whois-2

npm i whois-2 --save

Why not whois?

This is a rewrite of the fantastic module whois by Ridwan.

Features:

• uses plain JS instead of CoffeeScript
• promises instead of callbacks
• optionally return json instead of plain text
• eliminates unnecessary dependencies (underscore.js)

Try it out

Test it out here.

The format is https://api-staging.namewhisk.com/{domain}

Usage

const whois = require('whois-2')

whois('youtube.com', { format: 'json' }).then(data => {
  console.log(data)
  { 
    domain_name: 'YOUTUBE.COM',
    registry_domain_id: '142504053_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN',
    registrar_whois_server: 'whois.markmonitor.com',
    registrar_url: 'http://www.markmonitor.com',
    updated_date: '2018-01-14T10:29:29Z',
    creation_date: '2005-02-15T05:13:12Z',
    registry_expiry_date: '2019-02-15T05:13:12Z',
    registrar: 'MarkMonitor Inc.',
    registrar_iana_id: '292',
    registrar_abuse_contact_email: '[email protected]',
    registrar_abuse_contact_phone: '+1.2083895740',
    domain_status:
    [ 'clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited',
      'clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited',
      'clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited',
      'serverDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#serverDeleteProhibited',
      'serverTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#serverTransferProhibited',
      'serverUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#serverUpdateProhibited' ],
    name_server:
    [ 'NS1.GOOGLE.COM',
      'NS2.GOOGLE.COM',
      'NS3.GOOGLE.COM',
      'NS4.GOOGLE.COM' ],
    dnssec: 'unsigned',
    url_of_the_icann_whois_inaccuracy_complaint_form: 'https://www.icann.org/wicf/'
  }
})