Check Domain Availability from Rails

Question

I'm trying to check domain name availability from my Rails app. Is there a good (free) API to do this with?

I'm interested in this as well. good question – jaydel Jun 27 '11 at 14:13 — jaydel, Jun 27 '11 at 14:13

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 27 '11 at 14:39

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There's a whois client for Ruby on Github that seems to be updated regularly:

The API doesn't look bad, either.

answered Jun 27 '11 at 14:39

Rafe

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 27 '11 at 14:48

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You can do this (and many other operations) using dnsimple

But it's not free, it starts at $3/month with a 30 days free trial.

answered Jun 27 '11 at 14:48

Evgeny Shadchnev

You should be able to do a domain availability check with DNSimple even without creating an account or an API key. – Sahas Katta Sep 03 '12 at 06:15

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