[db-wg] Restricting WHOIS searches to type: netname

hi,

On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 03:19:18PM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette via db-wg wrote:
> One of the helpful options provided by the RIPE WHOIS server is the
> --types option which provides a list of what specific object types
> a given set of query results may be restricted to.
> 
> That list is as follows:
> 
> inetnum
> inet6num
[..]
> Can anyone explain to me why "netname" is not on the above list?

If I'm not misunderstanding you, what you want to see is these
objects:

inetnum:        82.108.52.0 - 82.108.53.255
netname:        ABC

so that's the "type" you need to specify: "inetnum".  "netname:" is not
an object type, but an attribute.

$ whois3 -r -T inetnum ABC

-> 15 objects (-r restricts returning of referred person: objects)

Or do you want to restrict your search to "only match ABC in the netname:
attribute"?  I'm not sure if it can be done, but that's not what "--type"
is for in any case.

Gert Doering
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