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README.md

J1X Whois API

A simple WHOIS lookup API.

Based on the Whoiz by Jason Ormand application and usging the Ruby Whois gem.

How it works

Access the J1X Whois API and get a JSON response back.

Browser

http://whois.j1x.co
http://whois.j1x.co/lookup?url=google.com

curl

curl http://whois.j1x.co/lookup.json?url=google.com

Install

Clone

git clone git://gitlab.j1x.co/j1x/whois-server.git

Restrict It

Edit main.rb:

before do
  response['Access-Control-Allow-Origin'] = 'http://yourwebsite.com'
end

Or use * to allow any website to access the API.

Deploy It

heroku create
git push heroku master
heroku open

Development Resources

Tools

  • Rubular - a Ruby regular expression editor

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