pldns

## pldns Module

ldns is a C library developed by NLnetLabs, It provides a complete set of functions for handling dns records, as well as DNS resolvers, etc.
This Module provides methods from ldns that can be used to analyse DNS records;
it is not a complete python extension of all the ldns functionality.

### Module Methods

These allow you acess to the ldns routines that map a (small integer) DNS object into a descriptive string.

opcodestr() | pldns.opcodestr(integer) -> aString
| Returns a string describing a DNS operation code value
rcodestr() | pldns.rcodestr(integer) -> aString
| Returns a string describing a DNS result code value
typestr() | pldns.typestr(integer) -> aString
| Returns a string describing a DNS Resource Record type
errorstr() | rldns_obj.errorstr(ldns_obj.status) -> anInteger
| Returns a string describing an ldns status code.

### Class LdnsRR

Ldns functions (see below) return tuples of LdnsRR objects. Each such object contains all the information from a single Resource Record in a DNS datagram.

Instance Attributes
owner | rr.owner -> aString
| Returns the RR owner's FQDN (fully qualified domain name)
type | rr.type -> anInteger
| Returns the RR's type as a small integer
ttl | rr.ttl -> anInteger
| Returns the RR's TTL (Time To Live) in seconds
rdata | rr.rdata-> aString
| Returns a string with all the information about the RR. Since different RR types have different data items, the string is similar to those returned by dig for RRs.
str | ipf.proto -> aString
| Returns a string containing all the information about the RR, in a format similar to that returned by dig for an RR.

### Class Ldns

An Ldns object contains all the information from a DNS datagram.

Class functions
ldns() | pldns.ldns(udp.payload) -> anLdns_obj
| This function creates an ldns object. It's argument is a DNS datagram from plt, either udp.payload or tcp.payload.
is_ok() | rldns_obj.status-> True or False
| Returns True if the ldns object was created without problems.
Instance Attributes
status | rldns_obj.status-> anInteger
| Returns zero if the ldns object was created without problems, or an ldns status code otherwise.
ident | ldns_obj.ident-> anInteger
| Returns the datagram's ident value (16-bit unsigned integer).
is_response | ldns_obj.is_response -> True or False
| Returns True if the datagram is a response.
opcode | ldns_obj.opcode -> anInteger
| Returns the datagram's opcode field.
rcode | ildns_obj.rcode -> aString
| Returns the datagram's rcode field.
query_rr_list | ldns_obj.query_rr_list -> a list of LdnsRRs
| Returns a a list of LdnsRR objects from the datagram's Query section.
response_rr_list | ldns_obj.response_r_list -> a list of LdnsRRs
| Returns a a list of LdnsRR objects from the datagram's Response section.
auth_rr_list | ldns_obj.auth_rr_list -> a list of LdnsRRs
| Returns a a list of LdnsRR objects from the datagram's Authority section.
addit_rr_list | ldns_obj.-> a list of LdnsRRs
| Returns a a list of LdnsRR objects from the datagram's Additional section.

Nevil Brownlee
Tue, 19 Aug 14 (NZST)