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Whoapi Authentication

Authentication

WhoAPI secures its APIs with apiKey across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: apiKey Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: API key in: query

Security Schemes

apiKey apiKey
· in: query (apikey)

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: https://whoapi.com/api-documentation/
docs: https://whoapi.com/api-documentation/
summary:
  types: [apiKey]
  api_key_in: [query]
  oauth2_flows: []
schemes:
- name: apiKey
  type: apiKey
  in: query
  parameter: apikey
  description: >-
    Every request must carry the account's private API key as the `apikey`
    query parameter, e.g. https://api.whoapi.com/?domain=whoapi.com&r=whois&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY
  sources: [openapi/whoapi-domain-intelligence-api-openapi.yml]
notes:
- IP whitelisting is available in account settings (status code 15 = "IP not whitelisted").
- No OAuth2/OIDC surface; the API is single-key.
- Both HTTP and HTTPS are accepted; HTTPS recommended.

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