PubDNS

pubdns is a library for python to have more than 28K public dns servers from 190+ countries at your python script. it works based on the public-dns.info collected data and there is a wrapper based on the dnspython to resolve all type of dns records through these public dns server smoothly.

Quick start

import pubdns
pd = pubdns.pubdns()
servers = pd.servers('US', 'los angeles')

Sample data

[
  {
    'city': 'Los Angeles',
    'server': '12.127.16.67',
    'name': 'rmtu.mt.rs.els-gms.att.net.',
    'reliability': '1.00'
  },
  {
    'city': 'Los Angeles',
    'server': '216.240.32.77',
    'name': 'dns2.worldpassage.net.',
    'reliability':'1.00'
  },
...
]

Sample DNS Query

rs = pubdns.dns.resolver(servers, 'amazon.com', ['A'])
for r in rs:
    print(r)

Sample Data

{
    'server':
        {
         'city': 'Los Angeles',
         'server': '12.127.16.67',
         'name': 'rmtu.mt.rs.els-gms.att.net.',
         'reliability': '1.00'
        },
    'resolve': [
        {'name': '176.32.98.166', 'type': 'A'},
        {'name': '176.32.103.205', 'type': 'A'},
        {'name': '205.251.242.103', 'type': 'A'}
    ]
}

Feature Support

• Search by country and city
• Cache public-dns.info data and update with specific TTL
• Support HTTP proxy to get public dns data
• Query the public DNS with specific record type(s)

Requirements

Python 2.6 or later.

Installation

pip install pubdns

License

This project is licensed under MIT license. Please read the LICENSE file.

Contribute

Welcomes any kind of contribution, please follow the next steps:

• Fork the project on github.com.
• Create a new branch.
• Commit changes to the new branch.
• Send a pull request.