LDNS module documentation

Here you can find the documentation of pyLDNS extension module. This module consists of several classes and a couple of functions.

• Class ldns_resolver
• Class ldns_pkt
• Class ldns_rr
• Class ldns_rdf
• Class ldns_dname
• Class ldns_rr_list
• Class ldns_zone
• Class ldns_key
• Class ldns_key_list
• Class ldns_buffer
• Class ldns_dnssec_zone
• Various functions

Differences against libLDNS

• You don’t need to use ldns-compare functions, instances can be compared using standard operators <, >, =

  if (some_rr.owner() == another_rr.rdf(1)):
          pass
  

• Classes contain static methods that create new instances, the name of these methods starts with the new_ prefix (e.g. ldns.ldns_pkt.new_frm_file()).

• Is it possible to print the content of an object using print objinst (see ldns.ldns_resolver.get_addr_by_name()).

• Classes contain write_to_buffer method that writes the content into buffer.

• All the methods that consume parameter of (const ldns_rdf) type allows to use string instead (see ldns.ldns_resolver.query()).