Whois returns 'Invalid JSON' error
Whois API is not working. The following is returned.
Invalid JSON Object: <!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang=“en”>
<head>
<title>Error</title>
<meta name=‘description’ content=‘Name Toolkit helps you find a domain name for your website, we also provide detailed whois info and hassle-free domain registration…’/>
<meta name=‘keywords’ content=‘domain suggestions, whois, domain information, whois lookup, who owns’ />
<meta charset=“UTF-8”>
<meta name=“viewport” content=“width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0” />
<link rel=“stylesheet” href="/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css" />
<link href="/bootstrap/css/bootstrap-responsive.min.css" rel=“stylesheet” />
<link href="/blog/atom" type=“application/atom+xml” rel=“alternate” title=“Name Toolkit Blog Feed”>
<meta name=“msvalidate.01” content=“C1DB122BF0CB494B39A90B6F01A5043D” />
<style>
body {
background-color:#fafafa;
}
.header {
background-color:#fafafa;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
}
</style>
<script type=“text/javascript”>
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push([’_setAccount’, ‘UA-19323177-1’]);
_gaq.push([’_setDomainName’, ‘nametoolkit.com’]);
_gaq.push([’_trackPageview’]);
_gaq.push([’_trackPageLoadTime’]);
(function() {
var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})();
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="header">
<a href="/" class="brand"><img src="/images/logo40.png" alt="Home"></a>
<ul class="nav nav-pills pull-right visible-desktop">
<li ><a href="/">Home</a></li>
<li ><a href="/whois">Whois</a></li>
<li> <a href="/press">Press</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mashape.com/apis/Name+Toolkit">API</a></li>
<li><a href="#supportModal" role="button" data-toggle="modal">Support</a></li>
<li ><a href="/login">Login</a></li>
<li>
<form class="navbar-search" action="/suggest">
<input type="text" class="search-query" placeholder="Search" name="q">
</form>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="row visible-phone">
<ul class="nav nav-pills">
<li><a href="/whois">Whois</a></li>
<li><a href="/press">Press</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mashape.com/apis/Name+Toolkit">API</a></li>
<li ><a href="/login">Login</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<article>
<div class=“error”>
Sorry about the error - we’ll get right on it.
</div>
<form id=“search_home” name=“search_form” action="/suggest">
<h1 class=“small visible-desktop”>Domain search, made simple</h1>
<div class=“control-group”>
<div class=“controls”>
<div class=“input-append”>
<input type=“text” name=“q” class=“span6 large” autocomplete=“off” autocapitalize=“off” placeholder=“Search here” autofocus=“autofocus” required=“required” />
<button type=“submit” class=“btn btn-success”><i class=“icon-white icon-search”></i> Search</button>
</div>
<input type=“hidden” name=“hide_taken” value=“1” />
</div>
</div>
<!–<button type=“submit” id=“btn_search” class=“btn large primary” >Search</button>–>
</form>
</article>
<!--modal -->
<div id="supportModal" class="modal hide fade">
<div class="modal-header">
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">×</button>
<h3>Send us your feedback/queries</h3>
</div>
<form id="feedback_frm" name="feedback_frm">
<div class="modal-body">
<dl>
<dt><label for="email" >Email Address (optional)</label></dt>
<dd>
<input id="email" type="email" name="email" class="span5">
<span id="email_error" class="error"></span>
</dd>
<dt><label for="text" >Comment</label> <span id="text_error" class="error"></span></dt>
<dd>
<textarea id="text" name="text" rows="10" class="span5" placeholder="enter your comment here"></textarea>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<button type="button" class="btn" data-dismiss="modal" >Close</button>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Save changes</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
<footer class="offset3 span9">
<p>© Parsity Ltd. (Registered Irish company) 2011</p>
</footer>
<!-- /container -->
<script src="/js/jquery-1.8.2.min.js"></script>
<script src="/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.js"></script>
<script src="/js/nametoolkit.js"></script>
<script src="/js/modernizr.custom.js"></script>
<script>
/*
function copyProps(src, dest) {
for (p in src) {
if (typeof src[p] == ‘boolean’) {
dest[p] = src[p];
} else if( typeof src[p] == ‘string’) {
if (src[p] == ‘probably’ || src[p] == ‘maybe’) {
dest[p] = src[p];
}
} //else if(typeof src[p] == ‘object’ && src[p].constructor.name == ‘Boolean’) {
//dest[p] = {};
//copyProps(src[p], dest[p]);
//}
}
}
var caps={};
copyProps(Modernizr, caps);
var params = [];
for (p in caps) {
params.push(p + ‘=’ + caps[p]);
}
paramstr = ‘?’ + params.join(’&’);
var img = document.createElement(‘img’);
img.src=’/api/foo’+paramstr;
img.width=1;
document.body.appendChild(img);
//console.log(caps);
*/
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Hi Rajitha,
I think I see you received this error on looking up dell.com, I’m looking into it presently, did you encounter any other errors with our service?
Hi Rajitha,
We fixed this particular error, if you have any other problems let me know.
Mark