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+Twisted / DNS Python
+====================
+
+txdnspython is a way to use [dnspython][1] to create and manipulate
+DNS messeages and then send those messages over the network using
+[Twisted's][2] asynchronous networking.
+
+dnspython has two interfaces for sending DNS data over the network -
+dns.resolver.query and the tcp, udp, and xfr methods in the dns.query
+module.  txdnspython currently can replace the dns.query.tcp and
+dns.query.udp methods from dnspython.
+
+An Example
+----------
+
+Here's an example of how to send a query (the code can be found in
+examples/simple_udp_query.py):
+
+    from twisted.internet import reactor
+    
+    import txdnspython
+    
+    import dns.message
+    
+    def printresult(result):
+        print result
+        reactor.stop()
+    
+    def printerror(reason):
+        print reason
+        reactor.stop()
+    
+    client = txdnspython.UdpDnsClient(reactor, '8.8.8.8')
+    
+    query_response = client.send_query(dns.message.make_query('www.google.com.', 'A'))
+    query_response.addCallback(printresult)
+    query_response.addErrback(printerror)
+    reactor.run()
+
+[1]: http://www.dnspython.org/ "dnspython"
+[2]: http://twistedmatrix.com/ "Twisted"