.pk - domain availability check

[Mehmood Ahmed]

Hi,

I want to add .com.pk in domain availability check. so as per blesta documentation in following file

/vendors/io-developer/php-whois/src/Iodev/Whois/Configs/module.tld.servers.json

we need to put whois line, but PKNIC has not provide whois server line.

In whmcs I am using following in dist.whois.json file and it works while searching .pk domains as well ordering

{
  "extensions": ".pk,.com.pk,.net.pk,.org.pk,.edu.pk,.gov.pk",
  "uri": "https://pk6.pknic.net.pk/pk5/lookup.PK?name=",
  "available": "Domain not found"
    }

but as I planned to shift bleta, in blesta whois file its not working, it tried in different ways but not working.

{"zone": ".pk", "host": "https://pk6.pknic.net.pk/pk5/lookup.PK?name="}

and

{"zone": ".pk", "host": "https://pk6.pknic.net.pk/pk5/lookup.PK"}

pls help

[Mehmood Ahmed]

Thanks for your reply Paul. I appreciate your help.

your provided solution is working. I put all extension as a separate

{"zone": ".pk", "host": "whois.pknic.net.pk"},
{"zone": ".com.pk", "host": "whois.pknic.net.pk"},
{"zone": ".net.pk", "host": "whois.pknic.net.pk"},
{"zone": ".org.pk", "host": "whois.pknic.net.pk"},
{"zone": ".edu.pk", "host": "whois.pknic.net.pk"},
{"zone": ".gov.pk", "host": "whois.pknic.net.pk"},
{"zone": ".biz.pk", "host": "whois.pknic.net.pk"}

 

 

[Paul]

On 9/15/2024 at 8:01 AM, Mehmood Ahmed said:

Hi,

I want to add .com.pk in domain availability check. so as per blesta documentation in following file

/vendors/io-developer/php-whois/src/Iodev/Whois/Configs/module.tld.servers.json

we need to put whois line, but PKNIC has not provide whois server line.

In whmcs I am using following in dist.whois.json file and it works while searching .pk domains as well ordering

{
  "extensions": ".pk,.com.pk,.net.pk,.org.pk,.edu.pk,.gov.pk",
  "uri": "https://pk6.pknic.net.pk/pk5/lookup.PK?name=",
  "available": "Domain not found"
    }

but as I planned to shift bleta, in blesta whois file its not working, it tried in different ways but not working.

{"zone": ".pk", "host": "https://pk6.pknic.net.pk/pk5/lookup.PK?name="}

and

{"zone": ".pk", "host": "https://pk6.pknic.net.pk/pk5/lookup.PK"}

pls help

The hostname should not include "https://" in it, here's an example of another TLD from the file:

{"zone": ".com", "host": "whois.verisign-grs.com"},

the host should be the whois server for the TLD. You'll need to add a line for each extension. I tried to find what the whois server is for .pk, but they seem to have implemented something non-standard, a webpage lookup essentially than a true whois.

However, I did a test with whois.pknic.net.pk and I got a response, so I would suggest trying it with that hostname.

# jwhois -h whois.pknic.net.pk domain.pk
[Querying whois.pknic.net.pk]
[whois.pknic.net.pk]
# WHOIS .PK Domains (PKNIC)

    Domain: domain.pk
    Status: Domain is Registered


    Creation Date: 2006-01-20
    Expiry Date: 2026-01-20
    Name Server: carol.ns.cloudflare.com
    Name Server: johnny.ns.cloudflare.com
    Name Server:
    Name Server:

So maybe something like this might work:

 {"zone": ".pk", "host": "whois.pknic.net.pk"},