CNIC\",\"links\":[{\"title\":\"Authoritative URL for this resource\",\"rel\":\"self\",\"type\":\"application\\/rdap+json\",\"value\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/guitars\\/domain\\/nic.guitars\",\"href\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/guitars\\/nameserver\\/a.nic.guitars\"}]},{\"objectClassName\":\"nameserver\",\"ldhName\":\"b.nic.guitars\",\"handle\":\"H32044544-CNIC\",\"links\":[{\"title\":\"Authoritative URL for this resource\",\"rel\":\"self\",\"type\":\"application\\/rdap+json\",\"value\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/guitars\\/domain\\/nic.guitars\",\"href\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/guitars\\/nameserver\\/b.nic.guitars\"}]},{\"objectClassName\":\"nameserver\",\"ldhName\":\"c.nic.guitars\",\"handle\":\"H32044549-CNIC\",\"links\":[{\"title\":\"Authoritative URL for this resource\",\"rel\":\"self\",\"type\":\"application\\/rdap+json\",\"value\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/guitars\\/domain\\/nic.guitars\",\"href\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/guitars\\/nameserver\\/c.nic.guitars\"}]},{\"objectClassName\":\"nameserver\",\"ldhName\":\"d.nic.guitars\",\"handle\":\"H32044554-CNIC\",\"links\":[{\"title\":\"Authoritative URL for this resource\",\"rel\":\"self\",\"type\":\"application\\/rdap+json\",\"value\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/guitars\\/domain\\/nic.guitars\",\"href\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/guitars\\/nameserver\\/d.nic.guitars\"}]}],\"secureDNS\":{\"delegationSigned\":true,\"maxSigLife\":0,\"dsData\":[{\"keyTag\":52546,\"algorithm\":5,\"digest\":\"c962a12e80f2a2c154538c1143ce089811ded5e93e70d1290e118b6fec160291\",\"digestType\":2},{\"keyTag\":9461,\"algorithm\":5,\"digest\":\"51abb191a201320d5c71827b26a43e2dba03773ed7ea001c064c674e18777822\",\"digestType\":2}]},\"entities\":[{\"objectClassName\":\"entity\",\"handle\":\"9999\",\"roles\":[\"registrar\"],\"vcardArray\":[\"vcard\",[[\"version\",{},\"text\",\"4.0\"],[\"fn\",{},\"text\",\"XYZ.com, LLC\"]]],\"links\":[{\"title\":\"Authoritative URL for this resource\",\"rel\":\"self\",\"type\":\"application\\/rdap+json\",\"value\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/guitars\\/domain\\/nic.guitars\",\"href\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/guitars\\/entity\\/9999\"},{\"title\":\"Registrar's Website\",\"rel\":\"about\",\"value\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/guitars\",\"href\":\"https:\\/\\/gen.xyz\\/\"}],\"entities\":[{\"objectClassName\":\"entity\",\"handle\":\"not applicable\",\"roles\":[\"abuse\"],\"vcardArray\":[\"vcard\",[[\"version\",{},\"text\",\"4.0\"],[\"fn\",{},\"text\",\"Abuse Contact\"],[\"org\",{},\"text\",\"XYZ.com, LLC\"],[\"email\",{},\"text\",\"user@gen.xyz\"],[\"tel\",{\"type\":\"voice\"},\"uri\",\"tel:+1.8009998422\"]]]}],\"publicIds\":[{\"type\":\"IANA Registrar ID\",\"identifier\":\"9999\"}]}],\"status\":[\"server renew prohibited\",\"server update prohibited\",\"server delete prohibited\",\"server transfer prohibited\"],\"port43\":\"whois.nic.guitars\",\"events\":[{\"eventAction\":\"registration\",\"eventDate\":\"2013-09-16T14:21:26.0Z\"},{\"eventAction\":\"expiration\",\"eventDate\":\"2027-09-16T23:59:59.0Z\"},{\"eventAction\":\"last update of RDAP database\",\"eventDate\":\"2026-09-23T15:18:09.0Z\"},{\"eventAction\":\"last changed\",\"eventDate\":\"2026-09-10T00:04:52.0Z\"}],\"notices\":[{\"title\":\"Status Codes\",\"description\":[\"For more information on domain status codes, please visit https:\\/\\/icann.org\\/epp\"],\"links\":[{\"title\":\"More information on domain status codes\",\"rel\":\"glossary\",\"value\":\"https:\\/\\/rdap.centralnic.com\\/guitars\\/domain\\/nic.guitars\",\"href\":\"https:\\/\\/icann.org\\/epp\"}]},{\"title\":\"Terms of Use\",\"description\":[\"For more information on Whois status codes, please visit https:\\/\\/icann.org\\/epp\",\"\",\"The registration data available in this service is limited. Additional\",\"data may be available at https:\\/\\/lookup.icann.org\",\"\",\"The Whois and RDAP services are provided by CentralNic, and contain\",\"information pertaining to Internet domain names registered by our\",\"our customers. By using this service you are agreeing (1) not to use any\",\"information presented …",
  "parsed": {
    "uid": "2026-09-10T00:04:52+00:00",
    "create_date": "2013-09-16T14:21:26Z",
    "update_date": "2026-09-10T00:04:52Z",
    "expiry_date": "2027-09-16T23:59:59Z",
    "registrar": "xyz.com, llc",
    "registrant": {
      "name": null,
      "organization": null,
      "street": null,
      "city": null,
      "state": null,
      "postal_code": null,
      "country": null,
      "phone": null,
      "email": null
    },
    "name_servers": [
      "a.nic.guitars",
      "b.nic.guitars",
      "c.nic.guitars",
      "d.nic.guitars"
    ],
    "domain_status": [
      "serverdeleteprohibited",
      "serverrenewprohibited",
      "servertransferprohibited",
      "serverupdateprohibited"
    ],
    "whois_server": "whois.nic.guitars"
  },
  "check_date": "2026-09-23T15:18:09Z",
  "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.guitars`

Reference updated September 24, 2026

Request

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