Example pwhois -j terra.com.br (or pwhois -r terra.com.br)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/pwhois", line 23, in <module>
data, server_list = pythonwhois.net.get_whois_raw(args.domain[0], with_server_list=True)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonwhois/net.py", line 44, in get_whois_raw
response = whois_request(request_domain, target_server)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonwhois/net.py", line 94, in whois_request
return buff.decode("utf-8")
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/encodings/utf_8.py", line 16, in decode
return codecs.utf_8_decode(input, errors, True)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xe7 in position 1278: invalid continuation byte
PS: extrange, because the example is a "very well behaved" domain-report:
% Copyright (c) Nic.br
% The use of the data below is only permitted as described in
% full by the terms of use at http://registro.br/termo/en.html ,
% being prohibited its distribution, commercialization or
% reproduction, in particular, to use it for advertising or
% any similar purpose.
% 2016-04-30 08:58:04 (BRT -03:00)
domain: terra.com.br
owner: Terra Networks Brasil S.A.
ownerid: 091.088.328/0001-67
responsible: Hostmaster Terra Networks
country: BR
owner-c: MPL4
admin-c: MPL4
tech-c: ALG3
billing-c: CTN25
nserver: a.dns.terra.com
nsstat: 20160430 AA
nslastaa: 20160430
nserver: b.dns.terra.com.br 200.215.193.1 2001:12c0:0:2151:200:154:46:20
nsstat: 20160430 AA
nslastaa: 20160430
nserver: c.dns.terra.com
nsstat: 20160430 AA
nslastaa: 20160430
nserver: d.dns.terra.com.br 200.215.194.1 2001:12c0:0:2151:200:154:46:21
nsstat: 20160430 AA
nslastaa: 20160430
created: 19981130 #129987
expires: 20171130
changed: 20120203
status: published
nic-hdl-br: ALG3
person: Hostmaster Terra Networks
e-mail: domain@terra.com.br
created: 19971226
changed: 20160420
nic-hdl-br: CTN25
person: Cobrança Terra Networks
e-mail: idcobranca@terra.com.br
created: 20041103
changed: 20070124
nic-hdl-br: MPL4
person: Hostmaster Terra Networks
e-mail: domain@terra.com.br
created: 19980122
changed: 20141027
% Security and mail abuse issues should also be addressed to
% cert.br, http://www.cert.br/ , respectivelly to cert@cert.br
% and mail-abuse@cert.br
%
% whois.registro.br accepts only direct match queries. Types
% of queries are: domain (.br), registrant (tax ID), ticket,
% provider, contact handle (ID), CIDR block, IP and ASN.
Example
pwhois -j terra.com.br
(orpwhois -r terra.com.br
)PS: extrange, because the example is a "very well behaved" domain-report: