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Verisign has a program where you can apply to get access to the zone files. It was called TLD Zone Access or something similar. You had to tell them why you wan

by cd34 15y ago

Verisign has a program where you can apply to get access to the zone files. It was called TLD Zone Access or something similar. You had to tell them why you wanted the data, fill in the paperwork, and then they would authorize an IP and key to download the .com zone file (as well as a few others). Barring that, zfbot.com used to allow access to the data, but, appears to have turned into a drop reseller and wrapped an interface around it. You could go to someone like netcraft who has access and propose your idea, possibly get access to their copy and publish it.

studentrob 15y ago
Thank you cd34! This definitely points me in the right direction. I had never heard of any of this, I'll drop Netcraft a note.
- studentrob 15y ago
  I sent an email to Netcraft, we'll see if they get back to me. I'll also apply to get access to the TLD zone files from verisign.
there 15y ago
transferring registrars does not change dns server information, so unless a domain is using godaddy's dns servers, nothing would get updated in the gtld zone when a domain transfers. you would need access to the whois data.
- studentrob 15y ago
  is there anyplace to get such whois data in bulk?
- studentrob 15y ago
  Yup you were right. After applying to get access to the zone files, I received this response, "TLD Zone files do not show transfers between registrars. The zone files only provide current domains that are in OK status with their status of OK as well as the nameservers that are attached. It does not provide domains that are not in the zone." The only way I found to get the whole database is through the whois API, which costs way too much for a novelty project - http://whoisxmlapi.com/#/whois-database-download.php?rid=2 http://whoisxmlapi.com/#/whois-database-download.php?rid=2 Besides, someone already made a simpler implementation of the concept I was going for, and it serves the purpose well enough -- http://byedaddy.org/ http://byedaddy.org/

by cd34 15y ago

studentrob 15y ago

Thank you cd34! This definitely points me in the right direction. I had never heard of any of this, I'll drop Netcraft a note.

studentrob 15y ago
I sent an email to Netcraft, we'll see if they get back to me. I'll also apply to get access to the TLD zone files from verisign.

there 15y ago

transferring registrars does not change dns server information, so unless a domain is using godaddy's dns servers, nothing would get updated in the gtld zone when a domain transfers. you would need access to the whois data.

studentrob 15y ago
is there anyplace to get such whois data in bulk?
studentrob 15y ago
Yup you were right. After applying to get access to the zone files, I received this response, "TLD Zone files do not show transfers between registrars. The zone files only provide current domains that are in OK status with their status of OK as well as the nameservers that are attached. It does not provide domains that are not in the zone." The only way I found to get the whole database is through the whois API, which costs way too much for a novelty project - http://whoisxmlapi.com/#/whois-database-download.php?rid=2 http://whoisxmlapi.com/#/whois-database-download.php?rid=2 Besides, someone already made a simpler implementation of the concept I was going for, and it serves the purpose well enough -- http://byedaddy.org/ http://byedaddy.org/