Domain name is unavailable

[MaikelVE]

Hi!

When I add some domain names I need to add the whois settings in whois.json.
But when i add some custom whois settings WHMCS still says that the domain is unavailable while it's available.

For example '.auto' - Whois settings: 

{
        "extensions": ".auto",
        "uri": "socket://whois.uniregistry.net",
        "available": "Available"

}

And when I do a domain search it still gives me maikelve.auto is unavailable.

 

Anyone an idea why this happens?

[brian!]

22 hours ago, MaikelVE said:

Anyone an idea why this happens?

because your entry for .auto in whois.json is wrong.

    {
        "extensions": ".auto",
        "uri": "socket://whois.nic.auto",
        "available": "is available for registration"
    },

[MaikelVE]

Hi!

Where did you get that info from? I just looked it up via IANA

[brian!]

On 2/28/2018 at 13:27, MaikelVE said:

Where did you get that info from? I just looked it up via IANA

magic.

the address @ IANA is correct and will work (change it for mine if you like) - but all new gTLDs will (or should - there are exceptions!) use whois.nic.*TLD* as their whois server (often just redirecting back to the registrar)... then it's just a case of working out the correct availability string.