# Yearly Renewals and a Name Server Change The WHOIS history of example.com: 12 versions, a renewal every August and a move to Cloudflare name servers. Source: https://docs.deepinfo.com/reference/lookup/whois-history/examples/example/ Last updated: 2026-09-24 --- `GET https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/analyze/whois-history?domain=example.com` The WHOIS history of example.com: 12 versions, a renewal every August and a move to Cloudflare name servers. Example 4 of 4 · [WHOIS History Examples](/reference/lookup/whois-history/examples/) · endpoint: [WHOIS History](/reference/lookup/whois-history/) Tags: `param` `domain` · `value` `example.com` Asks for the WHOIS history of `example.com`, a domain reserved by IANA. The API returns 12 versions (the first 10 are shown), one or more per year: the expiry date moves one year ahead each August. The registrar stays `reserved-internet assigned numbers authority`. The name servers change between the October 2025 and August 2026 versions, from `a.iana-servers.net` and `b.iana-servers.net` to `elliott.ns.cloudflare.com` and `hera.ns.cloudflare.com`. ## Request | Parameter | In | Value | |---|---|---| | `domain` | query | `example.com` | ```bash curl 'https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/analyze/whois-history?domain=example.com' \ -H 'apikey: YOUR_API_KEY' \ -H 'Accept: application/json' ``` ## Response ### 200 · OK > Shortened for this page: items: 10 of 12 shown; [].check_dates: first 10 items `Content-Type: application/json` · `ratelimit-limit: 1` · `ratelimit-remaining: 0` · `ratelimit-reset: 1` · `x-ratelimit-limit-second: 1` · `x-ratelimit-remaining-second: 0` · `deepinfo-request-id: 5f0c6a8e-1b2d-4c3e-9f4a-7b8c9d0e1f2a` ```json [ { "whois": { "check_date": "2026-08-18T10:08:03Z", "create_date": "1995-08-14T04:00:00Z", "update_date": "2026-08-14T08:01:43Z", "expiry_date": "2027-08-13T04:00:00Z", "registrar": "reserved-internet assigned numbers authority", "registrant": { "name": null, "organization": null, "street": null, "city": null, "state": null, "postal_code": null, "country": null, "phone": null, "email": null }, "name_servers": [ "elliott.ns.cloudflare.com", "hera.ns.cloudflare.com" ], "domain_status": [ "clientdeleteprohibited", "clienttransferprohibited", "clientupdateprohibited" ], "whois_server": "whois.iana.org" }, "check_dates": [ "2026-08-18T10:08:03Z" ] }, { "whois": { "check_date": "2026-08-11T13:36:02Z", "create_date": "1995-08-14T04:00:00Z", "update_date": "2026-01-16T18:26:50Z", "expiry_date": "2026-08-13T04:00:00Z", "registrar": "reserved-internet assigned numbers authority", "registrant": { "name": null, "organization": null, "street": null, "city": null, "state": null, "postal_code": null, "country": null, "phone": null, "email": null }, "name_servers": [ "elliott.ns.cloudflare.com", "hera.ns.cloudflare.com" ], "domain_status": [ "clientdeleteprohibited", "clienttransferprohibited", "clientupdateprohibited" ], "whois_server": "whois.iana.org" }, "check_dates": [ "2026-03-28T17:40:00Z", "2026-06-26T11:12:08Z", "2026-08-09T00:06:26Z", "2026-08-09T10:39:46Z", "2026-08-11T13:36:02Z" ] }, { "whois": { "check_date": "2025-10-17T03:27:22Z", "create_date": "1995-08-14T04:00:00Z", "update_date": "2025-08-14T07:01:39Z", "expiry_date": "2026-08-13T04:00:00Z", "registrar": "reserved-internet