API Documentation

Error Codes

Overview

If the Parsed Whois results error out:
HTTP response code 206

“We were NOT able to parse the Whois record”

If the query is malformed:
HTTP response code 400

“We could not understand your request. It may be missing important parameters or is simply malformed.

Consult theAPI documentationfor more details.

If the domain doesn’t exist:
HTTP response code 404

“We have no WHOIS information available for this domain/IP Address.”

If you hit a rate limit on our backend service (unlikely) or there is some other error (the Whois server isn’t responding or is returning some other error), you’ll get the following:
HTTP response code 500

“The server was unable to process your request. If this error persists, contact our support team.”

If you exceed your service level limits, you will get back a response with the following properties:
HTTP response code 503

“You have exceeded the maximum number of requests per minute allowed under your service level ( /min).”

“You have exceeded the maximum number of requests per month allowed under your service level ( /month).”

“You have exceeded the maximum number of requests allowed under your service level ( ).”

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