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There is no standard format for whois data, it's just free form text. All whois parsers are fragile and error prone by definition. When i was working in that f
by freshhawk 15y ago
There is no standard format for whois data, it's just free form text. All whois parsers are fragile and error prone by definition.
When i was working in that field a few years ago best practice was to make some guesses, log everything and have a ton of manual checks.
- astrodust 15y agoThere's even fewer standards for how to present the address in the WHOIS data. You leave something open to the end user and they will always get very, ah, creative.