assigned numbers authority", "registrant": { "name": null, "organization": null, "street": null, "city": null, "state": null, "postal_code": null, "country": null, "phone": null, "email": null }, "name_servers": [ "a.iana-servers.net", "b.iana-servers.net" ], "domain_status": [ "clientdeleteprohibited", "clienttransferprohibited", "clientupdateprohibited" ], "whois_server": "whois.iana.org" }, "check_dates": [ "2025-08-19T00:48:33Z", "2025-10-17T03:27:22Z" ] }, { "whois": { "check_date": "2025-08-13T23:35:47Z", "create_date": "1995-08-14T04:00:00Z", "update_date": "2024-08-14T07:01:34Z", "expiry_date": "2025-08-13T04:00:00Z", "registrar": "reserved-internet assigned numbers authority", "registrant": { "name": null, "organization": null, "street": null, "city": null, "state": null, "postal_code": null, "country": null, "phone": null, "email": null }, "name_servers": [ "a.iana-servers.net", "b.iana-servers.net" ], "domain_status": [ "clientdeleteprohibited", "clienttransferprohibited", "clientupdateprohibited" ], "whois_server": "whois.iana.org" }, "check_dates": [ "2024-08-14T18:55:44Z", "2024-09-02T15:03:09Z", "2024-09-03T08:05:06Z", "2024-09-04T08:01:30Z", "2024-09-05T08:03:11Z", "2024-09-06T08:00:23Z", "2024-09-07T08:02:09Z", "2024-09-08T08:02:19Z", "2024-09-09T08:04:23Z", "2024-09-10T08:00:47Z" ] }, { "whois": { "check_date": "2024-08-09T01:02:26Z", "create_date": "1995-08-14T04:00:00Z", "update_date": "2023-08-14T07:01:38Z", "expiry_date": "2024-08-13T04:00:00Z", "registrar": "reserved-internet assigned numbers authority", "registrant": { "name": null, "organization": null, "street": null, "city": null, "state": null, "postal_code": null, "country": null, "phone": null, "email": null }, "name_servers": [ "a.iana-servers.net", "b.iana-servers.net" ], "domain_status": [ "clientdeleteprohibited", "clienttransferprohibited", "clientupdateprohibited" ], "whois_server": "whois.iana.org" }, "check_dates": [ "2023-08-14T23:48:07Z", "2023-08-16T22:45:48Z", "2023-08-19T06:57:20Z", "2023-08-20T00:44:38Z", "2023-08-21T15:48:15Z", "2023-08-23T12:51:18Z", "2023-08-25T20:30:27Z", "2023-08-26T11:55:13Z", "2023-08-27T13:16:51Z", "2023-08-28T02:32:37Z" ] }, { "whois": { "check_date": "2023-08-12T20:55:58Z", "create_date": "1995-08-14T04:00:00Z", "update_date": "2023-05-12T15:13:35Z", "expiry_date": "2023-08-13T04:00:00Z", "registrar": "reserved-internet assigned numbers authority", "registrant": { "name": null, "organization": null, "street": null, "city": null, "state": null, "postal_code": null, "country": null, "phone": null, "email": null }, "name_servers": [ "a.iana-servers.net", "b.iana-servers.net" ], "domain_status": [ "clientdeleteprohibited", "clienttransferprohibited", "clientupdateprohibited" ], "whois_server": "whois.iana.org" }, "check_dates": [ "2023-05-18T11:58:05Z", "2023-05-19T08:08:24Z", "2023-05-20T08:04:49Z", "2023-05-21T08:08:00Z", "2023-05-23T09:12:17Z", "2023-05-24T08:07:00Z", "2023-05-25T08:05:55Z", "2023-06-06T00:07:30Z", "2023-06-20T13:35:11Z", "2023-06-21T08:05:38Z" ] }, { "whois": { "check_date": "2023-03-17T16:47:21Z", "create_date": "1995-08-14T04:00:00Z", "update_date": "2022-08-14T07:01:31Z", "expiry_date": "2023-08-13T04:00:00Z", "registrar": "reserved-internet assigned numbers authority", "registrant": { "name": null, "organization": null, "street": null, "city": null, "state": null, "postal_code": null, "country": null, "phone": null, "email": null }, "name_servers": [ "a.iana-servers.net", "b.iana-servers.net" ], "domain_status": [ "clientdeleteprohibited", "clienttransferprohibited", "clientupdateprohibited" ], "whois_server": "whois.iana.org" }, "check_dates": [ "2022-08-19T04:48:44Z", "2022-08-19T10:37:30Z", "2022-08-19T16:37:19Z", "2022-08-19T22:46:47Z", "2022-08-20T04:41:22Z", "2022-08-20T10:45:39Z", "2022-08-20T16:34:49Z", "2022-08-20T22:44:46Z", "2022-08-21T04:42:44Z", "2022-08-21T10:52:50Z" ] }, { "whois": { "check_date": "2022-08-13T22:32:55Z", "create_date": "1995-08-14T04:00:00Z", "update_date": "2021-08-14T07:01:44Z", "expiry_date": "2022-08-13T04:00:00Z", "registrar": "reserved-internet assigned numbers authority", "registrant": { "name": null, "organization": null, "street": null, "city": null, "state": null, "postal_code": null, "country": null, "phone": null, "email": null }, "name_servers": [ "a.iana-servers.net", "b.iana-servers.net" ], "domain_status": [ "clientdeleteprohibited", "clienttransferprohibited", "clientupdateprohibited" ], "whois_server": "whois.iana.org" }, "check_dates": [ "2021-09-04T21:52:46Z", "2021-09-10T09:28:22Z", "2021-10-16T10:27:54Z", "2021-12-05T06:26:50Z", "2022-02-07T10:48:29Z", "2022-02-07T11:53:48Z", "2022-02-07T14:48:26Z", "2022-02-07T14:52:25Z", "2022-02-07T15:01:14Z", "2022-02-07T19:12:49Z" ] }, { "whois": { "check_date": "2021-08-05T18:10:00Z", "create_date": "1995-08-14T04:00:00Z", "update_date": "2020-08-14T07:02:37Z", "expiry_date": "2021-08-13T04:00:00Z", "registrar": "reserved-internet assigned numbers authority", "registrant": { "name": null, "organization": null, "street": null, "city": null, "state": null, "postal_code": null, "country": null, "phone": null, "email": null }, "name_servers": [ "a.iana-servers.net", "b.iana-servers.net" ], "domain_status": [ "clientdeleteprohibited", "clienttransferprohibited", "clientupdateprohibited" ], "whois_server": "whois.iana.org" }, "check_dates": [ "2020-10-08T04:53:45Z", "2020-12-02T17:41:41Z", "2020-12-29T21:21:09Z", "2021-03-03T04:05:28Z", "2021-04-22T01:35:34Z", "2021-06-15T19:51:24Z", "2021-08-05T18:10:00Z" ] }, { "whois": { "check_date": "2020-07-24T18:06:17Z", "create_date": "1995-08-14T04:00:00Z", "update_date": "2019-08-14T07:04:41Z", "expiry_date": "2020-08-13T04:00:00Z", "registrar": "reserved-internet assigned numbers authority", "registrant": { "name": null, "organization": null, "street": null, "city": null, "state": null, "postal_code": null, "country": null, "phone": null, "email": null }, "name_servers": [ "a.iana-servers.net", "b.iana-servers.net" ], "domain_status": [ "clientdeleteprohibited", "clienttransferprohibited", "clientupdateprohibited" ], "whois_server": "whois.iana.org" }, "check_dates": [ "2019-08-31T19:08:34Z", "2019-09-12T21:55:38Z", "2019-10-24T17:26:30Z", "2019-11-18T01:00:08Z", "2019-11-18T16:02:05Z", "2019-11-21T12:31:54Z", "2019-11-27T21:38:57Z", "2019-12-22T00:58:12Z", "2020-02-16T08:28:00Z", "2020-04-08T09:26:31Z" ] } ] ``` ## Related Examples - [Name Server Changes in WHOIS History](/reference/lookup/whois-history/examples/github/) - [Registrant Renamed: Google Inc. to Google LLC](/reference/lookup/whois-history/examples/google/) - [WHOIS History of deepinfo.com](/reference/lookup/whois-history/examples/deepinfo/)