/// <summary>
/// Retrieves whois information
/// </summary>
/// <param name="domainName">The registrar or domain or name server whose whois information to be retrieved</param>
/// <param name="recordType">The type of record i.e a domain, nameserver or a registrar</param>
public static List <string> Lookup(string domainName, WhoIsRecordType recordType)
{
var whoisServerName = WhoisServerResolver.GetWhoisServerName(domainName);
using (var whoisClient = new TcpClient())
{
whoisClient.Connect(whoisServerName, WhoisServerDefaultPortNumber);
var domainQuery = new IdnMapping().GetAscii(domainName) + "\r\n";
var domainQueryBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(domainQuery.ToCharArray());
Stream whoisStream = whoisClient.GetStream();
whoisStream.Write(domainQueryBytes, 0, domainQueryBytes.Length);
var whoisStreamReader = new StreamReader(whoisClient.GetStream(), Encoding.ASCII);
string streamOutputContent;
var whoisData = new List <string>();
while (null != (streamOutputContent = whoisStreamReader.ReadLine()))
{
whoisData.Add(streamOutputContent);
}
whoisClient.Close();
return(whoisData);
}
}
