Product and Feature Updates for 2025
In line with WhoisXML API’s commitment to improving its service offerings, we released the following products and feature upgrades in 2025 so far:
- Subdomain Database Download coverage increased from 2.3B to 9.6B subdomains: The weekly full files of our Subdomain Database Download now cover an average of 9.6 billion subdomain records—a result of data processing and storage optimization strategies implemented by our development team that also improved how data is indexed and retrieved. Download a sample of Subdomains Database Download or contact us for more information.
- Richer interface for all lookup tools: All logged-in users with credits can now access unmasked query results within the user-friendly GUI and look back on past queries with the new lookup memory feature. Users can also share the results with unregistered users by toggling the “Visible for all” option.
- Newly Registered Domains (NRD) Data Feed now offers up to 1 year of historical files: Enterprise subscribers of the NRD Data Feed can now access data feed files produced in the past 30 days, while NRD Ultimate users can go as far back as 365 days of historical files. With this deeper access, security professionals can enrich threat intelligence with more context and gain retrospective insights into security investigations. Download a sample of the Enterprise or Ultimate data feed or contact us for more details.
- WHOIS API is RDAP-ready: ICANN’s sunsetting of WHOIS port 43 on 28 January 2025 officially signaled the transition to RDAP. WHOIS API is ready for that transition as it happens. The API allows users to retrieve data through RDAP or WHOIS with an automatic fallback mechanism to RDAP in case WHOIS data cannot be retrieved. Please review the WHOIS API documentation or contact us for more details.
Developer Resources
WhoisXML API also enhanced its library of developer resources with these updates:
- Script for Reverse NS API auto-pagination feature: A Python script was created to enable Reverse NS API users to retrieve the entire query output without the first 300 result restriction through automatic pagination. This allows for full automation and improved scalability of applications relying on Reverse NS API data. The latest version of the script is on GitHub.
- Automation script for First Watch Malicious Domains Data Feed now available: First Watch users can now transform predictive domain intelligence into machine-readable STIX 2.1 format for automated data processing and download the output as a JSON file in TXII format for easy threat intelligence ingestion and sharing.
Stay tuned for more product and feature improvements in the coming quarters.