Developers

Terminal-native. No HTML.

curl, wget, HTTPie and python-requests get clean coloured text automatically. Ask for JSON and you get the observations, changes and first-seen dates behind it.

$ curl whois.is/truehost.co.ke truehost.co.ke   ● online REGISTRATION  registrar     Truehost AI  created       30 Jan 2014  expires       30 Jan 2029  nameservers   hugh.ns.cloudflare.com, serena.ns.cloudflare.com DNS  A      104.21.66.47  A      172.67.201.27  AAAA   2606:4700:3030::6815:422f  AAAA   2606:4700:3032::ac43:c91b  MX     0 _dc-mx.d4c3f4f4baca.truehost.co.ke  MX     5 mx.truehost.co.ke  NS     hugh.ns.cloudflare.com  NS     serena.ns.cloudflare.com  TXT    cloudflare_oauth_client_publisher=9cce2b5198439a6ee994dec203b51118  TXT    google-site-verification=kUM5IOMS3Pcb8EyFw1I-va1plEF3fXeVWyFoYCoTDBI  TXT    google-site-verification=z_tfNKwHHkODYpvqJMISsjyWgm3mL6NV7jW7Uynvqdc  TXT    v=spf1 include:_spf.cloudoon.com  ~all TLS      Google Trust Services · expires 22 Dec 2026 (39 days)WEB      403 RECENT CHANGES  13 Nov 2026   Registry status flags changed                - client delete prohibited, client transfer prohibited                + DS automation disabled, NS automation disabled, client delete prohibited, client transfer prohibited  9 Nov 2026    Products or services changed                - Business email, Dedicated servers, Domain registration and transfer, Free hosting, Google Workspace, Local SEO services, Managed application hosting, Online store builder, Reseller hosting, SSL certificates, VPS hosting, Web design, Web hosting, Website builder, Windows hosting                + Application hosting, Business email, Dedicated servers, Domain registration and transfers, Online store builder, SSL certificates, VPS hosting, Web design service, Web hosting, Website builder  9 Nov 2026    Pricing changed                - .name.ng: KES 40 / year, AskSSL Premium SSL Certificate: KES 750 / year, AskSSL™ Starter: KES 62.5 / month, AskSSL™ Starter: KES 750, Business Email: KES 56 / month, Cloud VPS Elite: KES 20867, Cloud VPS Elite: KES 579.64 / month, H1 Dedicated Server: KES 11680 / month, H1 Dedicated Server: KES 420480, Online Shop: KES 547.17 / month, Online Shop: KES 6566 / year, Ready Made Website-pro: KES 4799 / year, WebHosting Pro: KES 371.75 / month, WebHosting Pro: KES 840 / month, WebHosting Starter: KES 188 / month, WebHosting Starter: KES 500 / month, WebHosting Starter: KES 6768, WebHosting Unlimited: KES 1632 / month, WebHosting Unlimited: KES 3480 / month, Webhosting Pro with FREE DOMAIN: KES 393.75 / month, Webhosting Pro with FREE DOMAIN: KES 9450, Webhosting Starter Monthly: KES 2500 / year, Webhosting Starter Monthly: KES 500 / month, Webhosting Starter with FREE DOMAIN: KES 188 / month, Webhosting Starter with FREE DOMAIN: KES 6768, Webhosting Unlimited with FREE DOMAIN: KES 1632 / month, Webhosting Unlimited with FREE DOMAIN: KES 58752, Website builder-pro: KES 4799 / year, Workplace Starter: KES 672                + .co.ke: KES 299 / year, .com: KES 1200 / year, .ke: KES 2999 / year, .shop: KES 342 / year, .xyz: KES 313 / year, AskSSL Premium SSL Certificate: KES 750 / year, Online Shop: KES 547.17 / month, Ready Made Website-pro: KES 4799 / year, WebHosting Pro: KES 371.75 / month, WebHosting Pro: KES 840 / month, WebHosting Starter: KES 188 / month, WebHosting Starter: KES 500 / month, WebHosting Unlimited: KES 1632 / month, WebHosting Unlimited: KES 3480 / month, Webhosting Pro with FREE DOMAIN: KES 394 / month, Webhosting Starter Monthly: KES 500 / month, Webhosting Starter with FREE DOMAIN: KES 188 / month, Webhosting Unlimited with FREE DOMAIN: KES 1632 / month, Website builder-pro: KES 4799 / year  9 Nov 2026    Business location changed                - Kenya                + none  9 Nov 2026    Business category changed                - web hosting, domains, and online business services                + web hosting and domain registration 92 observations preserved · add ?format=json for JSON

Endpoints

/{domain}

Evidence as text for terminals, HTML for browsers

/{domain}?format=json

The same evidence as JSON

/api/text/{domain}

Text output directly, whatever the user agent

Options

?format=json

JSON instead of text, same as an Accept: application/json header

?plain

Drop the ANSI colours, for piping into other tools

AI agents (MCP)

Point any MCP client at this Streamable HTTP endpoint. Read-only, and only domains we already monitor:

https://whois.is/api/mcp

lookup_domain

Current registration, DNS, certificate, website and business evidence

get_changes

Every recorded change, filtered by area and date

get_dns_history

DNS changes with before and after values

get_business

Name, location, products and pricing, each quoted from its page

list_recent_changes

The latest changes across every monitored domain

Rate limits

Per address: 60 requests a minute on the text API, 120 on MCP, 30 new domains and 20 re-checks an hour. Over the limit you get HTTP 429; wait a minute and retry.