# Orbonomy WHOIS Lookup

> Orbonomy WHOIS Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from www.orbonomy.xyz, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Performs a WHOIS lookup for a given domain name and returns registration and ownership information

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://www.orbonomy.xyz/api/data/whois
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/orbonomy-whois-lookup-cac08400
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_CTQ91dsX422UfnDxPd20X

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 orbonomy-whois-lookup-cac08400 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the WHOIS information for stripe.com and tell me who registered it, when it was created, and who the registrar is?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need programmatic WHOIS lookups on a per-domain basis and want pay-per-call pricing without a subscription. Suitable for one-off domain investigations, security research, or enriching domain metadata in an automated pipeline.

## Known failure modes

- Domain not found or not registered returns an error or empty WHOIS record
- Invalid domain format triggers a 400 bad request
- WHOIS data redacted by privacy services may return limited information
- Rate limiting or payment failure returns a 402 or 429 error
- TLD not supported by the WHOIS backend returns an error

## How this service works

50+ pay-per-call API endpoints across accommodation, AI, content, fact-checking, and data services. Powered by x402 protocol.

## Output

A JSON object with a success boolean and WHOIS data for the queried domain, including registrar name, registration and expiration dates, nameservers, and registrant contact details where available.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "domain"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "domain": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "success": {
   "type": "boolean"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/orbonomy-whois-lookup-cac08400/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from www.orbonomy.xyz](https://www.zero.xyz/host/www.orbonomy.xyz/llms.txt)