diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 58085df..df10c7b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@pushrocks/smartrequest": "^2.0.15",
     "@pushrocks/smarturl": "^3.0.6",
+    "@tsclass/tsclass": "^4.0.38",
     "tldts": "^6.0.3",
     "whoiser": "^1.16.0"
   },
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 4819b8d..b3b6a50 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ dependencies:
   '@pushrocks/smarturl':
     specifier: ^3.0.6
     version: 3.0.6
+  '@tsclass/tsclass':
+    specifier: ^4.0.38
+    version: 4.0.38
   tldts:
     specifier: ^6.0.3
     version: 6.0.3
@@ -482,7 +485,7 @@ packages:
       '@pushrocks/smartrequest': 2.0.15
       '@pushrocks/smartsitemap': 2.0.1
       '@pushrocks/smarttime': 4.0.1
-      '@tsclass/tsclass': 4.0.34
+      '@tsclass/tsclass': 4.0.38
       '@types/compression': 1.7.2
       '@types/cors': 2.8.13
       '@types/express': 4.17.17
@@ -656,7 +659,7 @@ packages:
       '@pushrocks/smartpromise': 3.1.7
       '@pushrocks/smartpuppeteer': 2.0.2
       '@pushrocks/smartunique': 3.0.3
-      '@tsclass/tsclass': 4.0.34
+      '@tsclass/tsclass': 4.0.38
       '@types/express': 4.17.17
       express: 4.18.2
       pdf-merger-js: 3.4.0
@@ -934,11 +937,10 @@ packages:
       type-fest: 2.19.0
     dev: true
 
-  /@tsclass/tsclass@4.0.34:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-Fk4y/cKfzAjq+9HcsR/CRvWDn7ERrKxd75oPVASrfjECyA/Mf7zDKbPfLwZyAq4zk4abkg1RydfNjQWRLXHdTA==}
+  /@tsclass/tsclass@4.0.38:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-dwxW8MkmAAi8BYO//yYLb0x01BqtUh3kN6t5pq163GEMBYZ9pNSLs/7cafQFPX1/Ia9gknlOphYH0uYZwJET/g==}
     dependencies:
-      type-fest: 3.7.2
-    dev: true
+      type-fest: 3.8.0
 
   /@tsconfig/node10@1.0.9:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-jNsYVVxU8v5g43Erja32laIDHXeoNvFEpX33OK4d6hljo3jDhCBDhx5dhCCTMWUojscpAagGiRkBKxpdl9fxqA==}
@@ -4269,10 +4271,9 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>=12.20'}
     dev: true
 
-  /type-fest@3.7.2:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-f9BHrLjRJ4MYkfOsnC/53PNDzZJcVo14MqLp2+hXE39p5bgwqohxR5hDZztwxlbxmIVuvC2EFAKrAkokq23PLA==}
+  /type-fest@3.8.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-FVNSzGQz9Th+/9R6Lvv7WIAkstylfHN2/JYxkyhhmKFYh9At2DST8t6L6Lref9eYO8PXFTfG9Sg1Agg0K3vq3Q==}
     engines: {node: '>=14.16'}
-    dev: true
 
   /type-is@1.6.18:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-TkRKr9sUTxEH8MdfuCSP7VizJyzRNMjj2J2do2Jr3Kym598JVdEksuzPQCnlFPW4ky9Q+iA+ma9BGm06XQBy8g==}
diff --git a/test/test.ts b/test/test.ts
index 8478286..0f4ea38 100644
--- a/test/test.ts
+++ b/test/test.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ tap.test('should create a valid instance of SmartWhois', async () => {
 });
 
 tap.test('should get a parsed url result for whois', async () => {
-  const parsedUrlResult = await testSmartWhois.getParsedUrlResultForWhois('https://coffee.link/understanding-gen-z/');
+  const parsedUrlResult = await testSmartWhois.getDomainDelegation('https://coffee.link/understanding-gen-z/');
   console.log(parsedUrlResult);
-  const parsedUrlResult2 = await testSmartWhois.getParsedUrlResultForWhois('task.vc');
+  const parsedUrlResult2 = await testSmartWhois.getDomainDelegation('task.vc');
   console.log(parsedUrlResult2);
 });
 
diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 29318ef..453f541 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@pushrocks/smartwhois',
-  version: '1.0.12',
+  version: '1.0.13',
   description: 'a package for dealing with whois requests'
 }
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index 6fef100..60c64ab 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class SmartWhois {
   /**
    * can be used to prepare an input for the whois command
    */
-  public async getParsedUrlResultForWhois(urlArg: string) {
+  public async getDomainDelegation(urlArg: string): Promise<plugins.tsclass.network.IDomainDelegation> {
     if (!urlArg.includes('//')) {
       urlArg = `https://${urlArg}`;
     }
@@ -53,12 +53,13 @@ export class SmartWhois {
       domain: tldtsData.domain,
       publicSuffix: tldtsData.publicSuffix,
       subdomain: tldtsData.subdomain,
+      domainWithoutSuffix: tldtsData.domainWithoutSuffix,
     }
   }
 
   public async getAdditionalWhoisDataForDomain(domainArg: string) {
     if (domainArg.includes('//')) {
-      const parsedUrlResult = await this.getParsedUrlResultForWhois(domainArg);
+      const parsedUrlResult = await this.getDomainDelegation(domainArg);
       domainArg = parsedUrlResult.fullDomain;
     }
 
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ export class SmartWhois {
 
   public async getWhoisForDomain(domainArg: string): Promise<IWhoisInfo> {
     if (domainArg.includes('//')) {
-      const parsedUrlResult = await this.getParsedUrlResultForWhois(domainArg);
+      const parsedUrlResult = await this.getDomainDelegation(domainArg);
       domainArg = parsedUrlResult.fullDomain;
     }
     const whoisInfo = await plugins.whoiser.domain(domainArg);
diff --git a/ts/smartwhois.plugins.ts b/ts/smartwhois.plugins.ts
index a020108..fa74412 100644
--- a/ts/smartwhois.plugins.ts
+++ b/ts/smartwhois.plugins.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+// @tsclass scope
+import * as tsclass from '@tsclass/tsclass';
+
+export {
+  tsclass,
+}
+
 // pushrocks scope
 import * as smarturl from '@pushrocks/smarturl';
 import * as smartrequest from '@pushrocks/smartrequest';