This script performs bulk reverse WHOIS lookups using the Whoxy API to retrieve domain registration details for a list of organizations, saving the results to a JSONL file while respecting API rate limits.

whoxy-reverse-whois.py

import requests
import time

def read_org_names(file_path):
    """Read organization names from a file (one per line)."""
    with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
        return [line.strip() for line in file if line.strip()]

def query_whoxy(api_key, org_name):
    """Query the Whoxy API for reverse WHOIS lookup based on organization name."""
    url = f"https://api.whoxy.com/?key={api_key}&reverse=whois&company={org_name}"
    response = requests.get(url)
    if response.status_code == 200:
        return response.json()
    else:
        print(f"Error {response.status_code} for {org_name}: {response.text}")
        return None

def main():
    api_key = "APIKEY"  # Replace with your actual API key
    input_file = "orgnames.txt"  # The file containing organization names
    output_file = "whoxy_results-test.jsonl"  # Output file to store results
    
    org_names = read_org_names(input_file)
    
    with open(output_file, 'a', encoding='utf-8') as out_file:
        for org_name in org_names:
            print(f"Querying WHOIS for: {org_name}")
            result = query_whoxy(api_key, org_name)
            if result:
                out_file.write(f"{result}\n")
            print("Waiting 30 seconds to respect rate limits...")
            time.sleep(30)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()