This repository intends to create an open-source tool that is similarin functionality to namecheap's "beast mode" domain name search tool.
This repository was originally created to help vacfind.org find state and local covid-related tools by checking all domain names of a similar pattern, such as vaccinateca.com and vaccinatema.com
DB_CONNECTION_STRING - specify a DB connection string. defaults to sqlite:///domains.db.
- generate a list of the domains you want to check via your favorite method. If theres enough interest I can make a python script to make this easier.
- use a bulk WHOIS tool like this to look up who registered the domains
- you may want to copy this into a spreadsheet when its done
- Filter out anything that is not registered. you may want to set them aside in case they become registered in future
if theres a lot of links, you can paste them into a bulk URL opening tool. NOTE, this may make your screen flash as it opens the webpages, especially if you use dark mode.https://httpstatus.io/ is a good way to check the status and/or redirects of a link. and it automatically handles www and non-www- go through each of the opened pages to see which ones are available. Generally you get one of three results:
- the webpage is unable to connect (this can mean many things, but can be considered the same as "unregistered" for this purpose)
- you see a domain registrar holding page (this could mean the domain was recently registered, or registered and never pointed at anything. these could be interpereted as "coming soon")
- an actual webpage (sometimes this is a generic coming soon page)
- possibly repeat with another domain name format
