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<p align="center">Your companion in the quest for domain names 🔍 <br/><a href="https://domainwatchdog.eu">domainwatchdog.eu »</a></p>
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Domain Watchdog is an app that uses RDAP to collect publicly available info about domains, track their history, and purchase them.
Domain Watchdog is an app that uses RDAP to collect publicly available info about domains, track their history, and
purchase them.
For more information please check out [the documentation](https://domainwatchdog.eu) !
## Why use it?
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## Install
> [!TIP]
> For more details on the installation procedure, please refer to the documentation.
> For more details on the installation procedure, please refer to [the documentation](https://domainwatchdog.eu).
### Docker Deployment
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By default, the container listens on http://localhost:8080, but you can configure this in environment variables.
## Features
## Development and contributions
### Auto-purchase domain
See [the documentation](https://domainwatchdog.eu) for information on setting up a development environment and making
your contributions.
To add a new provider, a [dedicated page](https://domainwatchdog.eu/en/developing/add-provider/) is available.
A connector is a way to order a domain name. It is important to mention that this project does not act as a payment
intermediary.
Indeed, the user's credentials are directly used to enable the purchase via the provider's API. To this end, the user
gives his consent to define the legal framework in which the use of his account with the provider's API will be made.
## Security
The table below lists the supported API connector providers:
Please see [SECURITY.md](./SECURITY.md).
| Provider | Supported |
|:--------------------------------------------------------------------------:|:----------------:|
| [OVH](https://api.ovh.com) | **Yes** |
| [GANDI](https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/) | **Yes** |
| [NAMECHEAP](https://www.namecheap.com/support/api/methods/domains/create/) | **Yes** |
| [AUTODNS](https://cloud.autodns.com/) | **Yes** |
| [NAME.COM](https://www.name.com/en-en/api-docs/) | **Yes** |
| Custom EPP Server | **EXPERIMENTAL** |
## License
If a domain has expired and a connector is linked to the Watchlist, then Domain Watchdog will try to order it via the
connector provider's API.
Note: If the same domain name is present on several Watchlists, it is not possible to predict in advance which user will
win the domain name. The choice is left to chance.
### Monitoring
![Watchlist Diagram](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c3454572-3ac5-4b39-bc5e-6b7cf72fab92)
A watchlist is a list of domain names, triggers and possibly an API connector.
They allow you to follow the life of the listed domain names and send you a notification when a change has been
detected.
A notification to the user is sent when a new event occurs on one of the domain names in the Watchlist. This can be an
email or a chat via Webhook (Slack, Mattermost, Discord, ...). An iCalendar export of domain events is possible.
### RDAP search
The latest version of the WHOIS protocol was standardized in 2004 by RFC 3912.[^1] This protocol allows anyone to
retrieve key information concerning a domain name, an IP address, or an entity registered with a registry.
ICANN launched a global vote in 2023 to propose replacing the WHOIS protocol with RDAP. As a result, registries and
registrars will no longer be required to support WHOIS from 2025 (*WHOIS Sunset Date*).[^2]
Domain Watchdog uses the RDAP protocol, which will soon be the new standard for retrieving information concerning domain
names.
This source code of this project is licensed under *GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later*.
Contributions are welcome as long as they do not contravene the Code of Conduct.
## Disclaimer
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caching system, etc.
> * Please note that this project is NOT affiliated IN ANY WAY with the API Providers used to order domain names.
> * The project installers are responsible for the use of their own instance.
> * Under no circumstances will the owner of this project be held responsible for other cases over which he has no control.
## Useful documentation
> [!NOTE]
> - [RFC 7482 : Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Query Format](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7482)
> - [RFC 7483 : JSON Responses for the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7483)
> - [RFC 7484 : Finding the Authoritative Registration Data (RDAP) Service](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7484)
## Licensing
This source code of this project is licensed under *GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later*.
Contributions are welcome as long as they do not contravene the Code of Conduct.
[^1]: RFC 3912 : WHOIS Protocol Specification. (2004). IETF Datatracker. https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3912
[^2]: 2023 Global Amendments to the Base gTLD Registry Agreement (RA), Specification 13, and 2013 Registrar
Accreditation Agreement (RAA) - ICANN. (2023). https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/global-amendment-2023-en
> * Under no circumstances will the owner of this project be held responsible for other cases over which he has no
control.