Monitoring domain expiry

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I was looking for a way to monitor domain expiry dates with SquaredUp – to avoid the most embarrassing of failures

I found this JSON API for domain info. It requires a sign-up to get an API key, but the free tier includes 1000 requests/month – enough for 30 or so domain monitors (don’t forget to set the monitor frequency to daily in SquaredUp).

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It’s really simple to connect to this API and add domain info to your dashboards.

Web API settings:

• Base URL: https://whoisjsonapi.com/v1/
• Authentication: None
• Headers: Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>

And then for the HTTP request:

• Endpoint: <the domain name of interest>
• HTTP method: GET
• Path to data: domain
• Check Expand inner objects to see all data in the result

I then used a script to setup a monitor on the Expiration Date In Time column.

The monitor script:

Monitoring an expiry date

In case it’s useful to anyone else, here’s a script I use to monitor an expiry date or some other due date. The script assumes a single row dataset, with a column containing a date. /* Example config: { columnName: "expiry", errorDays: 60, warningDays: 30 } */ async function getState(params, api) { if(!params.config.columnName || typeof params.config.columnName !== 'string') { throw new Error("Missing config property: columnName (string)") } if(!params.config.errorDays || t…

Script config:

{
  "columnName": "expiration_date_in_time",
  "errorDays": 30,
  "warningDays": 60
}

Don’t forget to set Advanced > Frequency to Daily to avoid blowing through the API quota!