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🌐 A simple command line whois client
https://github.com/sheepla/whois-cli
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🌐 A simple command line whois client
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/sheepla/whois-cli
- Owner: sheepla
- License: apache-2.0
- Created: 2023-01-07T08:10:35.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-10-11T23:20:03.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-06-20T09:13:21.724Z (6 months ago)
- Topics: cli, go-cli, whois, whois-cli, whois-client
- Language: Go
- Homepage:
- Size: 32.2 KB
- Stars: 21
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 6
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# 🌐 whois-cli
A simple command line [whois](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whois) client
## Features
- [x] Query the whois server and display the results in a table
- [x] Output the result in JSON format
- [x] Specifiable whois server to query - *EXPERIMENTAL*
## Usage
```
NAME:
whois - whois CLI
USAGE:
whois [global options] command [command options] DOMAIN SERVERS...
VERSION:
unknown-unknown
DESCRIPTION:
A whois command line client, to query domain owner information and retrieve results.
COMMANDS:
help, h Shows a list of commands or help for one command
GLOBAL OPTIONS:
--json, -j Output in JSON format (default: false)
--help, -h show help (default: false)
--version, -v print the version (default: false)
```
Specifying a domain name as an argument, owner information for that domain will be displayed.
```
$ whois github.com
::
:: DOMAIN
::
ITEM | VALUE
-----------------+---------------------------------
ID | 1264983250_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Domain | github.com
Punycode | github.com
Name | github
Extension | com
WhoisServer | whois.markmonitor.com
Status | clientdeleteprohibited
| clienttransferprohibited
| clientupdateprohibited
NameServers | dns1.p08.nsone.net
| dns2.p08.nsone.net
| dns3.p08.nsone.net
| dns4.p08.nsone.net
| ns-1283.awsdns-32.org
| ns-1707.awsdns-21.co.uk
| ns-421.awsdns-52.com
| ns-520.awsdns-01.net
DNSSec | false
CreatedDate | 2007-10-09T18:20:50Z
UpdatedDate | 2022-09-07T09:10:44Z
ExpirationDate | 2024-10-09T18:20:50Z
::
:: REGISTRAR
::
ITEM | VALUE
--------------+----------------------------------
ID | 292
Name | MarkMonitor Inc.
Phone | +1.2086851750
Email | [email protected]
ReferralURL | http://www.markmonitor.com
```
**EXPERIMENTAL**: By specifying the host name after the second argument, you can change the whois server to query.
```
whois DOMAIN SERVERS...
```
If you run it with the `-j` option, the results will be output in JSON format.
```
$ whois -j github.com
{
"domain": {
"id": "1264983250_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN",
"domain": "github.com",
"punycode": "github.com",
"name": "github",
"extension": "com",
"whois_server": "whois.markmonitor.com",
"status": [
"clientdeleteprohibited",
"clienttransferprohibited",
"clientupdateprohibited"
],
...
}
```
## Installation
You can download the executable binaries from the release page
> [latest release](https://github.com/sheepla/whois-cli/releases/latest)
To build from source, run the following:
```sh
go install github.com/sheepla/whois-cli@latest
```
## License
[Apache 2.0](https://github.com/sheepla/whois-cli/blob/master/LICENSE)
## Thanks
- [harakeishi/whris](https://github.com/harakeishi/whris) - the project that inspired
- [likexian/whois](https://github.com/likexian/whois) - the client library for whois
- [likexian/whois-parser](https://github.com/likexian/whois-parser) - the library to parse raw whois data
## Author
[sheepla](https://github.com/sheepla)