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Python whois utility which looks up records in the databases maintained by severa Network Information Centers (NICs). Functions exactly like the UNIX whois(1) utility.

Callable from the command-line, but also has an function entry point for calling from code.

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"""
Whois client for python

transliteration of:
http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/adv_cmds/adv_cmds-138.1/whois/whois.c

Copyright (c) 2010 Chris Wolf

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.

  Last edited by:  $Author$
              on:  $DateTime$
        Revision:  $Revision$
              Id:  $Id$
          Author:  Chris Wolf
"""
import sys
import socket
import optparse
#import pdb


class NICClient(object) :

    ABUSEHOST           = "whois.abuse.net"
    NICHOST             = "whois.crsnic.net"
    INICHOST            = "whois.networksolutions.com"
    DNICHOST            = "whois.nic.mil"
    GNICHOST            = "whois.nic.gov"
    ANICHOST            = "whois.arin.net"
    LNICHOST            = "whois.lacnic.net"
    RNICHOST            = "whois.ripe.net"
    PNICHOST            = "whois.apnic.net"
    MNICHOST            = "whois.ra.net"
    QNICHOST_TAIL       = ".whois-servers.net"
    SNICHOST            = "whois.6bone.net"
    BNICHOST            = "whois.registro.br"
    NORIDHOST           = "whois.norid.no"
    IANAHOST            = "whois.iana.org"
    GERMNICHOST         = "de.whois-servers.net"
    DEFAULT_PORT        = "nicname"
    WHOIS_SERVER_ID     = "Whois Server:"
    WHOIS_ORG_SERVER_ID = "Registrant Street1:Whois Server:"


    WHOIS_RECURSE       = 0x01
    WHOIS_QUICK         = 0x02

    ip_whois = [ LNICHOST, RNICHOST, PNICHOST, BNICHOST ]

    def __init__(self) :
        self.use_qnichost = False
        
    def findwhois_server(self, buf, hostname):
        """Search the initial TLD lookup results for the regional-specifc
        whois server for getting contact details.
        """
        nhost = None
        parts_index = 1
        start = buf.find(NICClient.WHOIS_SERVER_ID)
        if (start == -1):
            start = buf.find(NICClient.WHOIS_ORG_SERVER_ID)
            parts_index = 2
        
        if (start > -1):   
            end = buf[start:].find('\n')
            whois_line = buf[start:end+start]
            whois_parts = whois_line.split(':')
            nhost = whois_parts[parts_index].strip()
        elif (hostname == NICClient.ANICHOST):
            for nichost in NICClient.ip_whois:
                if (buf.find(nichost) != -1):
                    nhost = nichost
                    break
        return nhost
        
    def whois(self, query, hostname, flags):
        """Perform initial lookup with TLD whois server
        then, if the quick flag is false, search that result 
        for the region-specifc whois server and do a lookup
        there for contact details
        """
        #pdb.set_trace()
        s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        s.connect((hostname, 43))
        if (hostname == NICClient.GERMNICHOST):
            s.send("-T dn,ace -C US-ASCII " + query + "\r\n")
        else:
            s.send(query + "\r\n")
        response = ''
        while True:
            d = s.recv(4096)
            response += d
            if not d:
                break
        s.close()
        #pdb.set_trace()
        nhost = None
        if (flags & NICClient.WHOIS_RECURSE and nhost == None):
            nhost = self.findwhois_server(response, hostname)
        if (nhost != None):
            response += self.whois(query, nhost, 0)
        return response
    
    def choose_server(self, domain):
        """Choose initial lookup NIC host"""
        if (domain.endswith("-NORID")):
            return NICClient.NORIDHOST
        pos = domain.rfind('.')
        if (pos == -1):
            return None
        tld = domain[pos+1:]
        if (tld[0].isdigit()):
            return NICClient.ANICHOST
    
        return tld + NICClient.QNICHOST_TAIL
    
    def whois_lookup(self, options, query_arg, flags):
        """Main entry point: Perform initial lookup on TLD whois server, 
        or other server to get region-specific whois server, then if quick 
        flag is false, perform a second lookup on the region-specific 
        server for contact records"""
        nichost = None
        #pdb.set_trace()
        # this would be the case when this function is called by other then main
        if (options == None):                     
            options = {}
     
