ipwhois¶
ipwhois is a Python package focused on retrieving and parsing whois data for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
Attention
NIR (National Internet Registry) lookups are now enabled by default. This is currently only performed for JPNIC and KRNIC addresses. To disable, set inc_nir=False in your IPWhois.lookup_*() query.
Attention
The ‘nets’ -> ‘emails’ key in IPWhois.lookup_whois() has been changed from a ‘\n’ separated string to a list.
Important
RDAP (IPWhois.lookup_rdap()) is the recommended query method as of v0.11.0. If you are upgrading from earlier than 0.11.0, please see the upgrade info.
Note
If you are experiencing latency issues, it is likely related to rate limiting. Profiling the tests, I see most time spent attributed to network latency. Rate limiting is based on your source IP, which may be a problem with multiple users behind the same proxy. Additionally, LACNIC implements aggressive rate limiting. Bulk query optimization is on the roadmap (https://github.com/secynic/ipwhois/issues/134)
Features¶
- Parses a majority of whois fields in to a standard dictionary
- IPv4 and IPv6 support
- Supports RDAP queries (recommended method, see: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7483)
- Proxy support for RDAP queries
- Supports legacy whois protocol queries
- Referral whois support for legacy whois protocol
- Recursive network parsing for IPs with parent/children networks listed
- National Internet Registry support for JPNIC and KRNIC
- Python 2.6+ and 3.3+ supported
- Useful set of utilities
- BSD license
- 100% core code coverage (See ‘# pragma: no cover’ for exclusions)
- Human readable field translations
- Full CLI for IPWhois with optional ANSI colored console output.
Installing¶
Latest release from PyPi:
pip install --upgrade ipwhois
GitHub - Stable:
pip install -e git+https://github.com/secynic/ipwhois@master#egg=ipwhois
GitHub - Dev:
pip install -e git+https://github.com/secynic/ipwhois@dev#egg=ipwhois
Firewall Ports¶
ipwhois needs some outbound firewall ports opened from your host/server.
ASN (DNS): | 53/tcp |
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ASN (Whois): | 43/tcp |
ASN (HTTP): | 80/tcp 443/tcp (Pending) |
RDAP (HTTP): | 80/tcp 443/tcp (Pending) |
Legacy Whois: | 43/tcp |
Get Host: | 43/tcp |
API¶
IPWhois (main class)¶
ipwhois.IPWhois is the base class for wrapping RDAP and Legacy Whois lookups. Instantiate this object, then call one of the lookup functions:
RDAP (HTTP) - IPWhois.lookup_rdap() OR Legacy Whois - IPWhois.lookup_whois()
Input¶
Key | Type | Description |
address | String | An IPv4 or IPv6 address as a string, integer, IPv4Address, or IPv6Address. |
timeout | Int | The default timeout for socket connections in seconds. |
proxy_opener | Object | The urllib.request.OpenerDirector request for proxy support or None. |
allow_permutations | Bool | Allow net.Net() to use additional methods if DNS lookups to Cymru fail. |
RDAP (HTTP)¶
IPWhois.lookup_rdap() is the recommended lookup method. RDAP provides a far better data structure than legacy whois and REST lookups (previous implementation). RDAP queries allow for parsing of contact information and details for users, organizations, and groups. RDAP also provides more detailed network information.
RDAP documentation:
Legacy Whois¶
IPWhois.lookup() is deprecated as of v0.12.0 and will be removed. Legacy whois lookups were moved to IPWhois.lookup_whois().
Legacy Whois documentation:
National Internet Registries¶
This library now supports NIR lookups for JPNIC and KRNIC. Previously, Whois and RDAP data for Japan and South Korea was restricted. NIR lookups scrape these national registries directly for the data restricted from regional internet registries. NIR queries are enabled by default via the inc_nir argument in the IPWhois.lookup_*() functions.
IP Reputation Support¶
This feature is under consideration. Take a look at TekDefense’s Automater:
Domain Support¶
There are no plans for domain whois support in this project.
Look at Sven Slootweg’s python-whois for a library with domain support.
Special Thanks¶
Thank you JetBrains for the PyCharm open source support!