# NAME

[Net::RDAP](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP) - an interface to the Registration Data Access Protocol
(RDAP).

# SYNOPSIS

        use Net::RDAP;

        my $rdap = Net::RDAP->new;

        # get domain info:
        $data = $rdap->domain(Net::DNS::Domain->new('example.com'));

        # get info about IP addresses/ranges:
        $data = $rdap->ip(Net::IP->new('192.168.0.1'));
        $data = $rdap->ip(Net::IP->new('2001:DB8::/32'));

        # get info about AS numbers:
        $data = $rdap->ip(Net::ASN->new(65536));

# DESCRIPTION

[Net::RDAP](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP) provides an interface to the Registration Data Access
Protocol (RDAP). RDAP is a replacement for Whois.

[Net::RDAP](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP) does all the hard work of determining the correct
server to query ([Net::RDAP::Registry](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP::Registry) is an interface to the
IANA registries), querying the server ([Net::RDAP::UA](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP::UA) is an
RDAP HTTP user agent), and parsing the response
([Net::RDAP::Response](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP::Response) provides access to the data returned
by the server).

# METHODS

        $rdap = Net::RDAP->new;

Constructor method, returns a new object.

        $info = $rdap->domain($domain);

This method returns a [Net::RDAP::Response](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP::Response) object containing
information about the domain name referenced by `$domain`.
`$domain` must be a [Net::DNS::Domain](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::DNS::Domain) object.

If no RDAP service can be found, then `undef` is returned.

        $info = $rdap->ip($ip);

This method returns a [Net::RDAP::Response](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP::Response) object containing
information about the resource referenced by `$ip`.
`$ip` must be a [Net::IP](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::IP) object and can represent any of the
following:

- An IPv4 address (e.g. `192.168.0.1`);
- An IPv4 CIDR range (e.g. `192.168.0.1/16`);
- An IPv6 address (e.g. `2001:DB8::42:1`);
- An IPv6 CIDR range (e.g. `2001:DB8::/32`).

If no RDAP service can be found, then `undef` is returned.

        $info = $rdap->autnum($autnum);

This method returns a [Net::RDAP::Response](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP::Response) object containing
information about to the autonymous system referenced by `$autnum`.
`$autnum` must be a [Net::ASN](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::ASN) object.

If no RDAP service can be found, then `undef` is returned.

# HOW TO CONTRIBUTE

[Net::RDAP](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP) is a work-in-progress; if you would like to help, the
project is hosted here:

- [https://gitlab.centralnic.com/centralnic/perl-net-rdap](https://gitlab.centralnic.com/centralnic/perl-net-rdap)

# DISTRIBUTION

The [Net::RDAP](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP) CPAN distribution contains a large number of RDAP-
related classes that all work together. See:

- [Net::RDAP::Base](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP::Base), and its submodules:
    - [Net::RDAP::Event](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP::Event)
    - [Net::RDAP::ID](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP::ID)
    - [Net::RDAP::Object](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP::Object), and its submodules:
        - [Net::RDAP::Autnum](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP::Autnum) (doesn't exist yet)
        - [Net::RDAP::Domain](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP::Domain) (doesn't exist yet)
        - [Net::RDAP::Entity](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP::Entity)
        - [Net::RDAP::Nameserver](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP::Nameserver) (doesn't exist yet)
        - [Net::RDAP::Response](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP::Response) (doesn't exist yet)
    - [Net::RDAP::Remark](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP::Remark), and its submodule:
        - [Net::RDAP::Notice](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP::Notice)
- [Net::RDAP::Registry](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP::Registry)
- [Net::RDAP::Link](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP::Link)
- [Net::RDAP::UA](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP::UA)

# COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2018 CentralNic Ltd. All rights reserved.

# LICENSE

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
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