Net::Domain::TLD - Work with TLD names


NAME

        Net::Domain::TLD - Work with TLD names


SYNOPSIS

        use Net::Domain::TLD qw(tlds tld_exists);
        my @ccTLDs = tlds('cc');
        print "TLD ok\n" if tld_exists('ac','cc');


DESCRIPTION

        The purpose of this module is to provide user with current list of 
        available top level domain names including new ICANN additions and ccTLDs
        Currently TLD definitions have been acquired from the following sources:
        http://www.icann.org/tlds/
        http://www.dnso.org/constituency/gtld/gtld.html
        http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm


PUBLIC METHODS

        Each public function/method is described here.
        These are how you should interact with this module.

tlds

        This routine returns the tlds requested.
        my @all_tlds = tlds; #array of tlds
        my $all_tlds = tlds; #hashref of tlds and their descriptions
        my @cc_tlds = tlds('cc'); #array of just 'cc' type tlds
        my $cc_tlds = tlds('cc'); #hashref of just 'cc' type tlds and their descriptions
        Valid types are:
                cc                 - country code domains
                gtld_open          - generic domains that anyone can register
                gtld_restricted    - generic restricted registration domains
                new_open           - recently added generic domains
                new_restricted     - new restricted registration domains

tld_exists

        This routine returns true if the given domain exists and false otherwise.
        die "no such domain" unless tld_exists($tld); #call without tld type 
        die "no such domain" unless tld_exists($tld, 'new_open'); #call with tld type


COPYRIGHT

        Copyright (c) 2003-2005 Alex Pavlovic, all rights reserved.  This program
        is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms
        as Perl itself.


AUTHORS

        Alexander Pavlovic <alex.pavlovic@taskforce-1.com>
        Ricardo SIGNES <rjbs@cpan.org>
 Net::Domain::TLD - Work with TLD names