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Cyware Orchestrate

WhoisXML API

App Vendor: Whois

Connector Category: Data Enrichment and Threat Intelligence

App Version in Orchestrate: 2.3.0

API Version: V1 and V2

About App  

The WhoisXML app integrates with the WhoisXML API to retrieve WHOIS records, and details about domain names, emails, and IP addresses. Security analysts can use the Whois XML API to access the domain details including the ownership, timeline, updates, status, and other essential registration details about every domain on the internet. A DNS server can be queried to determine the IP address of the primary domain (a record), mail servers (MX records), DNS servers (NS name servers), and other artifacts such as SPF records (TXT records).

The WhoisXML app is configured with the Orchestrate application to perform the following actions:

Action

Description

Simple Reverse Whois Lookup 

This action performs a simple reverse Whois lookup operation to list all the associated domains using the query string.

Get All Website Categories 

This action returns the website categories.

Get Domain Details 

This action returns the domain details.

Get Subdomain Details 

This action returns the subdomain details.

Generic Action 

This is a generic action to perform any additional use case on WHOIS XML.

Reverse Name Server Lookup 

This action performs a reverse name server lookup to list all the domains hosted in a server.

Reverse MX Lookup 

This action performs a reverse mail exchange (MX) lookup to identify domains that link back to a mail server to avoid hosts with a dubious reputation.

Reverse IP DNS Lookup 

This action performs a reverse IP DNS lookup based on the domain’s IP address to list all the associated domains.

Fetch URL Screenshot 

This action retrieves a screenshot of a URL as a JPG, PNG, or PDF file.

Fetch IP Geo Location Details 

This action retrieves the IP geo details such as location, coordinates, time zone, and other relevant details.

Fetch IP Address Netblocks Details 

This action retrieves details about the registered IP netblocks containing the WHOIS ownership and location details of each IP range.

Fetch Email Details 

This action retrieves details of an email.

Fetch Domain Reputation 

This action retrieves the reputation of a domain in terms of a reputation score to help identify malicious domains before getting involved with them.

Fetch Domain Contact Information 

This action retrieves the domain contact information such as company name and key contacts with contact numbers, email, or social media links.

Fetch DNS Lookup Information 

This action retrieves DNS lookup information about the given domain.

Advanced Reverse Whois Lookup 

This action performs an advanced reverse Whois lookup operation.

Get Domain/IP Address Information 

This action retrieves information about a domain or an IP address.

Get Account Balance Info 

This action returns the account balance information.

Get Domain Count 

This action returns the number of domains in your account.

Configuration Parameters

The following configuration parameters are required for the Whois XML app to communicate with the Whois XML enterprise application. The parameters can be configured by creating instances in the app.

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

API Key

Enter the unique API token to authenticate.

Example:

XXXXX3q56ywymsvyJuugMVY04bvmjtHt

Text

Required

Verify

Choose to verify or skip SSL/TLS verification. Allowed values are true and false. By default, verification is enabled.

Boolean

Optional

Timeout

Enter the timeout value for the API request in seconds.

Integer

Optional

The allowed range is 15-120. The default value is 15.

Action: Advanced Reverse Whois Lookup

This action performs an advanced reverse Whois lookup operation.

Action Input Parameters 

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

Query String

Enter the query string.

Example:

google.com

Text

Required

Whois Field

Enter the Whois field to search in.

Example:

  • RegistrantContact.Organization

  • domainName

  • technical Contact.country

Text

Required

Search Mode

Enter the search mode.

Example:

purchase

Text

Optional

Allowed values:

  • preview

  • purchase

Default value:

purchase

Example Request 

[
    {
        "query_field": "RegistrantContact.Organization",
        "query_string": "google.com"
    }
]
Action: Fetch DNS Lookup Information

This action retrieves the DNS lookup information about the given domain which has several records associated with it. A DNS server can be queried to determine the IP address of the primary domain (A record), mail servers (MX records), DNS servers (NS nameservers), and other items such as SPF records (TXT records).

Action Input Parameters 

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

Domain

Enter the domain.

Example:

google.com

Text

Required

DNS Type

Enter the DNS type.

