availability string for whois.domainregistry.ie

[byronyasgur]

does anybody know it - i have been trying for ages - i can get basically any domain in the world but not our own one

i think i'm right that the server is whois.domainregistry.ie

i have tried for the avail string all the usuals no match, no entries found ,free etc

any help gratefully rec.IE.ved


{sorry just read post and i think it might be unclear - i am trying to get a script working to check domain availability }

 

[jmcc]

does anybody know it - i have been trying for ages - i can get basically any domain in the world but not our own one

i think i'm right that the server is whois.domainregistry.ie

i have tried for the avail string all the usuals no match, no entries found ,free etc

any help gratefully rec.IE.ved


{sorry just read post and i think it might be unclear - i am trying to get a script working to check domain availability }

Try "Not Registered"

Regards...jmcc

 

[byronyasgur]

thanks so much - have been messing with that most of the evening -

 

[jmcc]

thanks so much - have been messing with that most of the evening -

That's the command line whois result. It appears in the whois webpage as well but you may have to do a bit of regexp parsing. I think that each line for the whois result starts with a % character so this could be added to the string as well.

Regards...jmcc

 

[mneylon]

"not registered" should work fine.

Which script are you using?

I wouldn't bother writing a whois script since there are so many available already

On a sidenote .. Unless you are careful you will get your IP banned from the IEDR's whois.

 

[byronyasgur]

On a sidenote .. Unless you are careful you will get your IP banned from the IEDR's whois.

is there a max no of requests or something ??


have adapted microWhois

 

[mneylon]

is there a max no of requests or something ??

Yes

 

[Spiralli]

What is the limit? I'm using a script for this, but would be issuing only a few requests a day most of the time.

 

[mneylon]

You'd have to talk to the IEDR about limits etc.,

FYI - most registries have limits.

 

[byronyasgur]

i see you have a script on your own site, do you mind me asking - do have some way of checking if an ip is abusing the script or ...... ???

 

[mneylon]

You wouldn't get too far trying to abuse ours

 

[byronyasgur]

You wouldn't get too far trying to abuse ours

not that i'm planning to or anything