RoboWhois + Python example: get the WHOIS record for a domain.

example.py

import urllib2

def whois(domain):
    api_key  = "YOUR_API_KEY"
    template = "http://api.robowhois.com/whois/%s"

    passman   = urllib2.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm()
    passman.add_password(None, "http://api.robowhois.com/", api_key, "X")
    handler   = urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler(passman)
    opener    = urllib2.build_opener(handler)
    request   = urllib2.Request(template % domain)
    response  = opener.open(request)

    return response.read()


print whois("google.com")