rdap-client

A RDAP client for Node.js built with typescript that uses the iana RDAP DNS database to lookup domain information.

Installation

Install via NPM

npm i rdap-client --save

or install via Yarn

yarn add rdap-client

Usage in code

Import the package and use it!

Javascript example:

// Javascript
const rdapClient = require("rdap-client")

async function rdapLookup(hostname) {
  return await rdapClient(hostname)
}

rdapLookup("https://www.google.com")

Typescript example:

// Typescript
import rdapClient from "rdap-client"

const rdapLookup = async (hostname) => await rdapClient(hostname)

rdapLookup("https://www.google.com")

Usage in CLI

$ yarn rdap-client https://google.com

or

$ npm run rdap-client https://google.com

Usage in CLI (as global)

1. Install via npm i rdap-client -g or yarn global add rdap-client

2. Execute on your terminal

$ rdap-client https://www.google.com

Response

JSON key	Description
objectClassName	The type of object being processed
handle	A unique identifier
ldhName	The domain name
links	Links to other resources on the internet
status	The state of the registered object
entities	The information of organizations, corporations, governments, non-profits, clubs, individual persons, and informal groups of people.
events	Events that occurred in the current object class
secureDNS	Information about the digital signing of resource records
nameservers	Information about the DNS nameservers
rdapConformance	Specifications used in the construction of the response
notices	Information notes about the RDAP service
remarks	Information notes about the current object class

Reference: RFC7483 - JSON Responses for the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)

Example Response

{
  objectClassName: 'domain',
  handle: '2138514_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN',
  ldhName: 'GOOGLE.COM',
  links: [
    {
      value: 'https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/GOOGLE.COM',
      rel: 'self',
      href: 'https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/GOOGLE.COM',
      type: 'application/rdap+json'
    },
    {
      value: 'https://rdap.markmonitor.com/rdap/domain/GOOGLE.COM',
      rel: 'related',
      href: 'https://rdap.markmonitor.com/rdap/domain/GOOGLE.COM',
      type: 'application/rdap+json'
    }
  ],
  status: [
    'client delete prohibited',
    'client transfer prohibited',
    'client update prohibited',
    'server delete prohibited',
    'server transfer prohibited',
    'server update prohibited'
  ],
  entities: [
    {
      objectClassName: 'entity',
      handle: '292',
      roles: [ 'registrar' ],
      publicIds: [ { type: 'IANA Registrar ID', identifier: '292' } ],
      vcardArray: [
        'vcard',
        [
          [ 'version', {}, 'text', '4.0' ],
          [ 'fn', {}, 'text', 'MarkMonitor Inc.' ]
        ]
      ],
      entities: [
        {
          objectClassName: 'entity',
          roles: [ 'abuse' ],
          vcardArray: [
            'vcard',
            [
              [ 'version', {}, 'text', '4.0' ],
              [ 'fn', {}, 'text', '' ],
              [ 'tel', { type: 'voice' }, 'uri', 'tel:+1.2086851750' ],
              [
                'email',
                {},
                'text',
                'abusecomplaints@markmonitor.com'
              ]
            ]
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  events: [
    { eventAction: 'registration', eventDate: '1997-09-15T04:00:00Z' },
    { eventAction: 'expiration', eventDate: '2028-09-14T04:00:00Z' },
    { eventAction: 'last changed', eventDate: '2019-09-09T15:39:04Z' },
    {
      eventAction: 'last update of RDAP database',
      eventDate: '2023-02-07T19:46:53Z'
    }
  ],
  secureDNS: { delegationSigned: false },
  nameservers: [
    { objectClassName: 'nameserver', ldhName: 'NS1.GOOGLE.COM' },
    { objectClassName: 'nameserver', ldhName: 'NS2.GOOGLE.COM' },
    { objectClassName: 'nameserver', ldhName: 'NS3.GOOGLE.COM' },
    { objectClassName: 'nameserver', ldhName: 'NS4.GOOGLE.COM' }
  ],
  rdapConformance: [
    'rdap_level_0',
    'icann_rdap_technical_implementation_guide_0',
    'icann_rdap_response_profile_0'
  ],
  notices: [
    {
      title: 'Terms of Use',
      description: [ 'Service subject to Terms of Use.' ],
      links: [
        {
          href: 'https://www.verisign.com/domain-names/registration-data-access-protocol/terms-service/index.xhtml',
          type: 'text/html'
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      title: 'Status Codes',
      description: [
        'For more information on domain status codes, please visit https://icann.org/epp'
      ],
      links: [ { href: 'https://icann.org/epp', type: 'text/html' } ]
    },
    {
      title: 'RDDS Inaccuracy Complaint Form',
      description: [
        'URL of the ICANN RDDS Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://icann.org/wicf'
      ],
      links: [ { href: 'https://icann.org/wicf', type: 'text/html' } ]
    }
  ]
}

Manually update the Top Level Domain (TLD) list

• Origin: https://data.iana.org/rdap/dns.json
• Status on the deployment of RDAP over the world: https://deployment.rdap.org/

# Updates the top level domain list from IANA
$ npm run update:rdap-servers

Credits

• This project was based on the freewhois project by Josh Terrill and the node-whois by Furqan Software

License

MIT