Basic Whois Lookup Example

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

For more information see:
https://www.domaintools.com/resources/api-documentation/whois-lookup/

Prerequisites

Running

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

python sample/basic/basic_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"
        ],
        "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"
            "...."
        }
    }
}

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/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 "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 Whois Lookup Documentation:

"The Whois Lookup API provides the ownership record for a domain name or IP address with basic registration details."

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.