Using Node.js, how can I check whether a domain name is registered?

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Joe D picture Joe D · Feb 17, 2011 · Viewed 10.3k times · Source

I'm building a simple webapp to teach myself node.js, and in it I need to check whether a certain domain name specified by the user is registered. I'm not really sure how to go about this and I'd appreciate it if anybody could enlighten me.

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rsp picture rsp · Feb 17, 2011

Take a look at this article by Matt Brubeck:

http://limpet.net/mbrubeck/2010/01/13/si-unit-domains-node-js.html

There is a Node.js script that does exactly that.

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