Basic Parsed Whois Example

This sample invokes and displays the results of a DomainTools "Parsed Whois" via DXL.

For more information see:

https://www.domaintools.com/resources/api-documentation/parsed-whois/

Prerequisites

• The samples configuration step has been completed (see Samples Configuration)
• The DomainTools API DXL service is running (see Running)

Running

To run this sample execute the sample/basic/basic_parsed_whois_example.py script as follows:

python sample/basic/basic_parsed_whois_example.py

The output should appear similar to the following:

{
    "response": {
        "name_servers": [
            "NS1.P09.DYNECT.NET",
            "NS2.P09.DYNECT.NET",
            "NS3.P09.DYNECT.NET",
            "NS4.P09.DYNECT.NET"
        ],
        "parsed_whois": {
            "contacts": {
                "admin": {
                    "city": "SEATTLE",
                    "country": "US",
                    "email": "MEMBERSERVICES@DOMAINTOOLS.COM",
                    "fax": "12068389056",
                    "name": "DOMAIN ADMINISTRATOR",
                    "org": "DOMAINTOOLS, LLC",
                    "phone": "12068389035",
                    "postal": "98121",
                    "state": "WA",
                    "street": [
                        "2101 4TH AVE",
                        "SUITE 1150"
                    ]
                },
                "billing": {
                    "city": "",
                    "country": "",
                    "email": "",
                    "fax": "",
                    "name": "",
                    "org": "",
                    "phone": "",
                    "postal": "",
                    "state": "",
                    "street": []
                },
                "registrant": {
                    "city": "SEATTLE",
                    "country": "US",
                    "email": "MEMBERSERVICES@DOMAINTOOLS.COM",
                    "fax": "12068389056",
                    "name": "DOMAIN ADMINISTRATOR",
                    "org": "DOMAINTOOLS, LLC",
                    "phone": "12068389035",
                    "postal": "98121",
                    "state": "WA",
                    "street": [
                        "2101 4TH AVE",
                        "SUITE 1150"
                    ]
                },
                "tech": {
                    "city": "SEATTLE",
                    "country": "US",
                    "email": "MEMBERSERVICES@DOMAINTOOLS.COM",
                    "fax": "12068389056",
                    "name": "DOMAIN ADMINISTRATOR",
                    "org": "DOMAINTOOLS, LLC",
                    "phone": "12068389035",
                    "postal": "98121",
                    "state": "WA",
                    "street": [
                        "2101 4TH AVE",
                        "SUITE 1150"
                    ]
                }
            },
            "created_date": "1998-08-02T04:00:00+00:00",
            "domain": "domaintools.com",
            "expired_date": "2018-08-01T04:00:00+00:00",
            "name_servers": [
                "ns1.p09.dynect.net",
                "ns2.p09.dynect.net",
                "ns3.p09.dynect.net",
                "ns4.p09.dynect.net"
            ],
            "other_properties": {
                "dnssec": "unSigned",
                "registry_domain_id": "1697312_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN"
            },
            "registrar": {
                "abuse_contact_email": "abuse@enom.com",
                "abuse_contact_phone": "14252982646",
                "iana_id": "48",
                "name": "ENOM, INC.",
                "url": "www.enom.com",
                "whois_server": "whois.enom.com"
            },
            "statuses": [
                "clientTransferProhibited https://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited"
            ],
            "updated_date": "2017-07-03T00:43:03+00:00"
        },
        "record_source": "domaintools.com",
        "registrant": "DOMAINTOOLS, LLC",
        "registration": {
            "created": "1998-08-02",
            "expires": "2018-08-01",
            "registrar": "ENOM, INC.",
            "statuses": [
                "clientTransferProhibited"
            ],
            "updated": "2017-07-03"
        },
        "whois": {
            "date": "2017-07-17",
            "record": "Domain Name: DOMAINTOOLS.COM\nRegistry Domain ID: 1697312_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN\nRegistrar WHOIS Server:
            whois.enom.com\nRegistrar URL: www.enom.com\nUpdated Date: 2017-07-03T00:43:03.00Z\nCreation
            Date: 1998-08-02T04:00:00.00Z\nRegistrar Registration Expiration Date: 2018-08-01T04:00:00.00Z\nRegistrar:
            ..."
        }
    }
}

The received results are displayed.

Details

The majority of the sample code is shown below:

# Create the client
with DxlClient(config) as client:
    # Connect to the fabric
    client.connect()

    logger.info("Connected to DXL fabric.")

    request_topic = "/opendxl-domaintools/service/domaintools/parsed_whois"
    req = Request(request_topic)
    MessageUtils.dict_to_json_payload(req, {"query": "domaintools.com"})
    res = client.sync_request(req, timeout=30)
    if res.message_type != Message.MESSAGE_TYPE_ERROR:
        res_dict = MessageUtils.json_payload_to_dict(res)
        print(MessageUtils.dict_to_json(res_dict, pretty_print=True))
    else:
        print("Error invoking service with topic '{}': {} ({})".format(
            request_topic, res.error_message, res.error_code))

After connecting to the DXL fabric, a request message is created with a topic that targets the "parsed whois" method of the DomainTools API DXL service.

The next step is to set the payload of the request message. The contents of the payload include the query parameter to report on.

From the DomainTools Parsed Whois Documentation:

"The Parsed Whois API provides parsed information extracted from the raw Whois record. The API is optimized to quickly retrieve the Whois record, group important data together and return a well-structured format. The Parsed Whois API is ideal for anyone wishing to search for, index, or cross-reference data from one or multiple Whois records."

The final step is to perform a synchronous request via the DXL fabric. If the response message is not an error its contents are formatted and displayed.