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whois.py

import socket

whois_server = 'whois.denic.de'
whois_server_port = 43
domain_query = b"shinythings.de\0"

s = socket.socket()
s.connect((whois_server, whois_server_port))

s.sendall(domain_query)

chunks = []
bytes_read = None
while bytes_read != 0:
    chunk = s.recv(2048)
    bytes_read = len(chunk)
    chunks.append(chunk)

print(''.join(chunks))

s.close()