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::Organization
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.