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     4 -  Create a simple importable Python module which will produce parsed
     4 -  Create a simple importable Python module which will produce parsed
     5    WHOIS data for a given domain.
     5    WHOIS data for a given domain.
     6 -  Able to extract data for all the popular TLDs (com, org, net, ...)
     6 -  Able to extract data for all the popular TLDs (com, org, net, ...)
     7 -  Query a WHOIS server directly instead of going through an
     7 -  Query a WHOIS server directly instead of going through an
     8    intermediate web service like many others do.
     8    intermediate web service like many others do.
     9 -  Works with Python 2.4+ and no external dependencies
     9 -  Works with Python 2 & 3
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    13 Example
    13 Example
    14 =======
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    35 Install
    35 Install
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    36 =======
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    38 Install from pypi:
    38 Install from pypi:
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    40 .. sourcecode:: python
    40 .. sourcecode:: bash
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    42     pip install python-whois
    42     pip install python-whois
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    44 Or checkout latest version from repository:
    44 Or checkout latest version from repository:
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    46 .. sourcecode:: python
    46 .. sourcecode:: bash
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    48     hg clone https://bitbucket.org/richardpenman/pywhois
    48     hg clone https://bitbucket.org/richardpenman/pywhois
       
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    50 Note that then you will need to manually install the futures module, which allows supporting both Python 2 & 3:
       
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    53 .. sourcecode:: bash
       
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    55     pip install futures
       
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    52 Changelog
    60 Changelog
    53 =========
    61 =========
       
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    63 0.6 - 2015-03-02:
       
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    65 * support added for python 3
       
    66 * updated TLD list
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    55 0.5 - 2015-09-05:
    68 0.5 - 2015-09-05:
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    57 * added native client, which now handles whois requests by default
    70 * added native client, which now handles whois requests by default
    58 * added pretty formatting to string representation
    71 * added pretty formatting to string representation