WHOIS Privacy

Enable or disable WHOIS privacy protection for a domain. When enabled, your personal contact information is hidden from public WHOIS lookups.

Request

PUT /api/v1/domains/{id}/whois-privacy

Required scope: domains:manage

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`id`	string	The domain ID

Headers

Header	Required	Value
`Authorization`	Yes	`Bearer YOUR_API_KEY`
`Content-Type`	Yes	`application/json`

Request Body

Field	Type	Required	Description
`enabled`	boolean	Yes	Whether to enable (`true`) or disable (`false`) WHOIS privacy

Response

{
  "data": {
    "enabled": true,
    "success": true
  }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`data.enabled`	boolean	The current WHOIS privacy state
`data.success`	boolean	Whether the operation was successful

Errors

Status	Code	Description
400	`INVALID_ENABLED`	The provided value is not a valid boolean
404	`NOT_FOUND`	The domain was not found
502	`PROVIDER_ERROR`	The domain provider returned an error

Example

curl -X PUT https://site.quest/api/v1/domains/a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4e5f6/whois-privacy \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "enabled": true
  }'

MCP

This action is also available via the set_whois_privacy MCP tool.