Example:

MX

Text

Optional

Allowed values:

See DNS types for the supported DNS types.

Default:

All

Example Request 

[
    {
        "domain": "google.com",
        "dns_type": "MX"
    }
]
Action: Fetch Domain Contact Information

This action retrieves the domain contact information such as company name and key contacts with contact numbers, email, or social media links.

Action Input Parameters 

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

Domain

Enter the domain name to fetch the related contact information.

Example:

google.com

Text

Required

Example Request 

[
    {
        "domain": "google.com"
    }
]
Action: Fetch Domain Reputation

This action retrieves the reputation of a domain in terms of a reputation score to help identify malicious domains before getting involved with them.

Action Input Parameters 

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

Domain

Enter the domain.

Example:

google.com

Text

Required

Example Request 

[
    {
        "domain": "google.com"
    }
]
Action: Fetch Email Details

This action retrieves all the associated details (MX records, audit records, and so on) using an email address.

Action Input Parameters 

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

Email ID

Enter the Email ID.

Example:

sampleuser@sampledomain.com

Text

Required

Example Request 

[
    {
        "email_id": "sampleuser123@gmail.com"
    }
]
Action: Fetch IP Address Netblocks Details

This action retrieves details about the registered IP netblocks containing the WHOIS ownership and location details of each IP range.

Action Input Parameters 

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

IP Address

Enter the IP address to retrieve details about the associated IP range.

Example:

23.43.24.123

Text

Required

ASN Code

Enter the ASN (Autonomous System Numbers) code.

Example:

15169

Text

Optional

Organization Name

Enter the organization name.

Example:

Google

Text

Optional

Network Mask

Enter the network mask.

Example:

32

Integer

Optional

Default value:

32

Limit

Enter the limit to display the results from 100-1000.

Example:

100

Integer

Optional

Default value:

100

Example Request 

[
    {
        "ip_address": "23.43.24.123",
        "asn_code": 15169,
        "org_name": "Google",
        "limit": 100,
        "network_mask": 32
    }
]
Action: Fetch IP Geo Location Details

This action retrieves the IP geolocation details such as location, coordinates, time zone, and other geo details.

Action Input Parameters 

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

IP Address

Enter the IP address to retrieve the geo details.

Example:

23.43.24.123

Text

Required

Domain

Enter the domain name to fetch the location details.

Example:

google.com

Text

Optional

Email ID

Enter the email ID .

Text

Optional

Example Request 

[
    {
        "domain": "google.com",
        "ip_address": "23.43.24.123"
    }
]
Action: Fetch URL Screenshot

This action gets a screenshot of a URL.

Parameter 

Description 

Field Type 

Required/Optional 

Comments 

URL

Enter the input URL.

Text

Required

Action: Get Account Balance Info

This action returns the account balance information.

Action Input Parameters

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

Product ID

Enter the list of product IDs for which you want to get the account balance information.

List

Optional

 

Output Format

Enter the output format in which you want to get the account balance information. 

Text

Optional

Allowed values: 

  • JSON

  • XML

Action: Get All Website Categories

This action returns the website categories.

Action Input Parameters 

Parameter 

Description 

Field Type 

Required/Optional 

Comments 

Order

Enter the order in which you want to get the website categories.

Text

Optional

Allowed Values: 

  • ABC  

    Retrieves in alphabetical order.

  • ID 

    Retrieves in numerical order.

Output Format

Enter the output format to get the account balance information.

Text

Optional

 Default: 

JSON

Action: Get Domain Count

This action returns the number of domains in your account.

Action Input Parameters 

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

Include Search Term

Enter the list of search terms for which you want to get the number of domains. All of them should be present in the domain name. 

List 

Required

Allowed items:

maximum 4

Since Date

Enter the date from which you want to get the number of domains. 

Example: 

2019-01-01

Text

Optional

Allowed dates are in the [Today minus 14 days — Today] interval. 

Mode

Enter the mode in which you want to get the number of domains. 

Text

Optional

Allowed Values: 

  • preview - return only the number of domains. No credits deducted.

  • purchase - return the actual list of domains (limited to 10,000). 1 request costs 10 DRS credits.

