DNSRecord objects¶

A DNSRecord object represents a record. Creating a DNSRecord is done with the newDR().

Functions and methods of a DNSRecord¶

newDR(name, type, ttl, content, place) → DNSRecord¶

Returns a new DNSRecord object.

Parameters:¶

name : DNSName¶

The name to the new record

type : string¶

The type of the record

ttl : int¶

The TTL of the record

content : string¶

The content of the record

place : int¶

The place where the record is located (as an integer, see DNSRecord.place)

class DNSRecord¶

A DNSRecord object represents a DNS record.

name¶

The name of the record. A DNSName.

place¶

The place where the record is located, you can use the following constants

• pdns.place.QUESTION for the question section

• pdns.place.ANSWER for the answer section

• pdns.place.AUTHORITY for the authority section

• pdns.place.ADDITIONAL for the additional section

ttl¶

The TTL of the record

type¶

The type of the record (as an integer). Can for example be compared to pdns.A

DNSRecord:getContent() -> string

Return a string representation of the record content

DNSRecord:getCA() -> ComboAddress

If the record type is A or AAAA, a ComboAddress representing the content is returned, nil otherwise

DNSRecord:changeContent(newcontent)

Replace the record content with newcontent. The type and class cannot be changed.

Parameters:¶

newcontent : str

The replacing content