scrape 123-reg dns zones.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'net/https'
require 'hpricot'

# Luke Antins - http://lividpenguin.com/
# very quick scrap script to build dns zone files from 123-reg data.
# used for migrating from 123-reg's dns servers.
def scrape_for_dns_records(domain_name)
  http = Net::HTTP.new('www.123-reg.co.uk', 443)
  http.use_ssl = true
  http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE


  resource_records = Array.new

  http.start do |http|
    request = Net::HTTP::Get.new("/secure/cp/ca.cgi?domain=#{domain_name}")
    request.basic_auth 'username', 'password'
    response = http.request(request)
    response.value

    doc = Hpricot(response.body)
    (doc/"/html/body/form[4]/table/tr:gt(1)").each do |tr|
      tds = tr.search('td')
      # a, txt, cname record information
      if tds.length == 4 then
        record_name = tds.first.inner_text.downcase
        record_type = tds.search('select/option[@selected]').first['value'].upcase
        record_content = tds[2].search('input[@type=text]').first['value'].downcase

        rr = { 
          'name' => record_name,
          'ttl' => '',
          'protocol' => 'IN',
          'rr' => record_type,
          'data' => record_content
        }

        resource_records << rr
      end

      tds = tr.search('td/input')
      # mx records
      if tds.length == 3 then
        record_server = tds[0]['value'].downcase
        record_priority = tds[1]['value'].downcase

        rr = { 
          'name' => '',
          'ttl' => '',
          'protocol' => 'IN',
          'rr' => 'MX',
          'data' => { 'priority' => record_priority, 'data' => record_server }
        }

        resource_records << rr
      end
    end
  end

  return resource_records
end