Exclude Search Terms

Enter the list of search terms for which you do not want to get the number of domains. 

List

Optional

Allowed items:

maximum 4

With Typos

Enter true if you want to enrich the search term with their possible typos. 

Boolean

Optional

Default value:

False

Punycode

Enter true if you want to encode the domain names to Punycode. 

Boolean

Optional

Default: 

True

Output Format

Enter the output format in which you want to get the number of domains. 

Text

Optional

Allowed values: 

  • JSON

  • XML

Action: Get Domain Details

This action returns the domain details.

Parameter 

Description 

Field Type 

Required/Optional 

Comments 

Domain Names

Enter the list of domain names to get the domain details.

Example:

bbc.com

List

Required

Since Date

Enter the date from which you want to get the domain details. 

Example: 

2019-01-01

Text

Optional

Output Format

Enter the output format in which you want to get the domain details.

Text

Optional

Default: 

JSON

Action: Get Domain/IP Address Information

This action retrieves information about a domain or an IP address.

Action Input Parameters 

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

Domain Name/IP Address

Enter the domain name or IP address.

Text

Required

Example Request 

[
    {
        "query": "google.com"
    }
]
Action: Get Subdomain Details

This action returns the subdomain details.

Parameter 

Description 

Field Type 

Required/Optional 

Comments 

Include Subdomains

Enter the list of subdomains to get the subdomain details. 

Example: 

bbc.com

List

Required

Exclude Subdomains

Enter the list of subdomains to exclude from the subdomain details. 

Example: 

bbc.com

List

Required

Since Date

Enter the date from which you want to get the subdomain details. 

Example: 

2019-01-01

Text

Optional

Output Format

Enter the output format in which you want to get the subdomain details.

Text

Optional

Allowed values:

  • JSON

  • XML

Default:

JSON

Action: Reverse IP DNS Lookup

This action performs a reverse IP DNS lookup based on the domain’s IP address to list all the associated domains.

Action Input Parameters 

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

Host

Enter the host IP to retrieve the corresponding domain details.

Example:

23.54.241.54

Text

Required

From Domain

Enter the from domain.

Text

Optional

Example Request 

[
    {
        "host": "23.54.241.54"
    }
]
Action: Reverse MX Lookup

This action performs a reverse Mail Exchange (MX) lookup to retrieve a list of all domains hosted on a mail server to help avoid hosts with a dubious reputation.

Action Input Parameters 

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

Mail Server

Enter the mail server.

Example:

mail.google.com

Text

Required

From Domain

Enter the from domain.

Text

Optional

Example Request 

[
    {
        "mail_server": "mail.google.com"
    }
]
Action: Reverse Name Server Lookup

This action performs a reverse name server lookup to list all the domains hosted in a server.

Action Input Parameters 

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

Name Server

Enter the name server to retrieve domain name lists sharing a nameserver specified as a search term.

Example:

google.com

Text

Required

From Domain

Enter the from domain.

Text

Optional

Example Request 

[
    {
        "name_server": "google.com"
    }
]
Action: Simple Reverse Whois Lookup

This action performs a simple reverse Whois lookup operation to list all the associated domains using the query string. Reverse WHOIS data helps to spot dangerous domain footprints linked to a cybercriminal or spammer.

Action Input Parameters 

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

Query String

Enter the query string to retrieve the reverse Whois data.

Example:

google.com

Text

Required

Search Mode

Enter the search mode.

Example:

purchase

Text

Optional

Allowed values:

  • preview

  • purchase

Default value:

purchase

Example Request 

[
    {
        "query_string": "google.com",
        "search_mode": "purchase"
    }
]
Action: Generic Action

This is a generic action to perform any additional use case you want on WHOIS XML.

Action Input Parameters

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

Method

Enter the HTTP method to make the request.

Example:

GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE

Text

Required

Endpoint

Enter the endpoint to make the request.

Example:

/api/vulnerabilities/{cve_id}/affected-projects

Text

Required

Query Params

Enter the query parameters to pass to the API

Key Value

Optional

Payload

Enter the payload to pass to the API

Any

Optional

Extra Fields

Enter the extra fields to pass to the API

Key Value

Optional