Read zone fileΒΆ

This example shows how to read the content of a zone file

#!/usr/bin/python
import ldns

#Read zone from file
zone = ldns.ldns_zone.new_frm_fp(open("zone.txt","r"), None, 0, ldns.LDNS_RR_CLASS_IN)
print zone

print "SOA:", zone.soa()
for r in zone.rrs().rrs():
   print "RR:", r


zone = ldns.ldns_zone()
#print zone

Zone file zone.txt:

$ORIGIN example.
$TTL 600

example.        IN SOA  example. admin.example. (
                                2008022501 ; serial
                                28800      ; refresh (8 hours)
                                7200       ; retry (2 hours)
                                604800     ; expire (1 week)
                                18000      ; minimum (5 hours)
                                )

@       IN      MX      10 mail.example.
@       IN      NS      ns1
@       IN      NS      ns2
@       IN      A       192.168.1.1

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