// Create a WhoisLookup instance
var whois = new WhoisLookup();

// Query github.com
var response = whois.Lookup("github.com");

// Output the response
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);

// Domain Name: github.com
// Registry Domain ID: 1264983250_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
// Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.markmonitor.com
// Registrar URL: http://www.markmonitor.com
// ...

// Query github.com
var response = whois.Lookup("github.com");

// Convert the response to JSON
var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(response, Formatting.Indented);

// Output the json 
Console.WriteLine(json);

// {
//   "ContentLength": 3730,
//   "Status": 1,
//   "DomainName": {
//     "IsPunyCode": false,
//     "IsTld": false,
//     "Tld": "com",
//     "Value": "github.com"
//   },
//   "RegistryDomainId": "1264983250_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN",
//   "DomainStatus": [
//     "clientUpdateProhibited",
//     "clientTransferProhibited",
//     "clientDeleteProhibited"
//   ],
//   "Registered": "2007-10-09T18:20:50Z",
//   "Updated": "2020-09-08T09:18:27Z",
//   "Expiration": "2022-10-09T07:00:00Z",
// ...

// Create a WhoisLookup instance
var whois = new WhoisLookup();

// Query github.com
var response = await whois.LookupAsync("github.com");

// Output the json 
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);

// Global configuration
WhoisOptions.Defaults.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;

// Per-instance configuration
var lookup = new WhoisLookup();
lookup.Options.TimeoutSeconds = 30;

var lookup = new WhoisLookup();

// Clear the embedded templates (not recommended)
lookup.Parser.ClearTemplates();

// Add a custom WHOIS response parsing template
lookup.Parser.AddTemplate("Domain: { DomainName$ }", "Simple Pattern");

// Create a custom ITcpReader implementation
class MyCustomTcpReader : ITcpReader
{
  private readonly ITcpReader reader;

  public MyCustomTcpReader()
  {
     reader = new TcpReader();
  }

  public Task<string> Read(string url, int port, string command, Encoding encoding, int timeoutSeconds)
  {
    Console.WriteLine($"Reading from URL: {url}");

    return reader.Read(url, port, command, encoding, timeoutSeconds);
  }

  public void Dispose()
  {
    reader.Dispose();
  }
}

// Create a WhoisLookup instance
var lookup = new WhoisLookup();

// Assign the custom TcpReader
lookup.TcpReader = new MyCustomTcpReader();

// Lookups will now use the custom TcpReader
var response = lookup.Lookup("github.com");