WHOIS / RDAP Domain Lookup
whois_lookupRetrieve domain registration data via RDAP (with WHOIS fallback): registrar, creation/expiry/update dates, nameservers, and EPP status flags, highlighting risk states such as clientHold and pendingDelete. Use this for ownership, lifecycle, and expiry questions about a registered domain. Use dns_lookup instead for live DNS records, or reverse_dns/asn_lookup for IP-level ownership. Read-only; requires no API key; rate-limited. Returns registrar, key dates, nameservers, and status flags.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| domain | Yes | Registered domain name to look up (e.g., 'example.com'). A subdomain is normalized to its registrable domain. |
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| kpis | No | Key metrics as label/value pairs | |
| grade | No | Letter grade (A+ to F) when the tool grades the target | |
| score | No | 0-100 score when the tool scores the target | |
| issues | No | Detected problems, severity-rated | |
| status | Yes | Overall verdict, e.g. 'good' | 'warning' | 'bad' | 'info' | 'unknown' | |
| actions | No | Recommended next actions, most important first | |
| summary | No | One-paragraph interpretation of the result | |
| receipts | No | Signed observation receipts behind this result, one per lookup: when, from where and under which rules version DechoNet observed it. Each url shows the record and checks its Ed25519 signature. | |
| reportUrl | Yes | Human-facing interactive report for this exact lookup on dechonet.com | |
| observation | No | How much was actually observed and when. A partial observation means some checks did not answer: missing parts are not verified, never clean. |