whois-light/examples/simpleLookup.js

Lightweight and performant WHOIS client supporting hundreds of TLDs

const WhoisLight = require("../index.js");

// The domain we want to query, and options for the whois server
const domain = "google.com";

// Additional options to the query
const options = {
  // Whether or not we return a parsed key/value of the whois results
  format: true,

  // Set timeout to 10 seconds
  timeout: 10000,

  // Set the whois port, default is 43
  port: 43,
};

(async () => {
  try {
    // Fetching whois information from server
    const whoisResults = await WhoisLight.lookup(options, domain);

    // Printing some information about this domain. Including the name, the
    // registar, when it is dur to expire, and the email address for reporting
    // abuse.
    console.log(
      `The domain ${whoisResults[
        "Domain Name"
      ].toLowerCase()} is registered with ${whoisResults["Registrar"]}`
    );
    console.log(
      `Domain is due to expire, ${whoisResults["Registry Expiry Date"]}`
    );
    console.log(
      `For abuse please contact, ${whoisResults["Registrar Abuse Contact Email"]}`
    );
  } catch {
    console.log("Failed to query whois information");
    console.log("Ensure a network connection is established.");
  }
})();