| idn | No | Include internationalised names (xn--). Default true. | |
| page | No | Which page of the results, from 1. Pages reach the first 10,000 names. | |
| sort | No | Order of the names. Default drop_date: the nearest drop first (for the released statuses, the newest release first). | drop_date |
| limit | No | Names in this answer, 1–100 (more than 100 gives 100). Default 100. | |
| match | No | How keyword matches the name before the dot. Default contains. | contains |
| order | No | asc or desc, as the words say (desc: the most Linking Domains, the highest Rank, the newest registration first). Default: nearest drop, A to Z, shortest, most Linking Domains, highest Rank, oldest registration, most adjoining registered. | |
| regex | No | A regular expression over the name before the dot, used instead of keyword (MySQL REGEXP; letters, digits, - ^ $ . * + ? ( ) [ ] { } | \ and commas; no back-references). E.g. ^[a-z]{4}$ for four letters. | |
| status | No | Which names: pending_delete (the default: they drop within five days), available (released in the last 90 days and not registered again: anyone can register them now), caught (released in the last 90 days and registered again since), or released (released, still being checked). One at a time. | pending_delete |
| exclude | No | Leave out names containing any of these (up to 5), e.g. ["shop", "247"]. | |
| hyphens | No | Include names with hyphens. Default true. | |
| keyword | No | Text to find in the name before the dot: letters, digits and hyphens, e.g. "shop". How it matches is set by match. | |
| numbers | No | Include names with digits. Default true. | |
| min_rank | No | A Rank of at least this (0–10 score of where the name stands in Common Crawl's web graph; see the answers for exactly how it is worked out). | |
| surnames | No | Only last names: alone, after a first name, or first with a trade's words after it (smithlaw). | |
| syllables | No | Exactly this many syllables (real words only). | |
| extensions | No | Extensions to search, without the dot, e.g. ["com"] or ["com", "net", "org"]. Leave out for every extension PendingDelete.net tracks; most people want ["com"]. | |
| max_length | No | Most characters before the dot (25 means 25 or more). | |
| mens_names | No | Only names starting with a man's first name (alone, or with a last name and more after it). | |
| min_length | No | Fewest characters before the dot. | |
| real_words | No | Only names made of everyday English words — not people's names or places. | |
| registrars | No | The registrar the name was with, as the registry writes it (up to 10); the commonest in pending delete now: GoDaddy.com, LLC; NameCheap, Inc.; GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com; Spaceship, Inc.; Gname.com Pte. Ltd.; Dynadot Inc. | |
| drop_date_to | No | Drops or was released on or before this day: YYYY-MM-DD, or yesterday, today or tomorrow (US Eastern). The same day in both for one day. | |
| womens_names | No | Only names starting with a woman's first name. | |
| drop_date_from | No | Drops (pending delete) or was released (the other statuses) on or after this day: YYYY-MM-DD, or yesterday, today or tomorrow (US Eastern). | |
| letter_pattern | No | The shape of the name before the dot: C a consonant, V a vowel, L any letter, N a digit; lowercase letters, digits and hyphens stand for themselves. E.g. CVCV (like "bobo"), LLLN, go-L. | |
| registered_to_year | No | First registered in this year or earlier, e.g. 2005 for names older than about twenty years. | |
| min_linking_domains | No | At least this many other domains linking to the name in Common Crawl's web graph (the site's steps: 1, 10, 100, 1000). | |
| adjoining_registered | No | Adjoining TLDs registered: keep names whose same name is registered right now in each of these, e.g. extensions ["com"] with ["net", "org"] gives the .com names whose .net and .org are both registered (someone owns them: a sign the name is wanted). From the zone files, once a day; .com, .net and .org names only. | |
| registered_from_year | No | First registered in this year or later. | |
| confirmed_drop_times_only | No | Only names whose drop time is worked out from the registry's own record of when the name entered pending delete, not estimated. | |
