BuiltWith Domain Lookup API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: BuiltWith Change Bulk Processing Domain Lookup API
  description: 'Track technology additions and removals on websites with business context. Returns AI-generated summaries explaining the business significance of technology changes. Credits are only consumed when changes are found.

    '
  version: change1
  contact:
    name: BuiltWith Support
    url: https://builtwith.com/contact
  termsOfService: https://builtwith.com/terms
  license:
    name: Commercial
    url: https://builtwith.com/plans
servers:
- url: https://api.builtwith.com/change1
  description: BuiltWith Change API v1
security:
- apiKeyQuery: []
- apiKeyHeader: []
tags:
- name: Domain Lookup
  description: Single or multi-domain technology detection endpoints
paths:
  /api.json:
    get:
      summary: Lookup domain technologies (JSON)
      description: 'Returns the technology stack and metadata for one or more domains in JSON format. Supports up to 16 domains as a comma-separated list.

        '
      operationId: getDomainTechnologiesJson
      tags:
      - Domain Lookup
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/KEY'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/LOOKUP'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/HIDETEXT'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/NOMETA'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/NOPII'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/LIVEONLY'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/TRUST'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/FDRANGE'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/NOATTR'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CATEGORIES'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/VERTICALS'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Technology profile for the requested domain(s)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DomainResult'
              example:
                Results:
                - Result:
                    Lookup: example.com
                    Meta:
                      CompanyName: Example Inc
                      Vertical: Business and Consumer Services
                    Paths:
                    - Technologies:
                      - Name: WordPress
                        Tag: cms
                        Categories:
                        - Category: CMS
                        FirstDetected: 1609459200000
                        LastDetected: 1748736000000
                        Live: true
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
  /api.xml:
    get:
      summary: Lookup domain technologies (XML)
      description: Returns domain technology profile in XML format.
      operationId: getDomainTechnologiesXml
      tags:
      - Domain Lookup
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/KEY'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/LOOKUP'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/HIDETEXT'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/NOMETA'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/NOPII'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/LIVEONLY'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/TRUST'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/FDRANGE'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/NOATTR'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Technology profile in XML format
          content:
            application/xml:
              schema:
                type: object
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /api.csv:
    get:
      summary: Lookup domain technologies (CSV)
      description: Returns domain technology profile in CSV format.
      operationId: getDomainTechnologiesCsv
      tags:
      - Domain Lookup
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/KEY'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/LOOKUP'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/HIDETEXT'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/NOMETA'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/NOPII'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/LIVEONLY'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Technology profile in CSV format
          content:
            text/csv:
              schema:
                type: string
components:
  parameters:
    CATEGORIES:
      name: CATEGORIES
      in: query
      description: Set to '1' to return technology category list instead of domain data
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
        enum:
        - 1
    NOATTR:
      name: NOATTR
      in: query
      description: Set to 'yes' to exclude technology attributes
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - 'yes'
    HIDETEXT:
      name: HIDETEXT
      in: query
      description: Set to 'yes' to exclude technology descriptions and links
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - 'yes'
    NOPII:
      name: NOPII
      in: query
      description: Set to 'yes' to remove personally identifiable information (names/emails)
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - 'yes'
    LOOKUP:
      name: LOOKUP
      in: query
      description: 'Domain or comma-separated list of up to 16 domains to look up. Use root domains only.

        '
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        example: example.com
    TRUST:
      name: TRUST
      in: query
      description: Set to 'yes' to include trust/safety data (uses additional API credits)
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - 'yes'
    LIVEONLY:
      name: LIVEONLY
      in: query
      description: Set to 'yes' to return only currently active technologies
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - 'yes'
    KEY:
      name: KEY
      in: query
      description: Your BuiltWith API authentication key (UUID format)
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
        example: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    VERTICALS:
      name: VERTICALS
      in: query
      description: Set to '1' to return vertical list instead of domain data
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
        enum:
        - 1
    FDRANGE:
      name: FDRANGE
      in: query
      description: Filter by detection date range in YYYY-MM-DD|YYYY-MM-DD format
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        example: 2025-01-01|2026-01-01
    NOMETA:
      name: NOMETA
      in: query
      description: Set to 'yes' to skip address and company metadata
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - 'yes'
  schemas:
    DomainResultItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        Result:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Result'
    Technology:
      type: object
      description: A detected web technology
      properties:
        Name:
          type: string
          example: WordPress
        Description:
          type: string
        Link:
          type: string
          format: uri
        Tag:
          type: string
          description: Primary technology category tag
          example: cms
        Categories:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TechCategory'
        FirstDetected:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: Unix timestamp (ms) of first detection
        LastDetected:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: Unix timestamp (ms) of last detection
        Live:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the technology is currently active
        Attributes:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Attribute'
    DomainResult:
      type: object
      description: Top-level response wrapper for domain technology lookups
      properties:
        Results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DomainResultItem'
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        Errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              Code:
                type: integer
              Message:
                type: string
    TechCategory:
      type: object
      properties:
        Category:
          type: string
          example: CMS
    Result:
      type: object
      properties:
        Lookup:
          type: string
          description: The queried domain
          example: example.com
        Meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DomainMeta'
        Paths:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Path'
    Attribute:
      type: object
      description: Additional attribute data for a technology
      properties:
        Field:
          type: string
        Value:
          type: string
    DomainMeta:
      type: object
      description: Company and domain metadata
      properties:
        CompanyName:
          type: string
        Vertical:
          type: string
        Telephones:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        Emails:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        City:
          type: string
        State:
          type: string
        Postcode:
          type: string
        Country:
          type: string
        Names:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    Path:
      type: object
      properties:
        Domain:
          type: string
          description: Sub-domain or path scanned
        Technologies:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Technology'
  responses:
    RateLimited:
      description: 'Too many requests — max 10 req/sec or 8 concurrent requests exceeded

        '
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized — invalid or missing API key
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad request — invalid parameters
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: KEY
    apiKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: 'Format: ''Authorization: API {key}'''
externalDocs:
  description: BuiltWith Change API Documentation
  url: https://api.builtwith.com/change-api