[arin-tech-discuss] How to extract specific information from RDAP

[Martin Arlitt]

Thanks Andy. I look forward to trying your new features when they become
available.

Thanks
Martin

On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 1:38 PM Andy Newton <andy at arin.net> wrote:

> Matt,
>
>
> I'm glad that 1.4.1 helps.
>
>
> To answer your larger question, I don't think you are overlooking
> anything. Perhaps the largest issue will come from jCard, which is the JSON
> equivalent of vCard. The IETF specified its use in RDAP to solve some
> internationalization problems, but with that flexibility comes some
> complications.
>
>
> I am looking at new features for NicInfo that I hope will help with the
> problem you have described. I'll keep you informed as to that progress.
>
>
> -andy​
>
>
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> *From:* Martin Arlitt <martin.arlitt at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 13, 2018 9:24 AM
>
> *To:* Andy Newton
> *Cc:* arin-tech-discuss at arin.net
> *Subject:* Re: [arin-tech-discuss] How to extract specific information
> from RDAP
> Hi Andy
>
> version 1.4.1 resolves the issues I was having with --json and --jv.
> Thanks for fixing this so quickly.
>
> The issue for me now is identifying a common set of fields across registry
> records that contain the information I want. The start and end IP addresses
> seem common and easy to extract. However, registration dates and
> organization information appear to me to be a bit more scattered in the
> records, so I'm not sure how to consistently extract the same information
> across records. Is this  in fact the situation or am I overlooking
> something?
>
> Thanks
> Martin
>
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 7:10 PM Andy Newton <andy at arin.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi Martin,
>>
>>
>> I have pushed 1.4.1 of the NicInfo gem which I believes fixes the --json
>> and --jv features.
>>
>> Please let me know if you have any further issues or questions.
>>
>> Thanks for your input.
>>
>> -andy
>>
>>
>>
>> ​
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Martin Arlitt <martin.arlitt at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Monday, February 12, 2018 5:58 PM
>> *To:* Andy Newton
>> *Cc:* arin-tech-discuss at arin.net
>> *Subject:* Re: [arin-tech-discuss] How to extract specific information
>> from RDAP
>>
>> Hi Andy
>>
>> Thanks for the detailed reply. I look forward to hearing from you when
>> you have an update on either topic.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Martin
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 1:27 PM Andy Newton <andy at arin.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Martin,
>>>
>>>
>>> It would appear that the --json and --jv options have a bug where they
>>> output in Ruby form and not JSON.
>>>
>>> I put a bug in the issue tracker to note this:
>>> https://github.com/arineng/nicinfo/issues/32
>>>
>>> The fix is probably simple, and I'll dig into it as soon as I am able.
>>>
>>> With regard to a delimited file with a set of fields, I am currently in
>>> the process of adding new features that might accomplish what you are
>>> after. However, it has required refactoring of a great deal of the code and
>>> the progress is a bit slow. I'll keep you apprised of the progress.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Andy Newton,
>>> Chief Engineer, ARIN
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From:* arin-tech-discuss <arin-tech-discuss-bounces at arin.net> on
>>> behalf of Martin Arlitt <martin.arlitt at gmail.com>
>>> *Sent:* Monday, February 12, 2018 9:40 AM
>>> *To:* arin-tech-discuss at arin.net
>>> *Subject:* [arin-tech-discuss] How to extract specific information from
>>> RDAP
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I would like to extract some specific information about IP address
>>> allocations (e.g., startAddress, endAddress, handle, organization name,
>>> organization contact, last update date) in a systematic way. If I use
>>> nicinfo manually, I usually see the information I want. When I try to
>>> retrieve the same information ifrom nicinfo's JSON format or via nicinfo's
>>>  --jv options, I'm running into a variety of problems. I expect I'm doing
>>> something wrong. If anyone could offer any tips on how to a) determine the
>>> most common fields in RDAP records for IP address range allocations
>>> (including the corresponding organization information)  and b) how to most
>>> efficiently produce a delimited file of selected fields from a set of RDAP
>>> queries I would really appreciate it.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Martin
>>>
>>
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