WhoisDomain as CLI command

example for fedora 37

sudo yum install whois
pip3 install whoisdomain
whoisdomain -d google.com

test domain: <<<<<<<<<< google.com >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
name               'google.com'
tld                'com'
registrar          'MarkMonitor, Inc.'
registrant_country 'US'
creation_date      1997-09-15 09:00:00
expiration_date    2028-09-13 09:00:00
last_updated       2019-09-09 17:39:04
status             'clientUpdateProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited)'
statuses           ['clientDeleteProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited)', 'clientTransferProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited)', 'clientUpdateProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited)', 'serverDeleteProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#serverDeleteProhibited)', 'serverTransferProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#serverTransferProhibited)', 'serverUpdateProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#serverUpdateProhibited)']
dnssec             False
name_servers       ['ns1.google.com', 'ns2.google.com', 'ns3.google.com', 'ns4.google.com']
registrant         'Google LLC'
emails             ['abusecomplaints@markmonitor.com', 'whoisrequest@markmonitor.com']

A short intro into the cli whoisdomain command

whoisdomain
    [ -h | --usage ]
        print this text and exit

    [ -V | --Version ]
        print the build version string
        and exit

    [ -S | --SupportedTld ]
        print all known top level domains
        and exit

    [ -a | --all]
        test all existing tld currently supported
        and exit

    [ -f <filename> | --file = <filename> " ]
        use the named file to test all domains (one domain per line)
        lines starting with # or empty lines are skipped, anything after the domain is ignored
        the option can be repeated to specify more then one file
        exits after processing all the files

    [ -D <directory> | --Directory = <directory> " ]
        use the named directory, ald use all files ending in .txt as files containing domains
        files are processed as in the -f option so comments and empty lines are skipped
        the option can be repeated to specify more then one directory
        exits after processing all the dirs

    [ -d <domain> | --domain = <domain> " ]
        only analyze the given domains
        the option can be repeated to specify more domain's

    [ -v | --verbose ]
        set verbose to True,
        verbose output will be printed on stderr only

    [ -j | --json ]
        print each result as json

    [ -I | --IgnoreReturncode ]
        sets the IgnoreReturncode to True,

    [ -p | --print ]
        also print text containing the raw output of the cli whois

    [ -R | --Ruleset ]
        dump the ruleset for the requested tld and exit
        should be combined with -d to specify tld's

    [ -C <file> | --Cleanup <file> ]
        read the input file specified and run the same cleanup as in whois.query,
        then exit

    # test two domains with verbose and IgnoreReturncode
    example: whoisdomain -v -I -d meta.org -d meta.com

    # test all supported tld's with verbose and IgnoreReturncode
    example: whoisdomain -v -I -a

    # test one specific file with verbose and IgnoreReturncode
    example: whoisdomain -v -I -f tests/ok-domains.txt

    # test one specific directory with verbose and IgnoreReturncode
    example: whoisdomain -v -I -D tests

example for Json output with the cli whoisdomain

    whoisdomain  -j -d hello.xyz | jq -r .

    {
      "name": "hello.xyz",
      "tld": "xyz",
      "registrar": "Namecheap",
      "registrant_country": "IS",
      "creation_date": "2014-03-20 15:01:22",
      "expiration_date": "2024-03-20 23:59:59",
      "last_updated": "2023-03-14 09:24:32",
      "status": "clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited",
      "statuses": [
        "clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited"
      ],
      "dnssec": false,
      "name_servers": [
        "dns1.registrar-servers.com",
        "dns2.registrar-servers.com"
      ],
      "registrant": "Privacy service provided by Withheld for Privacy ehf",
      "emails": [
        "abuse@namecheap.com"
      ]
    }