Scripting languages have modules that can parse many registrar whois formats. However, most are incomplete due to the plurality of output formats as stated above. I, and i suspect many others, wouls *love* to see a more concrete key value format drafted and enforced by ICANN.
-AK On Jan 7, 2015 12:26 PM, "Rubens Kuhl" <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is not the response I was looking for (and reading the RFC makes > > me feel even worse). > > > > Is there a better mechanism for querying NICs for host/owner information? > > > > There will be, one day. And the start (although not the whole journey) will > be when this I-D follows the standard path all the way to STD: > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-weirds-rdap-query-18.html > > > Rubens >
