This is something that is definitely in the works - say a method to
extract your data in CSV format or something similar. Timelines for this
feature are not set.
Some RSPs are actually backending manage.cgi in such a manner to force
users to go through their systems. If you run your own database of
contact information this may not be particularly difficult.
In this instance I was just offering a solution, perhaps not the best one
- but given the current SRS system, on of the easier ones.
Another solution is to use Net:SSLeay and LWP to mine the RWI for
information as it sits. Have fun coding that one :) (regex's galore!)
Charles Daminato
TUCOWS Product Manager (ccTLDs)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Jim McAtee wrote:
> Is there a reason why OpenSRS couldn't just make WHOIS information available
> directly to RSPs through the API? The idea of keeping a front-end database
> to duplicate WHOIS info doesn't seem very sound. Why try to keep redundant
> data locally - especially data that can easily get out of synch? Since
> OpenSRS maintains it's own "Manage your domain" and a customer can also use
> the interface at another RSP, there's no gaurantee that the data in an RSP's
> customer database is going to match that in the WHOIS. If it were made
> available through the API, then you could require a login/password and only
> respond with the RSP's own customer domains, without worrying about someone
> mining the database.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles Daminato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Scott Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 6:20 PM
> Subject: Re: mining the opensrs whois.
>
>
> > This question should be posted directly to OpenSRS instead of the
> > discussion list... but...
> >
> > If you want to run a script against the whois server there's really little
> > we can do - however, how you use that information can be damaging to your
> > status as an RSP. I'll give you some advice that you may want to heed.
> >
> > 1) Make 100% sure you're only getting your own customer's information.
> > 2) Do it slowly. If you need the information, let it take a few days
> > instead of trying to suck it all at once. Say, do a query every 5 or 10
> > seconds.
> >
> > I don't recommend this method as a viable way of tracking your customer's
> > information - keeping a local database is far better for integrity,
> > especially if you can front end our manage.cgi with your own systems to
> > keep the data sets accurate.
> >
> > Charles Daminato
> > TUCOWS Product Manager (ccTLDs)
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Scott Goodman wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I would like to gather an updated list of my customer data. Given that
> > > we have no way of downloading current data from the RWI would OpenSRS
> > > have a problem if I ran a script to poll this information out of their
> > > whois server? This would be just for my own customers.
> > >
> > > I know some registrars are touchy about automated whois scripts, so I
> > > thought I'd ask first.
> > >
> > > Scott
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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