Class: Resolv
Overview
Resolv is a thread-aware DNS resolver library written in Ruby. Resolv can handle multiple DNS requests concurrently without blocking the entire ruby interpreter.
See also resolv-replace.rb to replace the libc resolver with Resolv.
Resolv can look up various DNS resources using the DNS module directly.
Examples:
p Resolv.getaddress "www.ruby-lang.org"
p Resolv.getname "210.251.121.214"
Resolv::DNS.open do |dns|
ress = dns.getresources "www.ruby-lang.org", Resolv::DNS::Resource::IN::A
p ress.map { |r| r.address }
ress = dns.getresources "ruby-lang.org", Resolv::DNS::Resource::IN::MX
p ress.map { |r| [r.exchange.to_s, r.preference] }
end
Bugs
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NIS is not supported.
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/etc/nsswitch.conf is not supported.
Defined Under Namespace
Classes: DNS, Hosts, IPv4, IPv6, ResolvError, ResolvTimeout
Constant Summary
- DefaultResolver =
Default resolver to use for Resolv class methods.
self.new
- AddressRegex =
Address Regexp to use for matching IP addresses.
/(?:#{IPv4::Regex})|(?:#{IPv6::Regex})/
Class Method Summary (collapse)
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+ (Object) each_address(name, &block)
Iterates over all IP addresses for name.
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+ (Object) each_name(address, &proc)
Iterates over all hostnames for address.
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+ (Object) getaddress(name)
Looks up the first IP address for name.
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+ (Object) getaddresses(name)
Looks up all IP address for name.
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+ (Object) getname(address)
Looks up the hostname of address.
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+ (Object) getnames(address)
Looks up all hostnames for address.
Instance Method Summary (collapse)
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- (Object) each_address(name)
Iterates over all IP addresses for name.
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- (Object) each_name(address)
Iterates over all hostnames for address.
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- (Object) getaddress(name)
Looks up the first IP address for name.
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- (Object) getaddresses(name)
Looks up all IP address for name.
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- (Object) getname(address)
Looks up the hostname of address.
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- (Object) getnames(address)
Looks up all hostnames for address.
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- (Resolv) initialize(resolvers = [Hosts.new, DNS.new])
constructor
Creates a new Resolv using resolvers.
Constructor Details
- (Resolv) initialize(resolvers = [Hosts.new, DNS.new])
Creates a new Resolv using resolvers.
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# File 'lib/resolv.rb', line 84 def initialize(resolvers=[Hosts.new, DNS.new]) @resolvers = resolvers end |
Class Method Details
+ (Object) each_address(name, &block)
Iterates over all IP addresses for name.
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# File 'lib/resolv.rb', line 56 def self.each_address(name, &block) DefaultResolver.each_address(name, &block) end |
+ (Object) each_name(address, &proc)
Iterates over all hostnames for address.
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# File 'lib/resolv.rb', line 77 def self.each_name(address, &proc) DefaultResolver.each_name(address, &proc) end |
+ (Object) getaddress(name)
Looks up the first IP address for name.
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# File 'lib/resolv.rb', line 42 def self.getaddress(name) DefaultResolver.getaddress(name) end |
+ (Object) getaddresses(name)
Looks up all IP address for name.
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# File 'lib/resolv.rb', line 49 def self.getaddresses(name) DefaultResolver.getaddresses(name) end |
+ (Object) getname(address)
Looks up the hostname of address.
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# File 'lib/resolv.rb', line 63 def self.getname(address) DefaultResolver.getname(address) end |
+ (Object) getnames(address)
Looks up all hostnames for address.
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# File 'lib/resolv.rb', line 70 def self.getnames(address) DefaultResolver.getnames(address) end |
Instance Method Details
- (Object) each_address(name)
Iterates over all IP addresses for name.
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# File 'lib/resolv.rb', line 108 def each_address(name) if AddressRegex =~ name yield name return end yielded = false @resolvers.each {|r| r.each_address(name) {|address| yield address.to_s yielded = true } return if yielded } end |
- (Object) each_name(address)
Iterates over all hostnames for address.
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# File 'lib/resolv.rb', line 143 def each_name(address) yielded = false @resolvers.each {|r| r.each_name(address) {|name| yield name.to_s yielded = true } return if yielded } end |
- (Object) getaddress(name)
Looks up the first IP address for name.
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# File 'lib/resolv.rb', line 91 def getaddress(name) each_address(name) {|address| return address} raise ResolvError.new("no address for #{name}") end |
- (Object) getaddresses(name)
Looks up all IP address for name.
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# File 'lib/resolv.rb', line 99 def getaddresses(name) ret = [] each_address(name) {|address| ret << address} return ret end |
- (Object) getname(address)
Looks up the hostname of address.
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# File 'lib/resolv.rb', line 126 def getname(address) each_name(address) {|name| return name} raise ResolvError.new("no name for #{address}") end |
- (Object) getnames(address)
Looks up all hostnames for address.
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# File 'lib/resolv.rb', line 134 def getnames(address) ret = [] each_name(address) {|name| ret << name} return ret end |