# Get name history

`GET https://api.unique.domains/v1/names/{name}/history`

The web history of one name as our bands: archive captures, authority band and language.

Every field is null when the name has no history row.

- Access: A member key (Founder or Investor) or a paid RapidAPI subscription to this API.
- Billing: One call.
- Plan: Investor plan. A Founder key answers 403 `plan_required`.
- Formats: JSON
- API: Domain Check API

## Request

| Field | Type | Needs | Where | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | string | Required | Path | A full domain name on an ending the catalog holds, lowercased, IDN as punycode. A bare word, a subdomain, an e-mail address or an unknown ending answers 400 `validation_failed` with `reason` and `suggestion`. |
| `fields` | string | Optional | Query | Comma-separated top-level keys to keep; an unknown key answers 400 `unsupported_field`. |

## Sample request

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.unique.domains/v1/names/get.plumbing/history" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_MEMBER_KEY"
```

## Response

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `hadWebsite` | boolean \| null |  |
| `firstCaptureYear` | integer \| null |  |
| `lastCaptureYear` | integer \| null |  |
| `captures` | integer \| null |  |
| `authorityBand` | string \| null |  |
| `language` | string \| null |  |

## Errors

| Code | Status | What it means |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [`validation_failed`](https://unique.domains/api/problems/validation_failed) | 400 | A value is not valid |
| [`keyed_only`](https://unique.domains/api/problems/keyed_only) | 403 | A paid subscription is required |
| [`rate_limited`](https://unique.domains/api/problems/rate_limited) | 429 | Too many requests |
| [`internal`](https://unique.domains/api/problems/internal) | 500 | Unexpected error |

## Example answer

200, application/json

```json
{
  "data": {
    "hadWebsite": true,
    "firstCaptureYear": 2009,
    "lastCaptureYear": 2024,
    "captures": 312,
    "authorityBand": null,
    "language": "en"
  },
  "meta": {
    "asOf": "2026-11-05T08:00:00Z",
    "cursor": null,
    "limit": null
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.unique.domains/v1/names/get.plumbing/history",
    "next": null,
    "register": null,
    "product": null,
    "dataset": null
  }
}
```

API status: https://uniquedomains.instatus.com

Full reference: https://unique.domains/api