Developer Reference

Competitor Intelligence API Documentation

Competitor Intelligence API Documentation: Analyze your competitor's digital infrastructure. Discover their tech stack, hosting providers, DNS configuration, SSL setup, and online presence to inform your own strategy.

Competitor Intelligence

Analyze your competitor's digital infrastructure. Discover their tech stack, hosting providers, DNS configuration, SSL setup, and online presence to inform your own strategy.

GET /v1/recipes/competitor-intel

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	required
domain	string	required
discover_subdomains	boolean	optional
analyze_email	boolean	optional

Response Fields

Field	Type
`success`	boolean
`data`	object
`data.domain`	string
`data.company`	object
`data.company.name`	string
`data.company.industry`	string
`data.company.description`	string
`data.infrastructure`	object
`data.infrastructure.hosting`	string
`data.infrastructure.cdn`	string
`data.infrastructure.dns_provider`	string
`data.infrastructure.email_provider`	string
`data.infrastructure.ip_addresses[]`	string[]
`data.technology`	object
`data.technology.cms`	null
`data.technology.frameworks[]`	string[]
`data.technology.analytics[]`	string[]
`data.technology.marketing[]`	string[]
`data.technology.all_detected[]`	string[]
`data.digital_footprint`	object
`data.digital_footprint.subdomains_found[]`	string[]
`data.digital_footprint.ssl_certificates`	number
`data.digital_footprint.email_security_grade`	string
`data.insights[]`	string[]
`meta`	object
`meta.recipe_name`	string
`meta.credits_used`	number
`meta.credits_saved`	number
`meta.duration_ms`	number
`meta.components_called[]`	string[]
`meta.cached_components[]`	string[]
`meta.timestamp`	string
`errors[]`	array

Example Request

curl -H "X-API-Key: $DOMSCAN_API_KEY" "https://domscan.net/v1/recipes/competitor-intel?domain=example.com&discover_subdomains=example.com&analyze_email=example.com"

Example Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "domain": "competitor.com",
    "company": {
      "name": "Competitor Inc.",
      "industry": "SaaS",
      "description": "B2B workflow platform"
    },
    "infrastructure": {
      "hosting": "Vercel",
      "cdn": "Cloudflare",
      "dns_provider": "Cloudflare",
      "email_provider": "Google Workspace",
      "ip_addresses": [
        "198.51.100.11",
        "198.51.100.12"
      ]
    },
    "technology": {
      "cms": null,
      "frameworks": [
        "Next.js"
      ],
      "analytics": [
        "Google Analytics"
      ],
      "marketing": [
        "HubSpot"
      ],
      "all_detected": [
        "Cloudflare",
        "Next.js",
        "HubSpot",
        "Google Analytics"
      ]
    },
    "digital_footprint": {
      "subdomains_found": [
        "www",
        "app",
        "api",
        "status"
      ],
      "ssl_certificates": 5,
      "email_security_grade": "A"
    },
    "insights": [
      "Cloudflare is fronting the main web stack.",
      "Separate status infrastructure is publicly exposed."
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "recipe_name": "competitor-intelligence",
    "credits_used": 12,
    "credits_saved": 8,
    "duration_ms": 915,
    "components_called": [
      "whois",
      "dns",
      "dns-security",
      "tech",
      "subdomains",
      "certificates",
      "ip"
    ],
    "cached_components": [
      "dns"
    ],
    "timestamp": "2026-04-15T10:22:00Z"
  },
  "errors": []
}