Getting WHOIS record data use case.
Sometimes as a webmaster you have to check WHOIS records for certain domain and there is a very useful online service for web developers and SEO professionals on "WhoisXML API" that
provides Domain & IP Data Intelligence for Greater Enterprise Security and RESTful APIs that we will use.
Using it's APIs you can perform many handy data requests, for example check WHOIS data of a certain domain name, an IP address, or an email address. You will need to register and get your personal API key.
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- Updated:
2024-12-20 by Andrey BRATUS, Senior Data Analyst.
This Python script below will use information from "WhoisXML API" and present it in text form as a output without the need to use a web browser.
Checking WHOIS data can be easily automated now !
Python code to check WHOIS record data:
import requests
# website = 'python-code.pro'
website = 'yandex.ru'
APIKEY ='at_ZUVkrukr4Uhhhsfq2j6dyv2VhFGWYV'
whois_url = f'https://www.whoisxmlapi.com/whoisserver/WhoisService?apiKey={APIKEY}&domainName={website}'
r = requests.get(whois_url)
whois_info = r.text.lower()
print(f'For {website} domain.')
print(f'\n Whois information: {whois_info}')
WHOIS record data output:
