Add DNS with pyrax to Rackspace Cloud

gistfile1.txt

import os
import logging
import sys

import pyrax
import pyrax.exceptions as exc


logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)

## Authenticate to London Rackspace Cloud
conf = os.path.expanduser("creds")
pyrax.set_credential_file(conf, "LON")

dns = pyrax.cloud_dns

def create_subdomain(subdomain_name):
    try:
        print "Creating subdomain: ", subdomain_name
        dom = dns.create(name=subdomain_name, emailAddress="bill@microsoft.com", ttl=900, comment="Chef demo subdomain")
    except exc.DomainCreationFailed:
        print "DomainCreationFailed!"
        print "Trying to get existing domain record..."
        try:
            dom = dns.find(name=subdomain_name)
            print dom
        except exc.NotFound:
            print "Subdomain not found"
            pass

def create_record(subdomain_name, fqdn_name, ip_addr):
    dom = dns.find(name=subdomain_name)
    a_rec = {
            "type": "A",
            "name": fqdn_name,
            "data": ip_addr,
            "ttl": 6000,
           }

    recs = dom.add_records([a_rec])

def delete_subdomain(subdomain_name):
    dom = dns.find(name=subdomain_name)
    dom.delete()

subdomain_name = "test.co.uk"
fqdn_name = "demo.test.bigcloudsolutions.co.uk"
ip_addr = "162.13.2.143"

create_subdomain(subdomain_name)
create_record(subdomain_name, fqdn_name, ip_addr)
#delete_subdomain(subdomain_name)