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Google WHOIS deprecated for .app/.dev
Version(s) affected: 2.0.0-beta.9
Description
Searching for .app and .dev domains fails because Google's whois server is no longer active.
How to reproduce
import * as whoiser from 'whoiser';
async function lookup() {
const domainWhois = await whoiser.whoisDomain('get.dev')
console.log(domainWhois);
}
lookup();
This will output:
{
'whois.nic.google': { error: 'getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND whois.nic.google' }
}
Possible Solution
Instead, you should use their RDAP endpoint: https://pubapi.registry.google/rdap/domains?name=get.dev