README

This is a client library for the Whois API service. With this API you can

• Check if a domain name is available
• Get its whois data or query an arbitrary whois server
• Don't worry about rate limits on the respective whois server

The service supports all domains of the Whois Server list, which is more than 500 top level domains.

Installation

Use Composer:

composer require whois-server-list/whois-api

Usage

You'll need an api key to use this library. Get one from the Whois API.

$whoisApi = new whoisServerList\WhoisApi("apiKey");

• WhoisApi::isAvailable() checks if a domain name is available.
• WhoisApi::areAvailable() checks multiple domain names if they are available.
• WhoisApi::whois() returns the whois data of a domain.
• WhoisApi::query() queries an arbitrary whois server.
• WhoisApi::domains() Lists all top and second level domains which can be used by the Whois API.

Example

$whoisApi = new whoisServerList\WhoisApi("apiKey");
echo $whoisApi->isAvailable("example.net") ? "available" : "registered";

License and authors

This project is free and under the WTFPL. Responsable for this project is Markus Malkusch markus@malkusch.de.