namedaemon

Python client and command-line tool for NameDaemon, a free set of .com domain tools: availability, brandability scores, name ideas, extension costs, domain health and more. No API key, no dependencies.

pip install namedaemon

Needs Python 3.9 or newer.

Command line

namedaemon rate example
namedaemon ideas nova 10
namedaemon check nova novax mybrand
namedaemon tld nova com io ai
namedaemon tco io
namedaemon health example
namedaemon --json appraise example

python -m namedaemon ... works too. --json (before the command) prints the raw response.

Library

from namedaemon import NameDaemon

nd = NameDaemon()

r = nd.rate("example")
print(r["score"], r["verdict"])  # 95.5 Excellent

ideas = nd.ideas("nova", limit=10)["ideas"]
results = nd.check(["nova", "novax"])["results"]
cost = nd.tco("io", years=5)
health = nd.domain_health("example")

Every method returns the parsed JSON of the matching REST route. The package is typed (py.typed).

Errors and rate limits

The public API is free and shared, so it limits each visitor to roughly 20 requests a minute. Heavier routes count for more. When the limit is hit the client raises RateLimitError (with retry_after in seconds, 60 by default); pass retries=1 to wait and retry automatically. Other failures raise NameDaemonError with status, code and the server's message.

from namedaemon import NameDaemon, RateLimitError

nd = NameDaemon(timeout=20, retries=1)
try:
    nd.rate("example")
except RateLimitError as e:
    print(e.retry_after)

Please keep usage reasonable. For bulk work, see the paid plan at https://namedaemon.com.

Links

• Website and free tools: https://namedaemon.com
• Issues: https://github.com/krasenslavov/namedaemon-pypi/issues
• JavaScript version: npm install namedaemon
• Developer page: https://namedaemon.com/developers/

MIT license.