JSON whois cli [https://jsonwhois.io/] [bash]

whois.sh

#!/bin/bash
# dependencies: jq, curl, bash
# Usage: ./whois.sh example.com
# Caches lookups in /var/cache/whois
# Sign up for api key here: https://jsonwhois.io/register
domain="$1"
cache_dir='/var/cache/whois'
cache_entry="$cache_dir/$domain"
json_whois_api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
[[ ! -d "$cache_dir" ]] && mkdir -p "/var/cache/whois"
if [[ -f "$cache_entry" ]]; then
    jq '.' "$cache_entry"
    exit;
fi
curl -s "https://api.jsonwhois.io/whois/domain?key=$json_whois_api_key&domain=$domain" | jq '.' - | tee "$cache_entry"