# Website domain name validator (`saswave/website-domain-name-validator`) Actor

Verify if a website is still up and running or if it contains a redirection to a new domain name. Data enrichment at scale.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/saswave/website-domain-name-validator.md
- **Developed by:** [SASWAVE](https://apify.com/saswave) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation
- **Stats:** 123 total users, 2 monthly users, 99.4% runs succeeded, 6 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $0.90 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

### Website Domain Name Status Lookup

The Website Domain Name Status Lookup scraper verifies the validity and availability of websites.

It can also detect redirects, which is useful for maintaining up-to-date client or prospect databases.

### 🔹 Features

##### Domain Verification

Checks if the domain is active and accessible.

Detects if the website is down, offline, or unreachable.

##### Redirect Detection

Identifies if the domain redirects to a new URL.

Helps keep records updated in case of domain changes or rebranding.

##### Batch Processing

Can handle a list of websites (domains or URLs) in one run for bulk validation

### Input

- list of websites (domain or url)

### Output

```json
{
  "domain": "neighbors.co",
  "website_is_up": true,
  "website_onping": "https://neighbors.co/"
}
```

### 🔹 Use Cases

##### Client Database Maintenance

Verify active websites of clients or prospects.

Update old or redirected URLs to ensure accurate contact information.

##### Lead Verification

Check the validity of domains collected from lead lists or marketing campaigns.

Remove inactive or expired domains to improve outreach efficiency.

##### SEO & Marketing

Detect domain changes to update backlinks or marketing campaigns.

Track competitor domain migrations or rebranding.

##### Bulk Website Monitoring

Perform batch checks for multiple domains to identify downtime or redirections.

Automate regular verification of critical websites for marketing or IT teams.

### 🛟 SUPPORT

Share your runs with the developer team and create issues on error to help us improve actor quality.

You might discover edge case we didn't test yet

We stay available anytime

# Actor input Schema

## `websites` (type: `array`):

domain or url

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "websites": [
    "leslipfrancais.fr",
    "lesechos.fr"
  ]
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "websites": [
        "leslipfrancais.fr",
        "lesechos.fr"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("saswave/website-domain-name-validator").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "websites": [
        "leslipfrancais.fr",
        "lesechos.fr",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("saswave/website-domain-name-validator").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "websites": [
    "leslipfrancais.fr",
    "lesechos.fr"
  ]
}' |
apify call saswave/website-domain-name-validator --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,saswave/website-domain-name-validator"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/xtOpGpy4fejAalcPY/builds/wG8tauFf4oLXf51qg/openapi.json