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.TH RDAP 1 "May 2025" "OpenRDAP v0.9.1" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
rdap \- command-line RDAP client

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B rdap
[\fIOPTIONS\fR] \fIDOMAIN\fR|\fIIP\fR|\fIASN\fR|\fIENTITY\fR|\fINAMESERVER\fR|\fIRDAP-URL\fR

.SH DESCRIPTION
OpenRDAP is a command-line client for querying the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP).

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB-h\fR, \fB--help\fR
Show help message.
.TP
\fB-V\fR, \fB--version\fR
Print version and quit.
.TP
\fB-v\fR, \fB--verbose\fR
Print verbose messages on STDERR.

.SH USAGE EXAMPLES
.TP
rdap example.com
.TP
rdap 192.0.2.0
.TP
rdap 2001:db8::
.TP
rdap AS2856
.TP
rdap OPS4-RIPE
.TP
rdap https://rdap.nic.cz/domain/example.cz
.TP
rdap --json https://rdap.nic.cz/domain/example.cz
.TP
rdap -s https://rdap.nic.cz -t help

.SH TIMEOUT OPTIONS
.TP
\fB-T\fR, \fB--timeout\fR=\fISECS\fR
Timeout after SECS seconds (default: 30).

.SH SECURITY OPTIONS
.TP
\fB-k\fR, \fB--insecure\fR
Disable SSL certificate verification.

.SH OUTPUT FORMATS
.TP
\fB--text\fR
Output RDAP in plain text tree format (default).
.TP
\fB-w\fR, \fB--whois\fR
Output WHOIS style (domain queries only).
.TP
\fB-j\fR, \fB--json\fR
Output JSON, pretty-printed format.
.TP
\fB-r\fR, \fB--raw\fR
Output the raw server response.

.SH ADVANCED QUERY OPTIONS
.TP
\fB-s\fR, \fB--server\fR=\fIURL\fR
Specify RDAP server to query.
.TP
\fB-t\fR, \fB--type\fR=\fITYPE\fR
Specify RDAP query type (e.g., domain, ip, autnum, nameserver, etc.).

.SH BOOTSTRAPPING OPTIONS
.TP
\fB--cache-dir\fR=\fIDIR\fR
Specify bootstrap cache directory (default: $HOME/.openrdap).
.TP
\fB--bs-url\fR=\fIURL\fR
Set bootstrap service URL (default: https://data.iana.org/rdap).
.TP
\fB--bs-ttl\fR=\fISECS\fR
Set bootstrap cache time in seconds (default: 3600).

.SH AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS
.TP
\fB-P\fR, \fB--p12\fR=\fIcert.p12[:password]\fR
Use client certificate & private key (PKCS#12 format).
.TP
\fB-C\fR, \fB--cert\fR=\fIcert.pem\fR
Use client certificate (PEM format).
.TP
\fB-K\fR, \fB--key\fR=\fIcert.key\fR
Use client private key (PEM format).

.SH SEE ALSO
More information is available at
.UR https://www.openrdap.org
.UE