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DNS Lookup is a simple tool for looking up the DNS records of a domain. It returns the A, MX, and other records of the domain.

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DNS Lookup API

DNS Lookup is a simple tool for looking up the DNS records of a domain. It returns the A, MX, and other records of the domain.

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This is a Python API Wrapper for the DNS Lookup API


Installation

Using pip:

pip install apiverve-dnslookup

Using pip3:

pip3 install apiverve-dnslookup

Configuration

Before using the dnslookup API client, you have to setup your account and obtain your API Key. You can get it by signing up at https://apiverve.com


Quick Start

Here's a simple example to get you started quickly:

from apiverve_dnslookup.apiClient import DnslookupAPIClient

# Initialize the client with your APIVerve API key
api = DnslookupAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]")

query = { "domain": "myspace.com" }

try:
    # Make the API call
    result = api.execute(query)

    # Print the result
    print(result)
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")

Usage

The DNS Lookup API documentation is found here: https://docs.apiverve.com/ref/dnslookup. You can find parameters, example responses, and status codes documented here.

Setup

# Import the client module
from apiverve_dnslookup.apiClient import DnslookupAPIClient

# Initialize the client with your APIVerve API key
api = DnslookupAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]")

Perform Request

Using the API client, you can perform requests to the API.

Define Query
query = { "domain": "myspace.com" }
Simple Request
# Make a request to the API
result = api.execute(query)

# Print the result
print(result)
Example Response
{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "domain": "myspace.com",
    "records": {
      "A": [
        "34.111.176.156"
      ],
      "MX": [
        {
          "exchange": "us-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com",
          "priority": 10
        },
        {
          "exchange": "us-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.com",
          "priority": 10
        }
      ],
      "NS": [
        "ns-cloud-a4.googledomains.com",
        "ns-cloud-a1.googledomains.com",
        "ns-cloud-a2.googledomains.com",
        "ns-cloud-a3.googledomains.com"
      ],
      "SOA": {
        "nsname": "ns-cloud-a1.googledomains.com",
        "hostmaster": "cloud-dns-hostmaster.google.com",
        "serial": 2,
        "refresh": 21600,
        "retry": 3600,
        "expire": 259200,
        "minttl": 300
      },
      "TXT": [
        "cr40m536tje9on1slld9bi81bg",
        "qpdYoeakhlmAxsnmxgAVFmJgUSibqb/y+Eu6GGn8pdmLf+mFGIB3jhRAxIC5KObsPMES9MW2c+oOrpOo/lCQVw==",
        "oZ19a+EOIwWVDPJ7POj14UAGBfzk9xcJMmsTUAMUy7H82sDuVCxvw9rZqdg3znFrdTH04+49zd1djhEAt0ooiA==",
        "MS=ms89904786",
        "google-site-verification=eu-3gW1JePvsGRRCaEvH17YUOTFJNofm4lnz2Pk0LTc",
        "google-site-verification=q0iWqpcfOBclAJaCeWh83v62QQ4uCgbWObQ08p37qgU",
        "al4upe6q5cl13sg4srvfivflvg",
        "v=spf1 mx ip4:63.208.226.34 ip4:204.16.32.0/22 ip4:67.134.143.0/24 ip4:216.205.243.0/24 ip4:34.85.156.5/32 ip4:35.245.108.108/32 ip4:34.86.129.193/32 ip4:34.86.134.94/32 ip4:34.85.222.234/32 ip4:34.86.176.234/32 ip4:34.86.125.212/32 ip4:34.85.224.60/32 ip4:34.86.160.49/32 ip4:35.245.64.166/32 ip4:35.188.226.11/32 ip4:34.86.208.228/32 ip4:34.85.216.144/32 ip4:35.221.22.153/32 ip4:34.86.137.108/32 ip4:34.86.51.35/32 ip4:34.150.221.40/32 ip4:34.85.216.70/32 ip4:34.86.37.191/32 ip4:34.85.214.215/32 ip4:35.236.234.82/32 ip4:34.86.161.241/32 ip4:216.32.181.16 ip4:216.178.32.0/20 ip4:168.235.224.0/24 include:_netblocks.mimecast.com -all",
        "cj65vjpq0s1v9u7vfo020c6rel"
      ]
    },
    "summary": {
      "hasIPv6": false,
      "hasMailServers": true,
      "hasSPF": true
    }
  }
}

Error Handling

The API client provides comprehensive error handling through the DnslookupAPIClientError exception. Here are some examples:

Basic Error Handling

from apiverve_dnslookup.apiClient import DnslookupAPIClient, DnslookupAPIClientError

api = DnslookupAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]")

query = { "domain": "myspace.com" }

try:
    result = api.execute(query)
    print("Success!")
    print(result)
except DnslookupAPIClientError as e:
    print(f"API Error: {e.message}")
    if e.status_code:
        print(f"Status Code: {e.status_code}")
    if e.response:
        print(f"Response: {e.response}")

Handling Specific Error Types

from apiverve_dnslookup.apiClient import DnslookupAPIClient, DnslookupAPIClientError

api = DnslookupAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]")

query = { "domain": "myspace.com" }

try:
    result = api.execute(query)

    # Check for successful response
    if result.get('status') == 'success':
        print("Request successful!")
        print(result.get('data'))
    else:
        print(f"API returned an error: {result.get('error')}")

except DnslookupAPIClientError as e:
    # Handle API client errors
    if e.status_code == 401:
        print("Unauthorized: Invalid API key")
    elif e.status_code == 429:
        print("Rate limit exceeded")
    elif e.status_code >= 500:
        print("Server error - please try again later")
    else:
        print(f"API error: {e.message}")
except Exception as e:
    # Handle unexpected errors
    print(f"Unexpected error: {str(e)}")

Using Context Manager (Recommended)

The client supports the context manager protocol for automatic resource cleanup:

from apiverve_dnslookup.apiClient import DnslookupAPIClient, DnslookupAPIClientError

query = { "domain": "myspace.com" }

# Using context manager ensures proper cleanup
with DnslookupAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]") as api:
    try:
        result = api.execute(query)
        print(result)
    except DnslookupAPIClientError as e:
        print(f"Error: {e.message}")
# Session is automatically closed here

Advanced Features

Debug Mode

Enable debug logging to see detailed request and response information:

from apiverve_dnslookup.apiClient import DnslookupAPIClient

# Enable debug mode
api = DnslookupAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]", debug=True)

query = { "domain": "myspace.com" }

# Debug information will be printed to console
result = api.execute(query)

Manual Session Management

If you need to manually manage the session lifecycle:

from apiverve_dnslookup.apiClient import DnslookupAPIClient

api = DnslookupAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]")

query = { "domain": "myspace.com" }

try:
    result = api.execute(query)
    print(result)
finally:
    # Manually close the session when done
    api.close()

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