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Darshana
Darshana

Reputation: 2548

whois doesn't work in irb

I install whois using $ gem install whois and follow Ruby Whois
but when I test it in irb, it gives error:

1.9.3p194 :001 > c = Whois::Client.new
NameError: uninitialized constant Whois
from (irb):1
from /home/darshana/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/railties-3.2.8/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:47:in `start'
from /home/darshana/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/railties-3.2.8/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:8:in `start'
from /home/darshana/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/railties-3.2.8/lib/rails/commands.rb:41:in `<top (required)>'
from script/rails:6:in `require'
from script/rails:6:in `<main>

EDIT

when I require 'whois' gives another error:

1.9.3p194 :003 > require 'whois'
LoadError: cannot load such file -- whois
from /home/darshana/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/activesupport-3.2.8/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in `require'
from /home/darshana/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/activesupport-3.2.8/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in `block in require'
from /home/darshana/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/activesupport-3.2.8/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:236:in `load_dependency'
from /home/darshana/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/activesupport-3.2.8/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in `require'
from (irb):3
from /home/darshana/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/railties-3.2.8/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:47:in `start'
from /home/darshana/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/railties-3.2.8/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:8:in `start'
from /home/darshana/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/railties-3.2.8/lib/rails/commands.rb:41:in `<top (required)>'
from script/rails:6:in `require'
from script/rails:6:in `<main>'

Thanks.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 905

Answers (3)

bulleric
bulleric

Reputation: 2127

Try to install and load the whois library .. that worked for me.

> gem install whois
> irb
* require 'whois'  
* c = Whois::Client.new
>>  #<Whois::Client:0x8f0fa34 @timeout=10, @settings={}>

Upvotes: 2

AnkitG
AnkitG

Reputation: 6568

If this is in your gemfile than load the irb with bundle exec rails c

Upvotes: 0

Mohanraj
Mohanraj

Reputation: 4200

Sometimes gems cant be required by default, for this time we need to require this gem.

For example(in your case), you added whois gem in Gemfile, then open console give following line

require "whois"

then use Whois constant should be available.

Upvotes: 1

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