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Small powerful script to dump all .com's & their status into a db


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Hi all,

Thought this might be useful to someone, so I'm releasing it into the wild! It creates a database that looks like this:

post-176093-0-87487100-1322016228.png

Mod's: this is completely above-board... WHOIS is provided by InterNIC via port 43 for unlimited free lookups.

Enjoy! :D

CREATE TABLE `domains` (
  `domain` varchar(6) NOT NULL,
  `len` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL,
  `available` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL,
  `expires` date NOT NULL,
  `checked` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
  PRIMARY KEY (`domain`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

<?php
set_time_limit(0);

$dbhost = 'localhost';
$dbuser = 'foo';
$dbpass = 'bar';
$dbname = 'whois';

$dh = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass);
mysql_select_db($dbname);
for($i = 'aaa'; $i <= 'zzzz'; $i++)
{
$len = strlen($i);
if($conn = fsockopen ('whois.internic.net', 43))
{
  $output = NULL;
  fputs($conn, "domain $i.com\r\n");
  while(!feof($conn))
  {
   $output .= fgets($conn, 128);
  }
  fclose($conn);
}
if(strpos($output, 'No match for domain') !== FALSE)
  mysql_query("INSERT INTO `domains` VALUES ('$i', '$len', 1, '0000-00-00', NULL);") or die($i . ' - ' .mysql_error());
else
{
  preg_match('/Expiration Date: (.+?)\n/', $output, $expires);
  $expires = strtotime($expires[1]);
  $expires = date('Y-m-d', $expires);
  mysql_query("INSERT INTO `domains` VALUES ('$i', '$len', 0, '$expires', NULL);") or die($i . ' - ' .mysql_error());
}
}
mysql_close($dh);
?>

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Well this script finally finished going from aaa to zzzz in about 36 hours. None of the domains were available, but around 1500 of them have expired. I've attached the list of expired .com domains in Excel format if anyone wants it. Can't upload any file ending .csv, .xls, or .xlsx - wtf Neowin?!

They first go into a period of redemption, where the original owner can claim them back for about 80 days after it expires. Then they go into pendingDelete, and 5 calendar days later, they're free to whoever can claim them first!

Oh, and you can query any of these WHOIS servers via port 43:

http://www.nirsoft.net/whois-servers.txt

ac whois.nic.ac

ae whois.aeda.net.ae

aero whois.aero

af whois.nic.af

ag whois.nic.ag

al whois.ripe.net

am whois.amnic.net

as whois.nic.as

asia whois.nic.asia

at whois.nic.at

au whois.aunic.net

az whois.ripe.net

ba whois.ripe.net

be whois.dns.be

bg whois.register.bg

bi whois.nic.bi

biz whois.neulevel.biz

bj www.nic.bj

br whois.nic.br

bt whois.netnames.net

by whois.ripe.net

bz whois.belizenic.bz

ca whois.cira.ca

cat whois.cat

cc whois.nic.cc

cd whois.nic.cd

ch whois.nic.ch

ck whois.nic.ck

cl nic.cl

cn whois.cnnic.net.cn

co whois.nic.co

co.nl whois.co.nl

com whois.verisign-grs.com

coop whois.nic.coop

cx whois.nic.cx

cy whois.ripe.net

cz whois.nic.cz

de whois.denic.de

dk whois.dk-hostmaster.dk

dm whois.nic.cx

dz whois.nic.dz

edu whois.educause.net

ee whois.tld.ee

eg whois.ripe.net

es whois.ripe.net

eu whois.eu

fi whois.ficora.fi

fo whois.nic.fo

fr whois.nic.fr

gb whois.ripe.net

ge whois.ripe.net

gl whois.nic.gl

gm whois.ripe.net

gov whois.nic.gov

gr whois.ripe.net

gs whois.nic.gs

hk whois.hknic.net.hk

hm whois.registry.hm

hn whois2.afilias-grs.net

hr whois.ripe.net

hu whois.nic.hu

ie whois.domainregistry.ie

il whois.isoc.org.il

in whois.inregistry.net

info whois.afilias.info

int whois.isi.edu

iq vrx.net

ir whois.nic.ir

is whois.isnic.is

it whois.nic.it

je whois.je

jobs jobswhois.verisign-grs.com

jp whois.jprs.jp

kg whois.domain.kg

kr whois.nic.or.kr

la whois2.afilias-grs.net

li whois.nic.li

lt whois.domreg.lt

lu whois.restena.lu

lv whois.nic.lv

ly whois.lydomains.com

ma whois.iam.net.ma

mc whois.ripe.net

md whois.nic.md

me whois.nic.me

mil whois.nic.mil

mk whois.ripe.net

mobi whois.dotmobiregistry.net

ms whois.nic.ms

mt whois.ripe.net

mu whois.nic.mu

mx whois.nic.mx

my whois.mynic.net.my

name whois.nic.name

net whois.verisign-grs.com

nf whois.nic.cx

ng whois.nic.net.ng

nl whois.domain-registry.nl

no whois.norid.no

nu whois.nic.nu

nz whois.srs.net.nz

org whois.pir.org

pl whois.dns.pl

pr whois.nic.pr

pro whois.registrypro.pro

pt whois.dns.pt

ro whois.rotld.ro

ru whois.ripn.ru

sa saudinic.net.sa

sb whois.nic.net.sb

sc whois2.afilias-grs.net

se whois.nic-se.se

sg whois.nic.net.sg

sh whois.nic.sh

si whois.arnes.si

sk whois.sk-nic.sk

sm whois.nic.sm

st whois.nic.st

su whois.ripn.net

tc whois.adamsnames.tc

tel whois.nic.tel

tf whois.nic.tf

th whois.thnic.net

tj whois.nic.tj

tk whois.nic.tk

tl whois.domains.tl

tm whois.nic.tm

tn whois.ripe.net

to whois.tonic.to

tp whois.domains.tl

tr whois.nic.tr

travel whois.nic.travel

tw whois.twnic.net.tw

tv whois.nic.tv

tz whois.tznic.or.tz

ua whois.ua

uk whois.nic.uk

gov.uk whois.ja.net

us whois.nic.us

uy nic.uy

uz whois.cctld.uz

va whois.ripe.net

vc whois2.afilias-grs.net

ve whois.nic.ve

vg whois.adamsnames.tc

ws www.nic.ws

xxx whois.nic.xxx

yu whois.ripe.net

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Something like below... I don't have a domain I know is pending delete to test this on, but whatever it comes up with in the whois record should be where I've put 'pendingDelete' :)

if(strpos($output, 'No match for domain') !== FALSE)
  mysql_query("INSERT INTO `domains` VALUES ('$i', '$len', 1, '0000-00-00', NULL);") or die($i . ' - ' .mysql_error());
elseif(strpos($output, 'pendingDelete') !== FALSE)
  mysql_query("INSERT INTO `domains` VALUES ('$i', '$len', 2, '$expires', NULL);") or die($i . ' - ' .mysql_error());
else
{
  preg_match('/Expiration Date: (.+?)\n/', $output, $expires);
  $expires = strtotime($expires[1]);
  $expires = date('Y-m-d', $expires);
  mysql_query("INSERT INTO `domains` VALUES ('$i', '$len', 0, '$expires', NULL);") or die($i . ' - ' .mysql_error());
}

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Hi Alex,

How can I modify the script to search just for the domains with PendingDelete value? I mean to not search for all domains from "a" to "aaa..." but just for all the domains in the registrar database that have the Pending Delete value.

It is consuming too many resurces to go thru all the domain letter combinations. Can the script identify directly just the PendingDelete domains?

Thanks,

Dan

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