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I've seen a few of these domain name generators / suggestion tools, and always wonder how they verify that the domain names are available? I've yet to find an A
by mdwrigh2 16y ago
I've seen a few of these domain name generators / suggestion tools, and always wonder how they verify that the domain names are available? I've yet to find an API that lets me query them, and merely checking if there's a server registered for the domain name isn't sufficient, as it isn't required to have one.
I guess what I'm really asking is, how do you verify that they aren't taken already?
- chaosmachine 16y agoCheck the DNS first, that eliminates most of them. If there's no DNS record, you have to do a whois check.
- wibblenut 16y agoFastest way is to check whether it exists in the nightly zone file, and then a DNS lookup, and whois query.
- mseebach 16y agoWhat is the nightly zone file?
- aquarin 16y agoIt is zone file from the last night (or day). It requires free account from Verisign for .COM and .NET. I used such account for a while. edit: "Zone file" is the file containing the records of all registered domains in a zone (.com or .net). Last time I checked it was something 80M records for .com