Domain Availability Checker API
Free public REST API for the Domain Availability Checker on Domainee. No API key, CORS-enabled, rate-limited per IP.
GET
https://api.domainee.dev/v1/tools/domain-availability-checker?name=mybrand&tlds=comCheck availability of a name across one or more TLDs. Uses DNS + RDAP fallback. Returns per-TLD availability with caveats (registrar lock, premium, etc.) where known.
Free. No API key required. CORS-enabled. Rate-limited per IP at 30/min and 500/day.
Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
namerequired | query | string | The bare name (without TLD), e.g. `mybrand`. example: mybrand |
tlds | query | string | Optional repeatable parameter: `?tlds=com&tlds=io&tlds=dev`. Defaults to a standard SaaS set when omitted. example: com |
Example request
curl
curl -s "https://api.domainee.dev/v1/tools/domain-availability-checker?name=mybrand&tlds=com&tlds=io&tlds=dev" | jqExample response
response.json
{
"ok": true,
"data": {
"name": "mybrand",
"results": [
{
"tld": "com",
"available": false
},
{
"tld": "io",
"available": true
},
{
"tld": "dev",
"available": true
}
]
}
}Other languages
fetch.js
const res = await fetch("https://api.domainee.dev/v1/tools/domain-availability-checker?name=mybrand&tlds=com");
const { ok, data } = await res.json();requests.py
import requests
r = requests.get(
"https://api.domainee.dev/v1/tools/domain-availability-checker",
params={"name":"mybrand","tlds":"com"},
)
data = r.json()["data"]Rate limits & errors
- 30 requests/minute and 500 requests/day per IP. Exceeding either returns HTTP 429 with a
Retry-Afterheader. - All responses are JSON with the envelope
{ "ok": true, "data": {...} }on success or{ "ok": false, "error": { "code", "message" } }on failure. codevalues are stable; safe to switch on programmatically.messageis human-friendly and may change.
See also
- Domain Availability Checker visual tool — UI version that hits this same API.
- Free APIs overview — rate limits, response envelope, error codes.