TLD Enumerations

Lists of every IANA TLD in various formats. The lists may be continuously updated using the included update utility that pulls the latest data from IANA.

• CSV Format
• All Format Files
• Updating the Format Files
• Node Usage
• PHP Usage

Usage

Because the lists are provided in universial CSV and JSON formats, they can be easily utilitized in most programming environments. Additionally, for convenience, some native programming language formats have also been provided.

• Node Usage
• More Node Examples
• PHP Usage
• More PHP Examples

Node Usage

• use npm to add the tld-enum package to your project

  $ npm install tld-enum --save
  

• add the module to your source

  const tldEnum = require('tld-enum');
  

• access the list by using the tldEnum.tldList array

  const tldEnum = require('tld-enum');
  console.log(tldEnum.list); //an array with every IANA TLD
  

  The following example...

  const tldEnum = require('tld-enum');
  
  console.log("There are " + tldEnum.list.length + " IANA TLDs");
  
  let tldCheck;
  
  tldCheck = "com";
  console.log("Is '" + tldCheck + "' a real TLD?");
  if (tldEnum.list.indexOf(tldCheck.toLowerCase()) != -1) {
      console.log("  yes");
  } else {
      console.log("  no");
  }
  
  tldCheck = "somethingWeird";
  console.log("Is '" + tldCheck + "' a real TLD?");
  if (tldEnum.list.indexOf(tldCheck.toLowerCase()) != -1) {
      console.log("  yes");
  } else {
      console.log("  no");
  }
  

  Should produce the following output...

  There are 1577 IANA TLDs
  Is 'com' a real TLD?
     yes
  Is 'somethingWeird' a real TLD?
     no
  

More Node Examples

• js-demo.js Demo using the simple array of every TLD in JavaScript.
• js-desc-demo.js Demo using the TLD description hashmap in JavaScript.
• js-type-demo.js Demo using the TLD type hashmap in JavaScript.
• js-info-demo.js Demo using the array of TLD info hashmaps in JavaScript.

PHP Usage

• use composer to add the katmore/tld-enum package to your project

  $ composer require katmore/tld-enum
  

• access the list by using the \TldEnum\TldList::TLD_LIST class constant array

  <?php
  print_r(\TldEnum\TldList::TLD_LIST); //an array with every IANA TLD
  

  The following example...

  <?php
  use TldEnum\TldList;
  
  echo "There are " . count(TldList::TLD_LIST) . " IANA TLDs\n";
  
  $tldCheck = "com";
  echo "Is '$tldCheck' a real TLD?\n";
  if (in_array(strtolower($tldCheck), TldList::TLD_LIST)) {
      echo "  yes\n";
  } else {
      echo "  no\n";
  }
  
  $tldCheck = "somethingWeird";
  echo "Is '$tldCheck' a real TLD?\n";
  if (in_array(strtolower($tldCheck), TldList::TLD_LIST)) {
      echo "  yes\n";
  } else {
      echo "  no\n";
  }
  

  Should produce the following output...

  There are 1577 IANA TLDs
  Is 'com' a real TLD?
     yes
  Is 'somethingWeird' a real TLD?
     no
  

More PHP Examples

• php-demo.php Demo using the simple array of every TLD in PHP.
• php-TldDesc-demo.php Demo using the TLD description hashmap in PHP.
• php-TldType-demo.php Demo using the TLD type hashmap in PHP.
• php-TldInfo-demo.php Demo using the array of TLD info hashmaps in PHP.

TLD List Formats

• CSV: tlds.csv

  A CSV file providing a row for every IANA TLD with the following three columns: domain (TLD), description, and type.

• PHP

  • TldList.php

    A PHP source file providing a class constant array comprised of every IANA TLD.

  • TldDesc.php

    A PHP source file providing a class constant assoc array with a key for every IANA TLD and the corresponding TLD's "description" as the value.

  • TldType.php

    A PHP source file providing a class constant assoc array with a key for every IANA TLD and the corresponding TLD's "type" as the value.

  • TldInfo.php

    A PHP source file providing a class constant array of "info" assoc array elements of every IANA TLD.

