Re: [Bug-jwhois] jwhois is broken for .ES ccTLD

[Behnam Esfahbod]

Hey Mathieu,

Well, it's really hard to get a simple whois result in their new website. The only way I've been able to do it has been to do a domain search from their homepage (links below) and then click on the "Ver datos" on the registered names and answer the captcha question.

Spanish: http://www.dominios.es/dominios/

English: http://www.dominios.es/dominios/en/

Maybe you want to update jwhois to just point to one or both of these pages now.

I'm not aware of any other APIs supported, but looks like they're going into so much trouble to make it hard to check registration status. So, I wouldn't be surprised if they actually do not provide any other solutions.

Cheers,

-b

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 8:44 AM, Mathieu Lirzin <address@hidden> wrote:

Hello,

Behnam Esfahbod <address@hidden> writes:

> As you know, the .ES ccTLD does not provide a WHOIS server, and looks like the fallback web-based method you have in place is now broken, because of their changes. Thought I better report it.
>
> Here's a repro:
> ```
> $ jwhois behnam.es
> [Querying http://www.nic.es/cgi-bin/consulta.whois]
> Not Found
>
> The requested URL /cgi-bin/consulta.whois was not found on this server.
> ```

Apparently this web service is dead, I didn't find any replacement for
now.  Maybe you have more information than I do?

Thank you very much for reporting this bug.

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