Namecheap DNS to zone file

README.md

1. Login to Namecheap Account
2. Get JSON from https://ap.www.namecheap.com/Domains/dns/GetAdvancedDnsInfo?fillTransferInfo=false&domainName=YOURDOMAINNAME.com
3. Save it to file
4. python main.py data.json

main.py

# Originally by Judotens Budiarto (https://github.com/judotens)
#   See: https://gist.github.com/judotens/151341f04b37ffeb5b59

def parse_dns_info(dns_info):
    records = dns_info['Result']['CustomHostRecords']['Records']
    items = []
    for record in records:
        host = str(record['Host'])
        if record['RecordType'] == 1: tipe = 'A'
        if record['RecordType'] == 2: tipe = 'CNAME'
        if record['RecordType'] == 3: tipe = 'MX'
        if record['RecordType'] == 5: tipe = 'TXT'

        value = str(record['Data'])
        ttl = str(record['Ttl'])
        priority = str(record['Priority'])
        active = record['IsActive']
        if not active: continue
        new_value = value
        if tipe == 'MX': new_value = "%s %s" % (str(priority), str(value))
        if tipe == 'TXT': new_value = "\"%s\"" % (str(value))

        items.append([host,ttl,"IN", tipe, new_value])

    return items

if __name__ == "__main__":
    import sys
    import json

    file_name = sys.argv[1]

    try:
        file = open(file_name, 'r')
    except IOError:
        print("File not accessible")

    dns_info = json.loads(file.read());
    
    zones = parse_dns_info(dns_info)
    for zone in zones:
        print "\t".join(zone)