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diff --git a/external/unbound/libunbound/python/doc/examples/example1a.rst b/external/unbound/libunbound/python/doc/examples/example1a.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3c81547f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/external/unbound/libunbound/python/doc/examples/example1a.rst @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +.. _example_resolve_name: + +============================== +Resolve a name +============================== + +This basic example shows how to create a context and resolve a host address (DNS record of A type). + +:: + + #!/usr/bin/python + import unbound + + ctx = unbound.ub_ctx() + ctx.resolvconf("/etc/resolv.conf") + + status, result = ctx.resolve("www.google.com") + if status == 0 and result.havedata: + print "Result.data:", result.data.address_list + elif status != 0: + print "Resolve error:", unbound.ub_strerror(status) + +In contrast with C API, the source code is more compact while the performance of C implementation is preserved. +The main advantage is that you need not take care about the deallocation and allocation of context and result structures; pyUnbound module do it automatically for you. + +If only domain name is given, the :meth:`unbound.ub_ctx.resolve` looks for A records in IN class. |