dotsweep

Checks whether domain names are available, with registration and renewal prices. Answers come from the registry itself: DNS delegation first, then RDAP, with a WHOIS fallback for the registries that publish no RDAP service. A registry that is throttled, timed out or unreachable is reported as unconfirmed, never as available — a raw whois query reports one as available, which is the one wrong answe

Registry record for one domain: registrar, registration and expiry dates, nameservers, status codes, and whether it appears to be for sale. Resolves the correct registry host for the extension itself, and reads RDAP for .dev, .app and other extensions whose operators publish no port-43 whois service. Use when asked who owns a domain, when it expires, or where it is hosted. It forces a registry loo

Every extension this server can check, with registration and renewal price, minimum registration term, and any eligibility restriction on who may register it. Use before check_domains when the extensions to check are not already decided: the catalogue is wider than the handful most people can name, prices vary by more than an order of magnitude, and min_term_years means the first bill can be a mul

Register a watch on a domain that is currently taken, and be emailed once — and only once — when the registry confirms it has become registrable. Use when someone wants a name that is already owned, or asks to be told when one expires or drops. It answers immediately and creates nothing when the name turns out to be free already, so it is safe to call on a domain whose status has not been establis