• JSON

  • tld-list.json

    A JSON formatted array comprised of every IANA TLD.

  • tld-desc.json

    A JSON formatted object with a property for every IANA TLD and the corresponding TLD's "description" as the value.

  • tld-type.json

    A JSON formatted object with a property for every IANA TLD and the corresponding TLD's "type" as the value.

  • tld-info.json

    A JSON formatted array of "info" object elements of every IANA TLD.

• JavaScript

  • list.js

    An export module with an array comprised of every IANA TLD.

  • desc.js

    An export module with an object containing a property for every IANA TLD and the corresponding TLD's "description" as the value.

  • type.js

    An export module with an object containing a property for every IANA TLD and the corresponding TLD's "type" as the value.

  • info.js

    An export module with an array comprised of "info" object elements of every IANA TLD.

Updating the TLD format files

All TLD List Formats can be updated with the latest data from IANA by using the TLD Update Utility.

$ bin/update-formats.sh

TLD Update Utility Prerequisites

• Node.js version 8.11 or higher.

• (Optional) PHP command-line version 7.2 or higher, to re-generate the PHP format files.

• The devDependencies from package.json must be available.

  • If tld-enum was installed in an outside project using npm, then the tld-enum dev dependencies must be installed manually, as in the following example:

    npm install async-request --save-dev
    npm install cheerio --save-dev
    npm install commander --save-dev
    npm install country-data --save-dev
    npm install countryjs --save-dev
    npm install csv-parse --save-dev
    npm install csv-stringify --save-dev
    npm install es6-promisify --save-dev
    npm install fs --save-dev
    npm install fs-extra --save-dev
    npm install md5-file --save-dev
    npm install pathinfo --save-dev
    npm install request --save-dev
    npm install tmp --save-dev
    

  • If tld-enum was installed in an outside project using npm, then the TLD Update Utility can be executed from the node_module to update the TLD format files without having to wait for an update to the tld-enum npm package, as in the following example:

    node_modules/tld-enum/bin/update-formats.sh
    

TLD Update Utility Usage

usage:
  update-formats.sh [-h]|[-q][format file options...]

-h,--help: Print a help message and exit.
-q,--quiet: Print only critical messages.

format file options:
  --force-php: Creating the PHP format files is mandatory.
  --skip-php: Always skip creating the PHP format files.
  --skip-csv: Use existing tlds.csv and do not download new data from IANA.

TLD Update Helpers

Internally, the TLD Update Utility uses multiple "helper" scripts to generate the full set of native format lists. These individual "helper" scripts should not be directly executed except for development and troubleshooting purposes.

Legal

The source code in this project is based on a fork of certain source code originally from the incognico/list-of-top-level-domains project, as retrieved on 2017-12-04, which was published to the public domain.

Copyright

TLD Enumerations - https://github.com/katmore/tld-enum

The following copyright notice applies to all resources in this project unless specifically noted otherwise:

Copyright (c) 2017-2018 Doug Bird. All Rights Reserved.

License

All resources in the TLD Enumerations project are copyrighted free software unless specifically noted otherwise.

You may redistribute and modify it under either the terms and conditions of the "The MIT License (MIT)"; or the terms and conditions of the "GPL v3 License". See LICENSE and GPLv3.

These licensing conditions do not apply to any resources that have been released into the public domain; which are listed in the "Public Domain Resources" section of the TLD Enumerations project's README document.

Public Domain Resources

The following resources of this project are hereby released into the public domain:

• tlds.csv
• formats/js/tld-enum/list.js
• formats/js/tld-enum/desc.js
• formats/js/tld-enum/info.js
• formats/js/tld-enum/type.js
• formats/json/tld-list.json
• formats/json/tld-desc.json
• formats/json/tld-info.json
• formats/json/tld-type.json
• formats/php/TldEnum/TldList.php
• formats/php/TldEnum/TldDesc.php
• formats/php/TldEnum/TldInfo.php
• formats/php/TldEnum/TldType.php
• assets/tld-desc.csv