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

robowhois.py

import urllib2

class RoboWhois:
    def __init__(self, api_key):
        self.username = api_key
        self.password = "X"

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

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

        return response.read()


# Example usage:
#
#   robowhois = RoboWhois("YOUR_API_KEY")
#   print robowhois.whois("google.com")