Regex usage causing error with python > 3.6

[pingwindyktator]

This function:

python-whois/pythonwhois/parse.py

Line 203 in 7b0ddf7

def preprocess_regex(regex):

causes an error re.error: bad escape \s at position 0 when using python > 3.6. You can try it here: https://wandbox.org/permlink/D6ZEUWfMIs7wYK77
Please note, that in python 3.7: "Unknown escapes consisting of '\' and an ASCII letter in replacement templates for re.sub() were deprecated in Python 3.5, and will now cause an error." (https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.7.html).
It seems that that's the only problem with python > 3.6.

[Themesfa]

i have this issue too!

[skjortan23]

Yes this issue still remains.

[vharitonsky]

Ended up doing it this way:

TARGET=/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pythonwhois/
cd $TARGET
sed -i 's/\(\s*regex = re.sub(r"\\\\s.*\)r"\\s\(.*\)>\\S\(.*\)/\1r"\\\\s\2>\\\\S\3/' parse.py

[SwapnilSoni1999]

still same on python3.8

[SwapnilSoni1999]

Ended up doing it this way:

TARGET=/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pythonwhois/
cd $TARGET
sed -i 's/\(\s*regex = re.sub(r"\\\\s.*\)r"\\s\(.*\)>\\S\(.*\)/\1r"\\\\s\2>\\\\S\3/' parse.py

thanks alot <3 works with 3.8

[rovellipaolo]

FYI this was also fixed in @kilgoretrout1985 fork of pythonwhois: kilgoretrout1985@81abd1a
pip3 install pythonwhois-alt