Making Use of Web Based (http, port 80) Whois in Domain Punch Pro and Watch My Domains Pro / ISP

Now you can make Domain Punch Pro and Watch My Domains obtain whois data from your own web based scripts.

Assume that your whois lookup page is at

http://www.yourdomain.com/whois?domain=example.com

You should enter the following in the whois setup dialog.

Whois Server: www.yourdomain.com
Port: 80
Comand Line: GET /whois?domain={D}

Please fill in the other settings like date format, search token, etc. based on the actual whois record data as returned by your script.

This will not work if the web based script uses authentication or a CAPTCHA input.

How to define http based proxy for a specific whois server.

This requires build 01-17-2010 or newer.

If you specify a proxy setting for a whois server, the software will use the http based script instead of directly connecting to the whois server. simply add an extra “http proxy” entry. The http proxy is specified as the full path to the script. Remember to leave all the other the settings for the whois server as it is.

This is useful if your ISP has been banned by a whois server. Upload a simple whois script to your web server and then use it to do the whois lookup. A sample whois script is available here.

Please remember to specify appropriate lookup intervals and connection counts in the software (Watch My Domains / Domain Punch Pro). If you do not obey the registrar whois lookup terms and conditions your IP will get banned and you will have difficulty doing lookups.

If you had downloaded this script earlier, please download again. We have made some changes to support lookup through specific whois servers.

Follow this procedure If you wish to setup proxy for registrar level whois servers (COM, Net, CC, TV that have different registry / registrar whois)

• First do a whois lookup for the domain with the default settings (no proxy defined). This will cause the software to find the registrar whois server for the domain.
• Then Right click on a domain and select “Whois Setup > Advanced Whois Settings” . Scroll down to the bottom to specify the alternate whois http path. An example “http proxy” entry would be
  
  http://www.softnik.net/admin/whois.php?domain={D}&server={S}
  
  This assumes that you have uploaded the sample PHP whois script to http://www.softnik.net/admin/. Change your host name accordingly. The entries {D} and {S} will be replaced by the software with the actual domain name and the whois server respectively.

Why would you need it?

If you have a special agreement with any registrar for access to their whois API, you can create your own (PHP/Python/any other) whois script and upload it to your server. Then use that script instead of accessing the port 43 whois server.