# Whois Object Last Updated

This data call returns information of when a certain object was last updated in the whois database.

/data/whois-object-last-updated/data.json

Key	Value	Info	Required
object	Object name	The exact object to query for	YES
type	Object type	Examples: aut-num, inetnum, person, etc	YES
source	Database source	RIPE or APNIC	YES
timestamp	ISO8601 or Unix timestamp	Defines the time for which to perform the query	NO
compare_with_live	true or false	When True (default), the version at the last changed time will be compared with the current live object and indicate if it's different. This will indicate whether there has been at least one modification between "query_time" and "now".	NO

Key	Info
last_updated	holds the time the object was last updated (before the query_time) in the specified Whois database
object	holds the object name the query was based on
query_time	holds the time the query was based on
same_as_live	indicates whether the object at "query_time" is identical to the current live object. Only applicable for RIPE DB objects. Possible values: "yes", "no" or null. null indicates there has been no comparison with the live object and it is therefore unknown. This can be because the mechanism is switched off ("compare_with_live" query option), or it's an object outside the RIPE database.