Whois.dll faq

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Make sure that the "WhoisLicense.xml" file is in the run folder of your application (AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory).

Visual Studio 2005

In Visual Studio 2005 you can add "WhoisLicense.xml" file to your project, so it'll be always copied to your output directory:

1. Right click on your project in VisualStudio in Solution Explorer.
2. Click "Add" then "Existing item..."
3. In "Files of type:" combo choose "All Files (*.*)".
4. Browse to "WhoisLicense.xml" file and click "Add" button.
5. Right click on "WhoisLicense.xml" file in Solution Explorer and click "Properties".
6. On Properties pane change "Copy to Output Directory" option to "Copy always".

ASP.NET and ASP.NET 2.0 and WebServices

"WhoisLicense.xml" should be in the root folder of your web application (the folder with the "web.config" file).

Visual Studio 2003

In Visual Studio 2003 you should copy this file manually. In case of Example1 project this path should be:

• "Example1\bin\Debug" in debug mode
• "Example1\bin\Release" in release mode.

Do not change this file in anyway.

Whois is a TCP-based query/response protocol which is widely used for querying a database in order to determine the owner of a domain name, an IP address, or an autonomous system number on the Internet.

First you have to add reference to Whois.dll in your project. See MSDN How to.
using Lesnikowski.Whois.Client; static void Main(string[] args) { WhoisPath path = new WhoisPath(); //path.StartServer = "whois.internic.net"; string domain = "shareit.com"; try { WhoisResponse[] responses = path.Query(domain); foreach (WhoisResponse response in responses) { Console.WriteLine("=========================="); Console.WriteLine(response.Server); for (int i = 0; i < response.Length; i++) Console.WriteLine( response[i] ); } } catch (ServerException ex) { Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); } }

using Lesnikowski.Whois.Client; static void Main(string[] args) { Whois whois = new Whois(); //path.StartServer = "whois.internic.net"; string domain = "shareit.com"; try { WhoisResponse response = whois.Query(domain); Console.WriteLine(response.Server); for (int i = 0; i < response.Length; i++) Console.WriteLine( response[i] ); } catch (ServerException ex) { Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); } }

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