diff --git a/whois/example.host.name.json b/whois/example.host.name.json
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+++ b/whois/example.host.name.json
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+{
+  "domains": [
+    "example.com",
+    "example.org",
+    "example.net"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/zabbix-whois-check.py b/zabbix-whois-check.py
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+++ b/zabbix-whois-check.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# checks when a domain is going to expire
+# and sends the time to zabbix
+# new version that reads from a json file
+
+import sys
+import os 
+import json
+import whois
+from pyzabbix import ZabbixMetric, ZabbixSender
+
+wwwhost = sys.argv[1]
+dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+
+with open(dir_path+'/whois/'+wwwhost+'.json', 'r') as read_file:
+  domains = json.load(read_file)
+
+for domain in domains['domains']:
+  w = whois.whois(domain)
+  if isinstance(w.expiration_date, list):
+    packet = ZabbixMetric(wwwhost, 'domain.expiry['+domain+']', w.expiration_date[0].timestamp()),
+  else:
+    packet = ZabbixMetric(wwwhost, 'domain.expiry['+domain+']', w.expiration_date.timestamp()),
+  result = ZabbixSender(use_config=True).send(packet)
+
+  ## some tests
+  #print(w)
+  #print(w.domain_name, w.expiration_date)
+  #print(packet)
+  #print(result)
diff --git a/zabbix-whois-discovery.py b/zabbix-whois-discovery.py
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+++ b/zabbix-whois-discovery.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# read domains from a json array
+# and feed them into zabbix
+
+import sys
+import os
+import json
+from pyzabbix import ZabbixMetric, ZabbixSender
+
+wwwhost = sys.argv[1]
+asdf = ''
+idx = 0
+dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+
+with open(dir_path+'/whois/'+wwwhost+'.json', 'r') as read_file:
+  domains = json.load(read_file)
+
+for idx, thing in enumerate(domains['domains']):
+  if idx == 0:
+    asdf += '{"{#WHOISDOMAIN}":"'+thing+'"}'
+  else:
+    asdf += ',{"{#WHOISDOMAIN}":"'+thing+'"}'
+
+done = '{"data":['+asdf+']}'
+
+
+packet = ZabbixMetric(wwwhost, 'domain.expiry.item', done),
+result = ZabbixSender(use_config=True).send(packet)
+
+## some tests
+#print(done)
+#print(packet)
+#print(result)
+
+## another test
+#f = open('/tmp/zabbix-whois.txt', 'w')
+#f.write(done)
+#f.close()
diff --git a/zabbix-whois-template.xml b/zabbix-whois-template.xml
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+++ b/zabbix-whois-template.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<zabbix_export>
+    <version>3.4</version>
+    <date>2018-06-04T11:01:41Z</date>
+    <groups>
+        <group>
+            <name>Templates</name>
+        </group>
+    </groups>
+    <templates>
+        <template>
+            <template>Template Whois Expiry</template>
+            <name>Template Whois Expiry</name>
+            <description/>
+            <groups>
+                <group>
+                    <name>Templates</name>
+                </group>
+            </groups>
+            <applications>
+                <application>
+                    <name>Domains</name>
+                </application>
+            </applications>
+            <items/>
+            <discovery_rules>
+                <discovery_rule>
+                    <name>Whois Domain Discovery</name>
+                    <type>2</type>
+                    <snmp_community/>
+                    <snmp_oid/>
+                    <key>domain.expiry.item</key>
+                    <delay>0</delay>
+                    <status>0</status>
+                    <allowed_hosts/>
+                    <snmpv3_contextname/>
+                    <snmpv3_securityname/>
+                    <snmpv3_securitylevel>0</snmpv3_securitylevel>
+                    <snmpv3_authprotocol>0</snmpv3_authprotocol>
+                    <snmpv3_authpassphrase/>
+                    <snmpv3_privprotocol>0</snmpv3_privprotocol>
+                    <snmpv3_privpassphrase/>
+                    <params/>
+                    <ipmi_sensor/>
+                    <authtype>0</authtype>
+                    <username/>
+                    <password/>
+                    <publickey/>
+                    <privatekey/>
+                    <port/>
+                    <filter>
+                        <evaltype>0</evaltype>
+                        <formula/>
+                        <conditions/>
+                    </filter>
+                    <lifetime>1d</lifetime>
+                    <description>This is a trapper item, which means that an external script sends data to Zabbix Server on its own. A bit like the active agent I suppose.</description>
+                    <item_prototypes>
+                        <item_prototype>
+                            <name>Domain {#WHOISDOMAIN} expiry date</name>
+                            <type>2</type>
+                            <snmp_community/>
+                            <snmp_oid/>
+                            <key>domain.expiry[{#WHOISDOMAIN}]</key>
+                            <delay>0</delay>
+                            <history>3d</history>
+                            <trends>365d</trends>
+                            <status>0</status>
+                            <value_type>3</value_type>
+                            <allowed_hosts/>
+                            <units>unixtime</units>
+                            <snmpv3_contextname/>
+                            <snmpv3_securityname/>
+                            <snmpv3_securitylevel>0</snmpv3_securitylevel>
+                            <snmpv3_authprotocol>0</snmpv3_authprotocol>
+                            <snmpv3_authpassphrase/>
+                            <snmpv3_privprotocol>0</snmpv3_privprotocol>
+                            <snmpv3_privpassphrase/>
+                            <params/>
+                            <ipmi_sensor/>
+                            <authtype>0</authtype>
+                            <username/>
+                            <password/>
+                            <publickey/>
+                            <privatekey/>
+                            <port/>
+                            <description/>
+                            <inventory_link>0</inventory_link>
+                            <applications>
+                                <application>
+                                    <name>Domains</name>
+                                </application>
+                            </applications>
+                            <valuemap/>
+                            <logtimefmt/>
+                            <preprocessing/>
+                            <jmx_endpoint/>
+                            <application_prototypes/>
+                            <master_item_prototype/>
+                        </item_prototype>
+                    </item_prototypes>
+                    <trigger_prototypes>
+                        <trigger_prototype>
+                            <expression>{Template Whois Expiry:domain.expiry[{#WHOISDOMAIN}].last()} - {Template Whois Expiry:domain.expiry[{#WHOISDOMAIN}].now()}&lt;14d</expression>
+                            <recovery_mode>0</recovery_mode>
+                            <recovery_expression/>
+                            <name>Domain {#WHOISDOMAIN} is about to expire</name>
+                            <correlation_mode>0</correlation_mode>
+                            <correlation_tag/>
+                            <url/>
+                            <status>0</status>
+                            <priority>4</priority>
+                            <description/>
+                            <type>0</type>
+                            <manual_close>0</manual_close>
+                            <dependencies/>
+                            <tags/>
+                        </trigger_prototype>
+                    </trigger_prototypes>
+                    <graph_prototypes/>
+                    <host_prototypes/>
+                    <jmx_endpoint/>
+                </discovery_rule>
+            </discovery_rules>
+            <httptests/>
+            <macros/>
+            <templates/>
+            <screens/>
+        </template>
+    </templates>
+</zabbix_export>