99.99%
Uptime
Production-ready endpoints are designed for 99.99% uptime and documented status handling.
Category
Domain Intelligence
Endpoints
1
Key Features
8
Frequently Asked Questions
4
Used by people at amazing companies
Trust signals before you integrate
Transparent docs, authenticated requests, and visible reliability details make it easier to evaluate DomScan before you ship.
OpenAPI
API artifacts
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API keys
Protected access
Authenticated endpoints use API keys with clear credit costs before you call them.
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Free allowance
Start with 10,000 monthly credits and upgrade only when usage grows.
What this API helps you ship
Use this page as a production brief: endpoints, examples, response shape, and the workflow pieces needed to plug DomScan into your own product.
Embed domain checks, DNS intelligence, risk signals, or enrichment into onboarding, search, and internal tools.
Replace repeated manual lookups with scheduled jobs, alerting, and reproducible investigation steps.
Use predictable fields, documented status codes, and credit costs instead of scraping provider pages.
Feed agents, dashboards, SOAR playbooks, and CRMs through OpenAPI, SDK, Postman, or MCP.
Integration workflow
A simple path from first request to repeatable production usage.
Authenticate once
Send your API key with the documented header and keep requests consistent across services.
Query with examples
Start from the curl and HTTP samples, then map the parameters into your application code.
Operate and monitor
Use status codes, credit costs, and response fields to build retries, logs, and alerts.
Developer kit
Jump from this page into machine-readable docs, request collections, SDKs, or agent tooling.
OpenAPI schema
Generate clients or inspect every request and response shape.
Postman collectionImport ready-made requests for manual testing and team handoff.
SDKs and CLIUse maintained packages and command-line workflows instead of writing boilerplate.
MCP integrationExpose domain intelligence to AI agents and internal assistant workflows.
Parameters and response map
Scan the inputs, output fields, and status codes before wiring the endpoint into your client.
Parameter
domains
Example Response
domainsrecommendationrecommendation.best_availablerecommendation.best_overallrecommendation.best_valuerecommendation.reasoningmetameta.compared_countmeta.available_countmeta.total_ms
HTTP Status Codes
200400402429500502503504
Endpoints
GET
/v1/compare
domains
Trust signals before you integrate
Transparent docs, authenticated requests, and visible reliability details make it easier to evaluate DomScan before you ship.
Uptime
API artifacts
OpenAPI, Swagger, Postman, CLI, SDK, and MCP links are one click away.
API keys
Protected access
Authenticated endpoints use API keys with clear credit costs before you call them.
Free allowance
Sign Up for Free
Start with 10,000 monthly credits and upgrade only when usage grows.
Active
Example Request
Start from the curl and HTTP samples, then map the parameters into your application code.
Key Features
Side-by-Side Comparison
Compare 2-10 domains in a single API request.
Availability Status
See which domains are available for registration instantly.
Valuation Estimates
Get algorithmic value estimates for each domain.
Brand Scores
Evaluate brandability, memorability, and pronounceability.
TLD Intelligence
Understand TLD type, trust tier, and popularity rank.
Smart Recommendations
AI-powered suggestions for best available and best value.
Ranking Algorithm
Domains ranked by our proprietary recommendation score.
Free to Start
Generous limits included with your free credits.
Example Request
curl -H "X-API-Key: $DOMSCAN_API_KEY" "https://domscan.net/v1/compare?domains=startup.com,startup.io,startup.ai"Example Response
{
"domains": [
{
"domain": "startup.io",
"available": true,
"valuation": {
"estimate_usd": 2500,
"confidence": 0.7,
"estimate": { "low": 1400, "mid": 2500, "high": 4100, "currency": "USD" },
"analysis": {
"scope": "intrinsic_domain_value",
"range_source": "anchored",
"range_width": "moderate",
"confidence_label": "medium"
}
},
"score": { "overall": 85, "brandability": 90 },
"tld_info": { "type": "ccTLD", "trust_tier": "premium" },
"recommendation_rank": 85
},
{
"domain": "startup.ai",
"available": true,
"valuation": {
"estimate_usd": 4000,
"confidence": 0.65,
"estimate": { "low": 2200, "mid": 4000, "high": 6500, "currency": "USD" },
"analysis": {
"scope": "intrinsic_domain_value",
"range_source": "anchored",
"range_width": "moderate",
"confidence_label": "medium"
}
},
"score": { "overall": 80, "brandability": 85 },
"tld_info": { "type": "ccTLD", "trust_tier": "premium" },
"recommendation_rank": 78
}
],
"recommendation": {
"best_available": "startup.io",
"best_overall": "startup.com",
"best_value": "startup.ai",
"reasoning": "startup.io is recommended: available, premium TLD, excellent brand score"
},
"meta": {
"compared_count": 3,
"available_count": 2,
"total_ms": 84
}
}Frequently Asked Questions
How many domains can I compare at once?
You can compare between 2 and 10 domains in a single request. For larger comparisons, make multiple requests.
What factors determine the recommendation?
Our recommendation algorithm considers availability (highest weight), TLD trust tier, domain valuation, brand score, and popularity rank to generate intelligent suggestions.
What is the difference between best_available and best_overall?
best_available is the highest-ranked domain that is available for registration. best_overall is the highest-ranked domain regardless of availability (useful for acquisition targets).
Does the API check availability in real-time?
Yes! Each comparison checks live availability via RDAP, with intelligent caching for fast responses.
Related Tools & Resources
HTTP Status Codes
We document the HTTP status codes you should handle so you can distinguish successful responses, auth issues, credits, rate limits, missing data, and upstream failures.
OK
200
Request successful
Bad Request
400
Invalid parameters
Payment Required
402
Not enough credits to run this request.
Too Many Requests
429
Rate limit exceeded
Server Error
500
Internal error
Bad Gateway
502
Upstream RDAP error
Service Unavailable
503
Upstream service unavailable or temporarily rate limited.
Gateway Timeout
504
Upstream lookup timed out.
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