        if ( (not options.has_key('whoishost') or options['whoishost'] == None)
            and (not options.has_key('country') or options['country'] == None)):
            self.use_qnichost = True
            options['whoishost'] = NICClient.NICHOST
            if ( not (flags & NICClient.WHOIS_QUICK)):
                flags |= NICClient.WHOIS_RECURSE
            
        if (options.has_key('country') and options['country'] != None):
            result = self.whois(query_arg, options['country'] + NICClient.QNICHOST_TAIL, flags)
        elif (self.use_qnichost):
            nichost = self.choose_server(query_arg)
            if (nichost != None):
                result = self.whois(query_arg, nichost, flags)           
        else:
            result = self.whois(query_arg, options['whoishost'], flags)
            
        return result
#---- END OF NICClient class def ---------------------
    
def parse_command_line(argv):
    """Options handling mostly follows the UNIX whois(1) man page, except
    long-form options can also be used.
    """
    flags = 0
    
    usage = "usage: %prog [options] name"
            
    parser = optparse.OptionParser(add_help_option=False, usage=usage)
    parser.add_option("-a", "--arin", action="store_const", 
                      const=NICClient.ANICHOST, dest="whoishost",
                      help="Lookup using host " + NICClient.ANICHOST)
    parser.add_option("-A", "--apnic", action="store_const", 
                      const=NICClient.PNICHOST, dest="whoishost",
                      help="Lookup using host " + NICClient.PNICHOST)
    parser.add_option("-b", "--abuse", action="store_const", 
                      const=NICClient.ABUSEHOST, dest="whoishost",
                      help="Lookup using host " + NICClient.ABUSEHOST)
    parser.add_option("-c", "--country", action="store", 
                      type="string", dest="country",
                      help="Lookup using country-specific NIC")
    parser.add_option("-d", "--mil", action="store_const", 
                      const=NICClient.DNICHOST, dest="whoishost",
                      help="Lookup using host " + NICClient.DNICHOST)
    parser.add_option("-g", "--gov", action="store_const", 
                      const=NICClient.GNICHOST, dest="whoishost",
                      help="Lookup using host " + NICClient.GNICHOST)
    parser.add_option("-h", "--host", action="store", 
                      type="string", dest="whoishost",
                       help="Lookup using specified whois host")
    parser.add_option("-i", "--nws", action="store_const", 
                      const=NICClient.INICHOST, dest="whoishost",
                      help="Lookup using host " + NICClient.INICHOST)
    parser.add_option("-I", "--iana", action="store_const", 
                      const=NICClient.IANAHOST, dest="whoishost",
                      help="Lookup using host " + NICClient.IANAHOST)
    parser.add_option("-l", "--lcanic", action="store_const", 
                      const=NICClient.LNICHOST, dest="whoishost",
                      help="Lookup using host " + NICClient.LNICHOST)
    parser.add_option("-m", "--ra", action="store_const", 
                      const=NICClient.MNICHOST, dest="whoishost",
                      help="Lookup using host " + NICClient.MNICHOST)
    parser.add_option("-p", "--port", action="store", 
                      type="int", dest="port",
                      help="Lookup using specified tcp port")
    parser.add_option("-Q", "--quick", action="store_true", 
                     dest="b_quicklookup", 
                     help="Perform quick lookup")
    parser.add_option("-r", "--ripe", action="store_const", 
                      const=NICClient.RNICHOST, dest="whoishost",
                      help="Lookup using host " + NICClient.RNICHOST)
    parser.add_option("-R", "--ru", action="store_const", 
                      const="ru", dest="country",
                      help="Lookup Russian NIC")
    parser.add_option("-6", "--6bone", action="store_const", 
                      const=NICClient.SNICHOST, dest="whoishost",
                      help="Lookup using host " + NICClient.SNICHOST)
    parser.add_option("-?", "--help", action="help")

        
    return parser.parse_args(argv)
    
if __name__ == "__main__":
    flags = 0
    nic_client = NICClient()
    (options, args) = parse_command_line(sys.argv)
    if (options.b_quicklookup is True):
        flags = flags|NICClient.WHOIS_QUICK
    print nic_client.whois_lookup(options.__dict__, args[1], flags)

