Extract domain expiration data from domain.com

domainexp.py

import sys
import urllib2
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup


if __name__=="__main__":
    REGISTRAR = "http://whois.com/whois/"

    # ask the user for the domain name if a domain was not passed in
    try:
        domain = sys.argv[1]
    except IndexError:
        domain = raw_input("Domain?: ")

    domain_to_check = REGISTRAR + domain

    # requests to the registrar
    registrar_response = urllib2.Request(domain_to_check)
    status_page_text = urllib2.urlopen(registrar_response) # raw html text

    # store the page as a BeautifulSoup object
    parsed_status_page = BeautifulSoup(status_page_text, "html.parser")

    expiration_date = parsed_status_page.find('div',
                                              class_='whois_result',
                                              id='registryData')


    # filter the <br>'s found in the status section of the page
    expiration = filter(lambda x: x.text.startswith('Expiration Date'), expiration_date.findAll('br'))

    # clean the expiration status (remove extra whitespace) and the prefix "Expiration Date"
    expiration_date = expiration[0].text.split(':')[1].strip()

    # tell that bitch wtf it is... ya heard meh?
    print "The expiration date for '{}' is {}".format(domain, expiration_date)

requirements.txt

beautifulsoup4==4.4.1
urllib3==1.14
wsgiref==0.1.2

To get this to work, download both files and inside of the directory (unzip them or whatever):

pip install -r requirements.txt

Then, type python domainexp.py cool.com

If you don't specify a domain name, you'll be prompted to specify one.