gethostbyname.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- test-case-name: twisted.names.test.test_examples -*-

# Copyright (c) Twisted Matrix Laboratories.
# See LICENSE for details.

"""
Print the IP address for a given hostname. eg

 python gethostbyname.py www.google.com

This script does a host lookup using the default Twisted Names
resolver, a chained resolver, which attempts to lookup a name from:
 * local hosts file
 * memory cache of previous lookup results
 * system recursive DNS servers
"""

import sys

from twisted.names import client, error
from twisted.internet.task import react
from twisted.python import usage

class Options(usage.Options):
    synopsis = "Usage: gethostbyname.py HOSTNAME"

    def parseArgs(self, hostname):
        self["hostname"] = hostname


def printResult(address, hostname):
    """
    Print the IP address or an error message if an IP address was not
    found.
    """
    if address:
        sys.stdout.write(address + "\n")
    else:
        sys.stderr.write(
            "ERROR: No IP addresses found for name {!r}\n".format(hostname)
        )


def printError(failure, hostname):
    """
    Print a friendly error message if the hostname could not be
    resolved.
    """
    failure.trap(error.DNSNameError)
    sys.stderr.write("ERROR: hostname not found {!r}\n".format(hostname))


def main(reactor, *argv):
    options = Options()
    try:
        options.parseOptions(argv)
    except usage.UsageError as errortext:
        sys.stderr.write(str(options) + "\n")
        sys.stderr.write("ERROR: {}\n".format(errortext))
        raise SystemExit(1)

    hostname = options["hostname"]
    d = client.createResolver(servers=[('8.8.8.8', 53), ('8.8.4.4', 53)]).getHostByName(hostname)
    d.addCallback(printResult, hostname)
    d.addErrback(printError, hostname)
    return d


if __name__ == "__main__":
    react(main, sys.argv[1:])