NAME

Net::Whois::ARIN - client interface to the ARIN Whois server

SYNOPSIS

  use Net::Whois::ARIN;

  my $w = Net::Whois::ARIN->new(
              host    => 'whois.arin.net',
              port    => 43,
              timeout => 30,
          );

  #  fetch raw whois output as a list
  my $result = $w->query( '207.173.0.0' );

  #  fetch raw whois output as a scalar
  my @results = $w->query( 'NET-207-173-0-0-1' );

  #  get Net::Whois::ARIN::Network records
  my @output = $w->network( '207.173.0.0' );
  foreach my $net (@output) {
      printf(
          "%s\t(%s)\t%s\n",
          $net->OrgName,
          $net->NetHandle,
          $net->NetRange,
      );
  }

  my($asn) = $w->asn( 5650 );
  printf "AS5650 was assigned to %s\n", $asn->OrgName;
  printf "The email address for AS5650's technical point of contact is %s\n", $asn->TechEmail;

  my @contact = $w->contact('DM2339-ARIN');

  my @contact_records = $w->domain('eli.net');

  my @org = $w->organization('ELIX');

  my @customers = $w->customer('ELIX');

DESCRIPTION

This module provides a Perl interface to the ARIN Whois server. The module takes care of connecting to an ARIN whois server, sending your whois requests, and parsing the whois output. The whois records are returned as lists of Net::Whois::ARIN::* instances.

METHODS

In the calling conventions below []'s represent optional parameters.

new - create a Net::Whois::ARIN object

  my $o = Net::Whois::ARIN->new(
    [-hostname=> 'whois.arin.net',]
    [-port    => 43,]
    [-timeout => 45,]
  );

This is the constuctor for Net::Whois::ARIN. The object returned can be used to query the whois database.

network - request a network record

  my @records = $o->network('207.173.112.0');

This method requires a single argument. The argument indicates the network to use in the whois lookup. The method returns a list of Net::Whois::ARIN::Network records that matched your search criteria.

asn - request an ASN record

  my @record = $o->asn(5650);

This method requires a single argument. The argument indicates the autonomous system number to us in the whois lookup. The method returns a list of Net::Whois::ARIN::AS objects.

organization - request an organization record

  my @record = $w->org('ELIX');

customer - request a customer record

  my @records = $w->customer('ELIX');

contact - request a point-of-contact record

  my @record = $w->contact('DM2339-ARIN');

domain - request all records from a given domain

  @output = $w->domain('eli.net');

AUTHOR

Todd Caine <todd at pobox.com>

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