Checking a list of domain names to see if they've expired using client-side code

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I have a list of domain names. I can get this list in multiple formats, such as XML, HTML, CSV etc.

I want to be able to use client-side code to check if the domain names in the list have expired.

Does anyone have any suggestion how that could be done? I have seen various links to the WhoISXML API in other stackoverflow questions, but i require the service to be free.

Any ideas if this is even doable?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 29 '11 at 07:36

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There are several client side libraries. If you use Linux, give the Linux whois library a try.

I'm also the maintainer of a whois library, written in the Ruby programming language.

answered Jun 29 '11 at 07:36

Simone Carletti

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Thanks for responding. Unfortunately i'm running a windows environment. Do you have anything that might be javascript based? – Khuram Malik Jun 29 '11 at 16:18

Checking a list of domain names to see if they've expired using client-side code

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