Quick script to fetch Reverse WhoIs data from WhoIsXMLAPI via CLI

whois_recon.py

#!/usr/bin/python3
try:
    import http.client as http
except ImportError:
    import httplib as http

import json
import os
import sys

api_key = os.environ['WHOISXML_API_KEY']


def print_response(txt):
    return [print(x) for x in json.loads(txt)['domainsList']]


payload_basic = {
    'basicSearchTerms': {
        'include': [sys.argv[1]]
    },
    'searchType': 'current',
    'mode': 'purchase',
    'apiKey': api_key,
    'responseFormat': 'json'
}

headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Accept': 'application/json'
}

conn = http.HTTPSConnection('reverse-whois.whoisxmlapi.com')
conn.request('POST', '/api/v2', json.dumps(payload_basic), headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
text = response.read().decode('utf8')
print_response(text)