{"id":11007,"date":"2025-01-20T06:42:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T06:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11007"},"modified":"2025-01-20T06:42:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T06:42:39","slug":"how-add-new-domain-availability-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.co.uk\/blog\/how-add-new-domain-availability-checks\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add New Domain Availability Checks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How to Add New Domain Availability Checks<\/h1>\n
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If you want your customers to be able to check the availability of new domains, you will need to add the appropriate\u00a0Whois servers.<\/p>\n

The example steps below add a Whois server for\u00a0.aarp<\/code>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Add Domain Availability Checks<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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To add a new Whois server to WHMCS:<\/p>\n

1. Find the Whois server for the desired TLD. In most cases, you can find this in the\u00a0IANA root database.<\/p>\n

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2. Run the following command on your server:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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 telnet whois.nic.aarp whois<\/code><\/pre>\n
3. Enter any available domain using that TLD (for example, example-domain-check.aarp<\/code>) The output will show the Whois server’s match string (in this example,\u00a0No match for<\/code>):<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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No match for \"EXAMPLE-DOMAIN-CHECK.AARP\".<\/code><\/pre>\n
5. Create a \/resources\/domains\/whois.json<\/code>\u00a0<\/em>file on your server.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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6. Add the TLD extension, \u00a0the Whois server address, and the match string to the file using the following format:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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[\r\n    {        \"extensions\": \".aarp\",\r\n             \"uri\": \"socket:\/\/whois.nic.aarp\",\r\n             \"available\": \"No match for\"\r\n    }\r\n]<\/code><\/pre>\n
7. Save the file.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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