NAME

Net::Whois::ARIN - client interface to the ARIN Whois server

SYNOPSIS

use Net::Whois::ARIN;

my $w = Net::Whois::ARIN->new(
            host    => 'whois.arin.net',
            port    => 43,
            timeout => 30,
        );

#  fetch raw whois output as a list
my $result = $w->query( '207.173.0.0' );

#  fetch raw whois output as a scalar
my @results = $w->query( 'NET-207-173-0-0-1' );

#  get Net::Whois::ARIN::Network records
my @output = $w->network( '207.173.0.0' );
foreach my $net (@output) {
    printf(
        "%s\t(%s)\t%s\n",
        $net->OrgName,
        $net->NetHandle,
        $net->NetRange,
    );
}

my($asn) = $w->asn( 5650 );
printf "AS5650 was assigned to %s\n", $asn->OrgName;
printf "The email address for AS5650's technical point of contact is %s\n", $asn->TechEmail;

my @contact = $w->contact('DM2339-ARIN');

my @contact_records = $w->domain('eli.net');

my @org = $w->organization('ELIX');

my @customers = $w->customer('ELIX');

DESCRIPTION

This module provides a Perl interface to the ARIN Whois server. The module takes care of connecting to an ARIN whois server, sending your whois requests, and parsing the whois output. The whois records are returned as lists of Net::Whois::ARIN::* instances.

METHODS

In the calling conventions below []'s represent optional parameters.

new - create a Net::Whois::ARIN object
my $o = Net::Whois::ARIN->new(
  [-hostname=> 'whois.arin.net',]
  [-port    => 43,]
  [-timeout => 45,]
);

This is the constuctor for Net::Whois::ARIN. The object returned can be used to query the whois database.

network - request a network record
my @records = $o->network('207.173.112.0');

This method requires a single argument. The argument indicates the network to use in the whois lookup. The method returns a list of Net::Whois::ARIN::Network records that matched your search criteria.

asn - request an ASN record
my @record = $o->asn(5650);

This method requires a single argument. The argument indicates the autonomous system number to us in the whois lookup. The method returns a list of Net::Whois::ARIN::AS objects.

organization - request an organization record
my @record = $w->org('ELIX');
customer - request a customer record
my @records = $w->customer('ELIX');
contact - request a point-of-contact record
my @record = $w->contact('DM2339-ARIN');
domain - request all records from a given domain
@output = $w->domain('eli.net');

SEE ALSO

Net::Whois::ARIN::AS

Net::Whois::ARIN::Network

Net::Whois::ARIN::Contact

Net::Whois::ARIN::Organization

Net::Whois::ARIN::Customer

AUTHOR

Todd Caine <todd at pobox.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2004 Todd Caine. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.