domainsearch.py

# Check domain availability

import time     # https://docs.python.org/2/library/time.html#time.sleep
import unirest  # http://unirest.io/python
import json     # https://docs.python.org/2/library/json.html

AUTH_TOKEN = 'xxxxxxxxxx'
RATE_LIMIT = 11 # Seconds, based on a limit of 6 per minute, plus margin

WORDS = ['abc', 'bdlahecnuhfsjf']
TLDS = ['xyz']

# Enclout: https://www.enclout.com/api/v1/whois
def enclout_query(url):
    'Get the json object for a url request'
    tpl = 'https://www.enclout.com/api/v1/whois/show.json?auth_token={}&url={}'

    try:
        res = unirest.get(tpl.format(AUTH_TOKEN, url))
    except Exception as e:
        print 'error! '+e
        time.sleep(RATE_LIMIT)
        return {}

    info = json.loads(res.raw_body)

    if info.has_key(u'error') and info.error != u'':
        print 'error in response!'
        return {}
    else:
        return info


def enclout_test_available(obj):
    'obj: json response object'

    if not obj.has_key(u'domain_status'):
        return False

    if obj[u'domain_status'][u'status'] == u'available':
        return True
    else:
        return False


def domain_available(url):
    'wrapper to search'
    return enclout_test_available(enclout_query(url))


def search(words, extensions):
    'Check if a set of words + tlds are available'
    res = {}
    for i,ext in enumerate(extensions):
        for j,w in enumerate(words):
            domain = w+'.'+ext
            res[domain] = domain_available(domain)
            print '\rTesting domain {} of {}'.format(i*len(words) + j + 1, len(extensions)*len(words)),

            time.sleep(RATE_LIMIT)

    print '\n'
    return [w for w, available in res.iteritems() if available is True]


if __name__ == '__main__':
    results = search(WORDS, TLDS)
    print 'Available: {} domains'.format(len(results))
    print str(results)