Check if domain is available for purchase - C# [closed]

Question

Is there any way that I check if a certain domain is available for purchase? If there is any library out there that will do this?

THanks

Answer 1

You can take a look at: http://www.internetbs.net/ResellerRegistrarDomainNameAPI/api/01_domain_related/01_domain_check Its pretty straight forward to use:

https://testapi.internet.bs/Domain/Check?ApiKey=testapi&Password=testpass&Domain=example.com 

and the result would be:

transactid=e504cdbf00e7821e954f0f5a65249ff0
status=UNAVAILABLE
domain=example.com
minregperiod=1Y
maxregperiod=10Y
registrarlockallowed=YES
privatewhoisallowed=YES
realtimeregistration=YES

Answer 2

Take a look at this question: Who provides a WHOIS API?

..Yet another Google search that leads back to SO...