The technology endpoint provides a more complete picture of the software powering webpages. In addition to detecting the CMS, this endpoint will return the programming language, database, web server and more of the requested URL.
https://whatcms.org/API/Tech?key=YOUR-API-KEY&url=en.wikipedia.org
curl -G https://whatcms.org/API/Tech \ --data-urlencode key="Your-api-key" \ --data-urlencode url="en.wikipedia.org"
This API endpoint requires two parameters: the URL you want to check and your API key.
Name | Description | Value |
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url | The URL of the page to check. Required |
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key | Your unique API key. Required | Get A Free API Key |
private* | Optionally tell our detection service not to track the URL. URLs detected with the private option will not show up in our list of Recent Detections, be stored in our database for Tech Reports, or be used for any purpose other than to tally your API usage. |
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Responses are JSON encoded and have the following format.
For better lead generation, we are including detected social media profile URLs. Includes Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube networks.
{ "request": "https://whatcms.org/others/WhatCMS/API/Tech?key=YOUR-API-KEY&url=blog.mozilla.org", "result": { "code": 200, "msg": "Success" }, "last_checked": 1734869219, "results": [ { "name": "WordPress", "id": 1, "version": "5.7.2", "categories": [ "Blog", "CMS" ], "url": "https://whatcms.org/c/WordPress" }, { "name": "PHP", "id": 1656, "categories": [ "Programming Language" ], "url": "https://whatcms.org/c/PHP" }, { "name": "MySQL", "id": 1595, "categories": [ "Database" ], "url": "https://whatcms.org/c/MySQL" }, { "name": "Nginx", "id": 1611, "categories": [ "Web Server" ], "url": "https://whatcms.org/c/Nginx" } ], "meta": { "social": [ { "network": "twitter", "url": "https://twitter.com/firefox", "profile": "firefox" }, { "network": "twitter", "url": "https://twitter.com/mozilla", "profile": "mozilla" }, { "network": "instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/firefox/", "profile": "firefox" }, { "network": "instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/mozilla/", "profile": "mozilla" }, { "network": "youtube", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/user/firefoxchannel", "profile": "firefoxchannel" } ] } }
Download a JSON list of the technologies we detect.
https://whatcms.org/API/List
Fetch ThemeDetect.com data with curl, guzzle or your favorite HTTP client.
https://www.themedetect.com/API/Theme?key=YOUR-API-KEY&url=blog.mozilla.org
curl -G https://www.themedetect.com/API/Theme \ --data-urlencode key="Your-api-key" \ --data-urlencode url="blog.mozilla.org"
This API endpoint requires two parameters: the URL you want to check and your API key.
Name | Description | Value |
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url | The URL of the page to check. Required |
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key | Your unique API key. Required | Get A Free API Key |
Responses are JSON encoded and have the following format.
{ "request": "https://www.themedetect.com/API/Theme?url=blog.mozilla.org&key=YOUR-API-KEY", "result": { "code": 200, "msg": "Success" }, "last_checked": 1734929439, "results": [ { "theme_uri": "https://github.com/craigcook/frontierline-theme", "theme_name": "Frontierline", "author": "Craig Cook, Michael Ham, and all your friends at Mozilla", "author_uri": "https://www.mozilla.org", "version": "2.4", "license": "GPL GNU General Public License v3 or later", "license_uri": "http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html", "template": "", "description": "A theme for official Mozilla blogs.", "tags": null } ] }
Fetch Who-Hosts-This.com data with curl, guzzle or your favorite HTTP client.
https://www.who-hosts-this.com/API/Host?key=YOUR-API-KEY&url=en.wikipedia.org
curl -G https://www.who-hosts-this.com/API/Host \ --data-urlencode key="Your-api-key" \ --data-urlencode url="en.wikipedia.org"
This API endpoint requires two parameters: the URL you want to check and your API key.
Name | Description | Value |
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url | The URL of the page to check. Required |
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key | Your unique API key. Required | Get A Free API Key |
Responses are JSON encoded and have the following format.
{ "request": "https://www.who-hosts-this.com/API/Host?key=YOUR-API-KEY&url=en.wikipedia.org", "result": { "code": 200, "msg": "Success: CMS or Host Found" }, "last_checked": 1734883542, "results": [ { "ip": "2620:0:861:ed1a::1", "type": "AAAA", "isp_id": "544", "isp_name": "Wikimedia Foundation Inc.", "isp_url": "https://www.who-hosts-this.com/Hosts/544-Wikimedia-Foundation-Inc" }, { "ip": "198.35.26.96", "type": "A", "isp_id": "544", "isp_name": "Wikimedia Foundation Inc.", "isp_url": "https://www.who-hosts-this.com/Hosts/544-Wikimedia-Foundation-Inc" } ] }
You can use the status endpoint for checking your account totals.
https://whatcms.org/API/Status?key=YOUR-API-KEY
{ "request": "https://whatcms.org/API/Status?key=YOUR-API-KEY", "result": { "code": 200, "msg": "Success", "period_start": 1520722943, "period_end": 1523401343, "period_quota": 10000, "period_requests": 406, "period_remaining": 9594 } }
Rate limiting is an important part of our ability to provide API detections to so many customers, maintain a stable platform, and provide plans with unbeatable prices. Our plans are designed to meet everyone's needs with a wide range of rate limits and of detections per month.
If you're receiving the "120" result code or find the rate limit of your current plan too restrictive, there are a couple of solutions we suggest.
Code | Message |
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0 | Server Failure |
100 | API Key Not Set |
101 | Invalid API Key |
102 | Request not authenticated: [additional details will be provided here] |
110 | Url Parameter Not Set |
111 | Invalid Url |
112 | Missing required parameter: [additional details will be provided here] |
113 | Invalid value for required parameter: [additional details will be provided here] |
120 | Rate Limited |
121 | You have exceeded your monthly request quota |
123 | Account disabled per violation of Terms and Conditions |
124 | Free plan rate limited (multiple accounts) |
125 | Free plan exceeded monthly request quota (multiple accounts) |
200 | Success |
201 | CMS/Host/Theme not detected |
202 | Requested Url Was Unavailable |
203 | Not a WordPress powered site |
204 | WordPress theme not found |
The following are deprecated features of our API and will be removed on the following dates
Description | Removal Date |
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The "request_web" field will be removed from all JSON responses | 2022-10-01 |
The "API/CMS" endpoint will be removed at a later date. Please use the "API/Tech" endpoint instead. | TBD |
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