README.md

Prompt API - Whois API - Python Package

pa-whois is a python wrapper for whois api

Requirements

1. You need to signup for Prompt API
2. You need to subscribe whois api, test drive is free!!!
3. You need to set PROMPTAPI_TOKEN environment variable after subscription.

then;

$ pip install pa-whois

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Example Usage

Let’s try with check endpoint:

from whois import Whois

who = Whois()
who.check('promptapi.com')
# returns dict
# {'result': 'registered', 'status': 200}

# or
check_result = who.check('promptapi.com')
print(check_result)
# {'result': 'registered', 'status': 200}

who.check('promptapi.comaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa')
# {'error': 'TLD not supported', 'status': 400}

who.check('promptapi-testing-domain.com') 
# {'result': 'available', 'status': 200}

Now, let’s try with query endpoint:

from whois import Whois

who = Whois()
who.query('promptapi-testing-domain.com')
# {'error': 'No match for promptapi-testing-domain.com', 'status': 404}

who.query('promptapi.com')
#{'result': {'domain_name': 'PROMPTAPI.COM',
#  'registrar': 'NameCheap, Inc.',
#  'whois_server': 'whois.namecheap.com',
#  'referral_url': None,
#  'updated_date': '2020-05-27 22:19:36',
#  'creation_date': '2020-04-19 15:11:52',
#  'expiration_date': '2021-04-19 15:11:52',
#  'name_servers': ['APOLLO.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM', 'MARJORY.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM'],
#  'status': 'clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited',
#  'emails': '[email protected]',
#  'dnssec': 'unsigned',
#  'name': None,
#  'org': None,
#  'address': None,
#  'city': None,
#  'state': None,
#  'zipcode': None,
#  'country': None},
# 'status': 200}

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License

This project is licensed under MIT

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Contributer(s)

• Prompt API - Creator, maintainer

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Contribute

All PR’s are welcome!

1. fork (https://github.com/promptapi/whois-py/fork)
2. Create your branch (git checkout -b my-feature)
3. commit yours (git commit -am 'Add awesome features...')
4. push your branch (git push origin my-feature)
5. Than create a new Pull Request!

This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

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