Class: Whois::Server::Adapters::Formatted

Inherits:
Base
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/whois/server/adapters/formatted.rb

Overview

Formatted Adapter

The Formatted adapter is almost equal to the Standard adapter. It accepts a :format adapter to format the WHOIS query.

a = Standard.new(:tld, ".it", "whois.nic.it", :format => "HELLO %s")
# performs a query for the string "HELLO example.it"
a.request("example.it")

Options

The following options can be supplied to customize the creation of a new instance:

  • :port - Specifies a port number different than 43

  • :format - Specifies the format rule to apply to the query string

See Also:

Constant Summary

Constants inherited from Base

Base::DEFAULT_BIND_HOST, Base::DEFAULT_WHOIS_PORT

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes inherited from Base

#allocation, #buffer, #host, #options, #type

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from Base

#==, #configure, #initialize, #lookup, #query_handler

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from Whois::Server::Adapters::Base

Instance Method Details

#request(string) ⇒ void

This method returns an undefined value.

Executes a WHOIS query to the WHOIS interface listening at host and appends the response to the client buffer.

The standard port of a WHOIS request is 43. You can customize it by passing a :port option.

Parameters:

  • string (String)

Raises:



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# File 'lib/whois/server/adapters/formatted.rb', line 50

def request(string)
  options[:format] || raise(ServerError, "Missing mandatory :format option for adapter `Formatted'")
  response = query_the_socket(format(options[:format], string), host)
  buffer_append response, host
end