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Laravel RDAP/WHOIS Domain Lookups

A lightweight, all-in-one RDAP/WHOIS domain lookup tool built for Laravel.

Inspired by the excellent spatie/laravel-rdap package, our internal use case required legacy WHOIS support as many TLD's have not yet made the switch to RDAP.

Features

Built-in Caching - Results are intelligently cached to avoid lookup throttling
Comprehensive Data Parsing - Extract registrar, dates, nameservers, and more
Multiple Data Sources - Support for both WHOIS and RDAP protocols

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require otghcloud/laravel-whois

Configuration

If you wish to modify default lookup timeouts and caching behaviour, you can publish the config file by running the below:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="laravel-whois-config"

This creates config/whois.php, where you can control cache behavior, timeouts, retries, strictness, and source preference.

return [
    'cache' => [
        'enabled' => true,
        'ttl' => 3600,
    ],
    'timeout_whois' => 15,
    'timeout_rdap' => 15,
    'retry_attempts' => 3,
    'retry_backoff' => [2, 10, 30],
    'lookup_mode' => 'safe', // 'safe' or 'strict'
    'default_sources' => ['rdap', 'whois'],
];

Available options:

cache.enabled: Enables/disables response caching.
cache.ttl: Cache duration in seconds.
timeout_whois: WHOIS request timeout in seconds.
timeout_rdap: RDAP request timeout in seconds.
retry_attempts: Number of retry attempts for transient failures.
retry_backoff: Backoff schedule (in seconds) applied across retries.
lookup_mode: safe returns a parsed result with error metadata, strict throws exceptions.
default_sources: Default lookup order, e.g. ['rdap', 'whois'].

Usage

The simplest way to get started is to use our global "whois" function:

$result = whois('example.com');

= OTGH\LaravelWhois\Parsers\ParsedResult {#9061
    +domain: "example.com",
    +registered: true,
    +registrar: "RESERVED-Internet Assigned Numbers Authority",
    +registrarURL: null,
    +createdAt: Carbon\Carbon @808372800 {#9049
      date: 1995-08-14 04:00:00.0 +00:00,
    },
    +updatedAt: Carbon\Carbon @1768588010 {#9060
      date: 2026-01-16 18:26:50.0 +00:00,
    },
    +expiresAt: Carbon\Carbon @1786593600 {#9058
      date: 2026-08-13 04:00:00.0 +00:00,
    },
    +status: [
      "client delete prohibited",
      "client transfer prohibited",
      "client update prohibited",
    ],
    +nameServers: [
      "elliott.ns.cloudflare.com",
      "hera.ns.cloudflare.com",
    ],
    +ageSeconds: 0,
    +remainingSeconds: 0,
    +grace: false,
    +redemption: false,
    +pendingDelete: false,
    +unknown: [],
    +rawResponse: "", // Ommited for brevity - returns the raw RDAP/WHOIS data in JSON format
    +source: "rdap",
    +servedFromCache: true,
    +errors: [],
  }

// By default, results are cached after the first lookup.
// To bypass cache, pass ignoreCache in the options array:

$result = whois('example.com', ['ignoreCache' => true]);

Alternatively, you can include the Facade:


use OTGH\LaravelWhois\Facades\LaravelWhois;

$result = LaravelWhois::lookup('example.com');
dump($result);

// Same as above, bypassing the cache
$freshResult = LaravelWhois::lookup('example.com', ['ignoreCache' => true]);

echo $result->domain;
echo $result->registrar;
echo $result->expiresAt?->toDateString();

// Convenience methods
$result->fetchDates();
$result->isExpired();
$result->isRegistered();
$result->daysUntilExpiry();
$result->toArray();
$result->toJson();

Credits

jeremykendall/php-domain-parser - An amazing domain parsing package; used to determine the TLD/gTLD of a domain so we can select the correct RDAP/WHOIS endpoint.
spatie/laravel-rdap - Alternative RDAP only lookup package for Laravel.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see LICENSE.md for more information.

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