Refactored to collect global defs and functions into an object, "NICClient" for better integration into other code. (original 'C' code was not OO)

6 comments

Chris Wolf (author) 13 years, 8 months ago  # | flag

Tested to work with python-2.4 on MacOSX-10.5 and Windows XP

Vincent Koski 13 years ago  # | flag

Awesome recipe - worked perfectly - exactly the way the command line version works - no dependencies - much better than pywhois which cannot do Network whois lookups. Very easy to incorporate into any script and call the class directly.

Vincent Koski 13 years ago  # | flag

PS - tested with python 2.7.1 for mac, and 2.6 for windows.

Vincent Koski 12 years, 12 months ago  # | flag

In order to get the right NIC for reverse lookups (network WHOIS) - I had to make a few changes. Theres probably a better way to do this but basically I noticed that the class is designed to check ARIN for all network lookups - lookups done for a TLD which is a number (or IP address). Instead of modifying that class to know how to lookup differently, I modified the __main__ section to have a preliminary lookup, and then change whois servers in a second lookup if needed. This way you don't get email addresses like 'search-apnic-not-arin@whois.net' in the WHOIS information. Please advise as to improvements that could be recommended to improve the structure of the code - and the efficiency of the logic.

if __name__ == "__main__": flags = 0 nic_client = NICClient() (options, args) = parse_command_line(sys.argv) if (options.b_quicklookup is True): flags = flags|NICClient.WHOIS_QUICK prelim_lookup=nic_client.whois_lookup(options.__dict__, args[1], flags) #print prelim_lookup whoisserver_regex1='.WHOIS.' whoisserver_regex2='whois.[\w-][\w-.]+[a-zA-Z]{1,4}' whoisserver_line = re.findall(whoisserver_regex1,prelim_lookup) mywhoisservers = [] for i in whoisserver_line: whoisserver = re.findall(whoisserver_regex2,i,re.IGNORECASE) if whoisserver: mywhoisservers = mywhoisservers + whoisserver if mywhoisservers: for l in mywhoisservers: if l: l = l.lower() options.__dict__["whoishost"]=l print 'Changed to: ' + l nic_client = NICClient() if (options.b_quicklookup is True): flags = flags|NICClient.WHOIS_QUICK print nic_client.whois_lookup(options.__dict__, args[1], flags)

Vincent Koski 12 years, 12 months ago  # | flag
if __name__ == "__main__":
    flags = 0
    nic_client = NICClient()
    (options, args) = parse_command_line(sys.argv)
    if (options.b_quicklookup is True):
        flags = flags|NICClient.WHOIS_QUICK
    prelim_lookup=nic_client.whois_lookup(options.__dict__, args[1], flags)
    #print prelim_lookup
    whoisserver_regex1='.*WHOIS.*'
    whoisserver_regex2='whois\.[\w\-][\w\-\.]+[a-zA-Z]{1,4}'
    whoisserver_line = re.findall(whoisserver_regex1,prelim_lookup)
    mywhoisservers = []
    for i in whoisserver_line:
        whoisserver = re.findall(whoisserver_regex2,i,re.IGNORECASE)
    if whoisserver:
        mywhoisservers = mywhoisservers + whoisserver
    if mywhoisservers:
        for l in mywhoisservers:
            if l:
                l = l.lower()
                options.__dict__["whoishost"]=l
                print 'Changed to: ' + l
    nic_client = NICClient()
    if (options.b_quicklookup is True):
        flags = flags|NICClient.WHOIS_QUICK
    print nic_client.whois_lookup(options.__dict__, args[1], flags)
Vincent Koski 12 years, 12 months ago  # | flag

whoisserver_regex1='.whois://.' # this actually works much better