WHOIS client for Node that returns raw whois data.
If you would like nicely parsed whois data you should consider using https://github.com/moneals/whois-parsed
This was rewritten in javascript based off code at https://github.com/FurqanSoftware/node-whois
$ npm install -g whois
whois [options] address
Options:
-s, --server whois server [default: null]
-f, --follow number of times to follow redirects [default: 0]
-p, --proxy SOCKS proxy [default: null]
-v, --verbose show verbose results [default: false]
-b, --bind bind to a local IP address [default: null]
-h, --help display this help message [default: false]
$ npm install whois
var whois = require('whois')
whois.lookup('google.com', function(err, data) {
console.log(data)
})You may pass an object in between the address and the callback function to tweak the behavior of the lookup function:
{
"server": "", // this can be a string ("host:port") or an object with host and port as its keys; leaving it empty makes lookup rely on servers.json
"follow": 2, // number of times to follow redirects
"timeout": 0, // socket timeout, excluding this doesn't override any default timeout value
"verbose": false // setting this to true returns an array of responses from all servers
"bind": null // bind the socket to a local IP address
"proxy": { // (optional) SOCKS Proxy
host: '118.190.206.111',
port: 9999,
userId: "optional",
password: "optional",
type: 5, // or 4
}
}npm test
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