# Mekong Trade Intel DNS/WHOIS Lookup API

> Mekong Trade Intel DNS/WHOIS Lookup API is a paid API for AI agents from api.mekongtradeintel.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-25).

Returns DNS records (A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS, CNAME), WHOIS/RDAP data (registrar, creation, expiry, status), and live SSL certificate details for any domain in a single call.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.mekongtradeintel.com/dnswhois?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-25
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/mekong-trade-intel-dns-whois-lookup-api-f3fd8a5c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap__PVm8YdEftyoEd1WOM0L7

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability mekong-trade-intel-dns-whois-lookup-api-f3fd8a5c
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up all the DNS records, WHOIS registration info, and SSL certificate details for stripe.com in one shot?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a comprehensive, all-in-one domain intelligence snapshot — DNS, WHOIS, and SSL — without stitching together multiple APIs. It's ideal for due diligence workflows, infrastructure audits, competitive research, or security investigations where time-to-insight matters. No API key or account setup is required, making it suitable for lightweight agent workflows on the x402 pay-per-call model.

## Known failure modes

- Domain not found or unregistered — returns empty or null WHOIS fields
- DNS lookup failure due to unreachable nameservers
- SSL certificate fetch fails for domains without HTTPS or with self-signed certs
- Invalid domain format in query parameter causes error response
- Rate limiting or payment failure blocks the request
- RDAP data unavailable for some TLDs with non-standard registrars

## How this service works

Domain intelligence in one call: DNS records (A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS, CNAME), WHOIS via RDAP (registrar, created, expires, status), and live SSL certificate (issuer, validity, expiry). $0.005 per call. No account or API key needed.

## Output

A JSON object containing: DNS records broken down by type (A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS, CNAME), WHOIS/RDAP data including registrar name, domain creation date, expiry date, and registration status, plus live SSL certificate details including issuer, validity start/end dates, and expiry timestamp — all consolidated from a single domain name input.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "domain"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "domain": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Domain name to look up (e.g. example.com)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/mekong-trade-intel-dns-whois-lookup-api-f3fd8a5c/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.mekongtradeintel.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.mekongtradeintel.com/llms.txt)