DNS Record¶

DNS record objects are returned by DNSQuestion:getRecords() and accepted by DNSQuestion:addAnswer(), DNSQuestion:addRecord() and DNSQuestion:setRecords().

class DNSRecord¶

Represents a single DNS record. It has these attributes:

DNSRecord.name¶

The name of the record. A DNSName.

DNSRecord.place¶

The place where the record is located,

• 0 for the question section

• 1 for the answer section

• 2 for the authority section

• 3 for the additional section

DNSRecord.ttl¶

The TTL of the record

DNSRecord.type¶

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

And the following methods:

DNSRecord(): changeContent(newcontent)¶

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

Parameters:¶

newcontent (str) – The replacing content

DNSRecord(): getCA(): ComboAddress¶

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

DNSRecord(): getContent(): str¶

Return a string representation of the record content.