Domain Name Suggestion and Availability

Terminal based domain search and availability tool. Enter a word and automagically check availability of all related synonyms across .com, .net, .io and .xyz domains.

Prerequisites

• Node v8.9.0
• NPM/Yarn

Features

• Gets synonyms from thesaurus.com
• Uses free proxies from gimmeproxy.com to reduce/remove WhoIs rate limits
• Checks for availability across .com, .net, .io and .xyz
• Terminal integration
• Programmatic integration

Global Installation

Using NPM

$ npm install -g domainbot

Using Yarn

$ yarn global add domainbot

Synonyms Usage

Usage: domainbot search [options] <word>

Thesaurus synonyms domain search against all extensions

Options:

    -p, --proxy <boolean>      turn proxies on or off.                     [default: true]
    -P, --proxycount <number>  define the number of proxies to use         [default: 5]
    -w, --wait <number>        define the time to wait between calls (ms)  [default: 1300]
    -m, --mock                 mock run (dont call whois servers)          [default: false]
    -h, --help                 output usage information

Single Word Usage

Usage: domainbot check [options] <word>

Single word domain search against all extensions

Options:

    -p, --proxy <boolean>      turn proxies on or off.                     [default: true]
    -P, --proxycount <number>  define the number of proxies to use         [default: 5]
    -w, --wait <number>        define the time to wait between calls (ms)  [default: 1300]
    -m, --mock                 mock run (dont call whois servers)          [default: false]
    -h, --help                 output usage information
    

Global Installation

Using NPM

$ npm install domainbot --save

Using Yarn

$ yarn add domainbot

Synonyms Usage

var domainbot = require('domainbot');

// default options
const {available, unavailable, errors} = await domainbot.synonyms('robot');

// custom options
const {available, unavailable, errors} = await domainbot.synonyms('robot', {proxies: false});

Single Word Usage

var domainbot = require('domainbot');

// default options
const {available, unavailable, errors} = await domainbot.check('robot');

// custom options
const {available, unavailable, errors} = await domainbot.check('robot', {proxies: false});

Options

proxy

Type: boolean
Choices: true, false
Default: true

Perform whois checks behind a proxy. Proxies are fetched from the gimmeproxy.com free proxy api (daily limit max 240)

proxycount

Type: number
Default: '5'

Number of proxies to fetch and rotate for each whois call

wait

Type: number
Default: 1300

Wait in ms between each fresh whois check (new word, not new extension)

whois

Type: object

Optional options to pass to node-whois. Please check out the readme for more information on options available. Please note is you pass custom proxy details through this option the you will need disable proxy so that domainbot does not conflict.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome.

License

Domainbot is available under the BSD (2-Clause) License.