Let's talk about PyFunceble, a tool to check the availability of a domain, an IPv4 or a list of domain or IPv4.

You know Funceble ?

Well, that's awesome because you then already know PyFunceble. Test PyFunceble and let me know what you think about it on Twitter (with #PyFunceble) or GitHub!

The main idea behind PyFunceble is to take Funceble to a next level. Indeed, Funceble was and is still great, but as many people mentioned when I released it, " it's written in Shell" which is not available on every machine. So the reason Funceble was written in Shell is that when I started to write it months ago, I wanted to write something helpful but I also wanted to improve my Shell skills. So I decided to write it in Shell.

Today, things are different because Funceble is for sure used but only on Unix based systems which made me think about "What if other systems could use Funceble ?". At the time I wrote Funceble, I also knew about Python but I never had the time and the desire to improve the skills I gained out there. But, as Python 3 is portable so available for download or already installed on almost all modern machines, I decided that it was time to improve my skills and to rewrite Funceble.

That was the beginning of PyFunceble. I had some great and bad time developing FyFunceble to its current state but it was worth when I see the result. I did many improvements into the way the algorithm of Funceble should be structured. I also had some fun time and I learned a lot about Python. That does a great resumé of my time writing PyFunceble. I also added one feature which I don't know how to implement yet into Funceble. That feature is behind inactive-db.json which can be seen in the repository. Indeed, I had this discussion one day and I ended with the idea of creating a database of all inactive domain so they can be tested over the time as the content of the database is automatically added to the list of domain to test when we retest the same filename in the next day.

Today PyFunceble is ready to be released into its first version but it's not gonna be done. Indeed, I don't want to release the first version of PyFunceble yet because that would mean that Funceble is becoming obsolete. But it's not the case ! That's why the first version of PyFunceble will be released in the same time as Funceble 2.0.

As of March 2018, I decided to archive Funceble because I do not have time (yet?) to maintain 2 totally different tool which does the same thing.

More information can complementarily be found on the Wiki of PyFunceble Documentation of PyFunceble.

Representation of the logic

More information can complementarily be found on the Wiki of PyFunceble.

Analog questions

Will I write Funceble into another language which is not Python and Bash?

It's not planned but if someone wants to start rewriting it into its favorite language I'll be glad to help!

Will I stop developing Funceble in the profit of PyFunceble?

I can tell, I really don't think about that yet but let's see where the future will take us.