Whois JSON API Python API Docs | dltHub

Whois JSON API provides RESTful services for domain information in JSON format, requiring an API token for access. It supports server-to-server communication via HTTPS. The API includes endpoints for retrieving domain details and status. The REST API base URL is https://whoisjsonapi.com/v1 and All requests require a Bearer token (Authorization header) or an apiKey query parameter..

dlt is an open-source Python library that handles authentication, pagination, and schema evolution automatically. dlthub provides AI context files that enable code assistants to generate production-ready pipelines. Install with uv pip install "dlt[workspace]" and start loading Whois JSON API data in under 10 minutes.

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What data can I load from Whois JSON API?

Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Whois JSON API:

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How do I authenticate with the Whois JSON API API?

Send your API token in the Authorization header as Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN. Alternatively you may provide the token as the apiKey query parameter when supported.

1. Get your credentials

1. Create a free account on the provider dashboard (WhoisJSONAPI). 2) After signup the API token is generated instantly and is shown on the Dashboard / My Products page. 3) Copy the token and use it as Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN or as apiKey query parameter.

2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml

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[sources.whois_json_api_source]
api_token = "YOUR_API_TOKEN"

dlt reads this automatically at runtime — never hardcode tokens in your pipeline script. For production environments, see setting up credentials with dlt for environment variable and vault-based options.

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How do I set up and run the pipeline?

Set up a virtual environment and install dlt:

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uv venv && source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install "dlt[workspace]"

1. Install the dlt AI Workbench:

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dlt ai init --agent <your-agent> # <agent>: claude | cursor | codex

This installs project rules, a secrets management skill, appropriate ignore files, and configures the dlt MCP server for your agent. Learn more →

2. Install the rest-api-pipeline toolkit:

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dlt ai toolkit rest-api-pipeline install

This loads the skills and context about dlt the agent uses to build the pipeline iteratively, efficiently, and safely. The agent uses MCP tools to inspect credentials — it never needs to read your secrets.toml directly. Learn more →

3. Start LLM-assisted coding:

Use /find-source to load data from the Whois JSON API API into DuckDB.

The rest-api-pipeline toolkit takes over from here — it reads relevant API documentation, presents you with options for which endpoints to load, and follows a structured workflow to scaffold, debug, and validate the pipeline step by step.

4. Run the pipeline:

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python whois_json_api_pipeline.py

If everything is configured correctly, you'll see output like this:

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Pipeline whois_json_api_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds
1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset whois_json_api_data
The duckdb destination used duckdb:/whois_json_api.duckdb location to store data
Load package 1749667187.541553 is LOADED and contains no failed jobs

Inspect your pipeline and data:

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dlt pipeline whois_json_api_pipeline show

This opens the Pipeline Dashboard where you can verify pipeline state, load metrics, schema (tables, columns, types), and query the loaded data directly.

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Python pipeline example

This example loads single_domain and bulk_domains from the Whois JSON API API into DuckDB. It mirrors the endpoint and data selector configuration from the table above:

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import dlt
from dlt.sources.rest_api import RESTAPIConfig, rest_api_resources

@dlt.source
def whois_json_api_source(api_token=dlt.secrets.value):
    config: RESTAPIConfig = {
        "client": {
            "base_url": "https://whoisjsonapi.com/v1",
            "auth": {
                "type": "bearer",
                "token": api_token,
            },
        },
        "resources": [
            {"name": "single_domain", "endpoint": {"path": "v1/{domain}"}},
            {"name": "bulk_domains", "endpoint": {"path": "v1/domains?d={domain1,domain2,...}", "data_selector": "domains"}}
        ],
    }
    yield from rest_api_resources(config)


def get_data() -> None:
    pipeline = dlt.pipeline(
        pipeline_name="whois_json_api_pipeline",
        destination="duckdb",
        dataset_name="whois_json_api_data",
    )
    load_info = pipeline.run(whois_json_api_source())
    print(load_info)

To add more endpoints, append entries from the resource table to the "resources" list using the same name, path, and data_selector pattern.

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How do I query the loaded data?

Once the pipeline runs, dlt creates one table per resource. You can query with Python or SQL.

Python (pandas DataFrame):

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import dlt

data = dlt.pipeline("whois_json_api_pipeline").dataset()
sessions_df = data.single_domain.df()
print(sessions_df.head())

SQL (DuckDB example):

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SELECT * FROM whois_json_api_data.single_domain LIMIT 10;

In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:

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import dlt

data = dlt.pipeline("whois_json_api_pipeline").dataset()
data.single_domain.df().head()

See how to explore your data in marimo Notebooks and how to query your data in Python with dataset.

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What destinations can I load Whois JSON API data to?

dlt supports loading into any of these destinations — only the destination parameter changes:

Change the destination in dlt.pipeline(destination="snowflake") and add credentials in .dlt/secrets.toml. See the full destinations list.

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Next steps

Continue your data engineering journey with the other toolkits of the dltHub AI Workbench:

• data-exploration — Build custom notebooks, charts, and dashboards for deeper analysis with marimo notebooks.
• dlthub-runtime — Deploy, schedule, and monitor your pipeline in production.

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dlt ai toolkit data-exploration install
dlt ai toolkit dlthub-runtime install

• How to deploy a pipeline
• How to explore your data in marimo Notebooks
• How to query your data in Python with dataset
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