For the WHOIS Experts? (How to query more then one domain at a time)

[x11joex11]

If any of you are whois experts, I want to know how to make a query to a whoisserver like the one below

whois.crsnic.net
port:43

So that I can send more then one request to it.

Currently if I want to check a domain like test.com, you have to send it the following below.

domain =test.com

How can I make it test 'test.com', and 'another.com' so that it brings back the results of both from within one query. Currently the only way to get information on both is by just sending 'two queries', but this is highly inefficient.

Is this possible?

 

[Peter]

I do not think this is possible using a normal whois search. I think the only way you would be able to do it is if you find a third party service that fetches the results for you.

 

[clowesy]

I made a php script for my domain portfolio management site which queries multiple times.
Unfortunately no one was interested in using it so I just use it for mydelf.
Just thought Id let you know it IS possible.

Tom

 

[Peter]

He is not asking if it is possible to do what your script does clowesy.

If you wish to query 5 domains with your script, your script will query the whois server 5 times within that 1 script.

What the op wishes to do is carry out the 5 queries with 1 call to the whois server which I do not believe is possible.

 

[x11joex11]

Yeah I thought so, thanks guys. This confirms my belief in the system I was using (thought I was going crazy when someone told me otherwise). I currently only know how to do it by doing multiple queries instead of it being in 1 query. It's unfortunate the whoIS servers don't allow you to do more then one request at a time. Oh well =P, what can you do..., makes programs like mine useful.