Apify Domain Inspector Webhook for n8n: Slack & Google Sheets

Instant DNS & Email Routing Snapshot from a Webhook (Apify Domain Inspector + n8n)

Get a consistent JSON response for any domain, URL, or email address: this n8n workflow exposes a POST webhook that runs the Apify Domain Inspector actor and returns normalized DNS and mail routing signals—ready to plug into your Slack alerts, analytics, or Google Sheets tracking.

What this workflow does

This workflow helps you turn messy inputs into a clean, validated hostname, then fetches domain intelligence and returns a predictable structure:

• Receives a POST request on the workflow’s webhook endpoint (or you can run a manual test with a sample request body).
• Extracts and normalizes input from a domain, full url, or email into a validated hostname.
• Calls Apify by running the actor dami_studio~domain-inspector and retrieving the resulting dataset.
• Returns a fixed JSON snapshot including fields such as ok, resolves, accepts_mail, mail_provider, mx_hosts, and is_free_provider.

Use cases

• SaaS onboarding checks: verify a customer’s email domain routing signals (e.g., MX hosts and whether it accepts mail).
• Lead qualification: detect whether a domain appears to be a free provider using is_free_provider.
• Security & hygiene: validate inputs from forms or outreach pipelines before further automation.
• Operational visibility: log results to Google Sheets and notify teams in Slack.

Technical details

• n8n webhook endpoint: POST JSON to /lookup/domain.
• Apify credential required (API token) to run actors.
• Apify actor: dami_studio~domain-inspector.
• Nodes / components used include: Code, Webhook, Slack, Google Sheets, Sticky Note, and Apify (apifyn8n-nodes-apify).

After activation, copy the production webhook URL and POST JSON containing domain, url, or email to receive the normalized, DNS/email routing JSON response.