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Overview

The client library for DNS Lookup API in Python language.

The minimum Python version is 3.6.

Installation

pip install dns-lookup-api

Examples

Full API documentation available here

Create a new client

from dnslookupapi import *

client = Client('Your API key')

Make basic requests

# Get DNS records for a domain name.
response = client.get('youtube.com')
print(response)
print(response.records_by_type['MX'])

# Get raw API response in XML format
raw_result = client.get_raw('bbc.com',
    output_format=Client.XML_FORMAT)

Advanced usage

Extra request parameters

result = client.get(
    'samsung.com',
    'A,MX,NS')

Response model overview

Response:
    - domain_name: [str]
    - dns_types: str
    - types: [int]
    - dns_records: [DnsRecord]
        - name: str
        - type: int
        - dns_type: str
        - ttl: int
        - value: str
        - raw_text: str
    - meta_description: str
    - meta_title: str
    - records_by_type: { 'dns_type' -> [DnsRecord] }

Sample response

{
'domain_name': 'youtube.com',
'types': '[-1]',
'dns_types': '_all',
'dns_records': [
      {'type': '16', 'dns_type': 'TXT', 'name': 'youtube.com.', 'ttl': '3600',
       'value': 'v=spf1 include:google.com mx -all',
       'raw_text': 'youtube.com.\t\t3600\tIN\tTXT\t"v=spf1 include:google.com mx -all"'},
      {'type': '16', 'dns_type': 'TXT', 'name': 'youtube.com.', 'ttl': '3600',
       'value': 'google-site-verification=QtQWEwHWM8tHiJ4s-jJWzEQrD_fF3luPnpzNDH-Nw-w',
       'raw_text': 'youtube.com.\t\t3600\tIN\tTXT\t"google-site-verification=QtQWEwHWM8tHiJ4s-jJWzEQrD_fF3luPnpzNDH-Nw-w"'},
      {'type': '1', 'dns_type': 'A', 'name': 'youtube.com.', 'ttl': '300',
       'value': '142.250.68.78',
       'raw_text': 'youtube.com.\t\t300\tIN\tA\t142.250.68.78'},
      {'type': '257', 'dns_type': 'CAA', 'name': 'youtube.com.', 'ttl': '21600',
       'value': 'pki.goog',
       'raw_text': 'youtube.com.\t\t21600\tIN\tCAA\t0 issue "pki.goog"',
       'flags': '0', 'tag': 'issue'},
      {'type': '2', 'dns_type': 'NS', 'name': 'youtube.com.', 'ttl': '21600',
       'value': 'ns2.google.com.',
       'raw_text': 'youtube.com.\t\t21600\tIN\tNS\tns2.google.com.'},
      {'type': '2', 'dns_type': 'NS', 'name': 'youtube.com.', 'ttl': '21600',
       'value': 'ns1.google.com.',
       'raw_text': 'youtube.com.\t\t21600\tIN\tNS\tns1.google.com.'},
      {'type': '6', 'dns_type': 'SOA', 'name': 'youtube.com.', 'ttl': '60',
       'value': 'ns1.google.com.',
       'raw_text': 'youtube.com.\t\t60\tIN\tSOA\tns1.google.com. dns-admin.google.com. 404480356 900 900 1800 60',
       'admin': 'dns-admin.google.com.', 'host': 'ns1.google.com.',
       'expire': '1800', 'minimum': '60', 'refresh': '900', 'retry': '900',
       'serial': '404480356'},
      {'type': '28', 'dns_type': 'AAAA', 'name': 'youtube.com.', 'ttl': '300',
       'value': '2607:f8b0:4007:811:0:0:0:200e',
       'raw_text': 'youtube.com.\t\t300\tIN\tAAAA\t2607:f8b0:4007:811:0:0:0:200e'},
      {'type': '15', 'dns_type': 'MX', 'name': 'youtube.com.', 'ttl': '254',
       'value': 'smtp.google.com.',
       'raw_text': 'youtube.com.\t\t254\tIN\tMX\t0 smtp.google.com.',
       'priority': '0', 'host': 'smtp.google.com.'}
                ]

'records_by_type':
  {'TXT': [
          {'type': '16', 'dns_type': 'TXT', 'name': 'youtube.com.', 'ttl': '3600',
           'value': 'v=spf1 include:google.com mx -all',
           'raw_text': 'youtube.com.\t\t3600\tIN\tTXT\t"v=spf1 include:google.com mx -all"'},
          {'type': '16', 'dns_type': 'TXT', 'name': 'youtube.com.', 'ttl': '3600',
           'value': 'google-site-verification=QtQWEwHWM8tHiJ4s-jJWzEQrD_fF3luPnpzNDH-Nw-w',
           'raw_text': 'youtube.com.\t\t3600\tIN\tTXT\t"google-site-verification=QtQWEwHWM8tHiJ4s-jJWzEQrD_fF3luPnpzNDH-Nw-w"'}
          ],
   'A':   [
          {'type': '1', 'dns_type': 'A', 'name': 'youtube.com.', 'ttl': '300',
           'value': '142.250.68.78',
           'raw_text': 'youtube.com.\t\t300\tIN\tA\t142.250.68.78'}
          ],
   'CAA': [
          {'type': '257', 'dns_type': 'CAA', 'name': 'youtube.com.', 'ttl': '21600',
           'value': 'pki.goog',
           'raw_text': 'youtube.com.\t\t21600\tIN\tCAA\t0 issue "pki.goog"',
           'flags': '0', 'tag': 'issue'}
          ],
   'NS':  [
          {'type': '2', 'dns_type': 'NS', 'name': 'youtube.com.', 'ttl': '21600',
           'value': 'ns2.google.com.',
           'raw_text': 'youtube.com.\t\t21600\tIN\tNS\tns2.google.com.'},
          {'type': '2', 'dns_type': 'NS', 'name': 'youtube.com.', 'ttl': '21600',
           'value': 'ns1.google.com.',
           'raw_text': 'youtube.com.\t\t21600\tIN\tNS\tns1.google.com.'}
          ],
   'SOA': [
          {'type': '6', 'dns_type': 'SOA', 'name': 'youtube.com.', 'ttl': '60',
           'value': 'ns1.google.com.',
           'raw_text': 'youtube.com.\t\t60\tIN\tSOA\tns1.google.com. dns-admin.google.com. 404480356 900 900 1800 60',
           'admin': 'dns-admin.google.com.', 'host': 'ns1.google.com.',
           'expire': '1800', 'minimum': '60', 'refresh': '900',
           'retry': '900', 'serial': '404480356'}
          ],
   'AAAA': [
          {'type': '28', 'dns_type': 'AAAA', 'name': 'youtube.com.', 'ttl': '300',
           'value': '2607:f8b0:4007:811:0:0:0:200e',
           'raw_text': 'youtube.com.\t\t300\tIN\tAAAA\t2607:f8b0:4007:811:0:0:0:200e'}
           ],
   'MX':  [
          {'type': '15', 'dns_type': 'MX', 'name': 'youtube.com.', 'ttl': '254',
           'value': 'smtp.google.com.',
           'raw_text': 'youtube.com.\t\t254\tIN\tMX\t0 smtp.google.com.',
           'priority': '0',
           'host': 'smtp.google.com.'}
          ]
  }
}

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