WHOIS Query using Python You can use the following Python code to query the DNS registration information of a given URL. This code connects to various WHOIS servers to obtain information such as the owner of a domain, registration date, last updated date and expiration date.

Usage Enter the website address for which you want to perform a WHOIS query on the url variable. Run the code.

python $ python whois.py Enter website url for whois query: www.example.com

Dependencies This code requires the socket library to function.

Example Output The following example shows the output from a WHOIS query performed on google.com.

Registrant Name: DNS Admin Registrant Organization: Google Inc. Registrant Street: 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Registrant City: Mountain View Registrant State/Province: CA Registrant Postal Code: 94043 Registrant Country: US Registrant Phone: +1.6502530000 Registrant Phone Ext: Registrant Fax: +1.6506188571 Registrant Fax Ext: Registrant Email: [email protected] Registry Admin ID: Not Available From Registry Admin Name: Domain Admin Admin Organization: Google Inc. Admin Street: Please contact [email protected], 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Admin City: Mountain View Admin State/Province: CA Admin Postal Code: 94043 Admin Country: US Admin Phone: +1.6502530000 Admin Phone Ext: Admin Fax: +1.6506188571 Admin Fax Ext: Admin Email: [email protected] Registry Tech ID: Not Available From Registry Tech Name: DNS Admin Tech Organization: Google Inc. Tech Street: 2400 E. Bayshore Pkwy Tech City: Mountain View Tech State/Province: CA Tech Postal Code: 94043 Tech Country: US Tech Phone: +1.6503300100 Tech Phone Ext: Tech Fax: +1.6506181499 Tech Fax Ext: Tech Email: [email protected] Name Server: ns1.google.com Name Server: ns2.google.com Name Server: ns3.google.com Name Server: ns4.google.com DNSSEC: unsigned URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/