Resolv is a thread-aware DNS resolver library written in Ruby. Resolv can handle multiple DNS requests concurrently without blocking the entire Ruby interpreter.

See also resolv-replace.rb to replace the libc resolver with Resolv.

Resolv can look up various DNS resources using the DNS module directly.

Examples:

p Resolv.getaddress "www.ruby-lang.org"
p Resolv.getname "210.251.121.214"

Resolv::DNS.open do |dns|
  ress = dns.getresources "www.ruby-lang.org", Resolv::DNS::Resource::IN::A
  p ress.map { |r| r.address }
  ress = dns.getresources "ruby-lang.org", Resolv::DNS::Resource::IN::MX
  p ress.map { |r| [r.exchange.to_s, r.preference] }
end

Bugs

  • NIS is not supported.

  • /etc/nsswitch.conf is not supported.

Namespace
Methods
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Constants
DefaultResolver = self.new
 

Default resolver to use for Resolv class methods.
AddressRegex = /(?:#{IPv4::Regex})|(?:#{IPv6::Regex})/
 

Address Regexp to use for matching IP addresses.
Class Public methods
each_address(name, &block)

Iterates over all IP addresses for name.

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# File lib/resolv.rb, line 56
def self.each_address(name, &block)
  DefaultResolver.each_address(name, &block)
end
each_name(address, &proc)

Iterates over all hostnames for address.

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# File lib/resolv.rb, line 77
def self.each_name(address, &proc)
  DefaultResolver.each_name(address, &proc)
end
getaddress(name)

Looks up the first IP address for name.

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# File lib/resolv.rb, line 42
def self.getaddress(name)
  DefaultResolver.getaddress(name)
end
getaddresses(name)

Looks up all IP address for name.

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# File lib/resolv.rb, line 49
def self.getaddresses(name)
  DefaultResolver.getaddresses(name)
end
getname(address)

Looks up the hostname of address.

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# File lib/resolv.rb, line 63
def self.getname(address)
  DefaultResolver.getname(address)
end
getnames(address)

Looks up all hostnames for address.

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# File lib/resolv.rb, line 70
def self.getnames(address)
  DefaultResolver.getnames(address)
end
new(resolvers=[Hosts.new, DNS.new])

Creates a new Resolv using resolvers.

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# File lib/resolv.rb, line 84
def initialize(resolvers=[Hosts.new, DNS.new])
  @resolvers = resolvers
end
Instance Public methods
each_address(name)

Iterates over all IP addresses for name.

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# File lib/resolv.rb, line 108
def each_address(name)
  if AddressRegex =~ name
    yield name
    return
  end
  yielded = false
  @resolvers.each {|r|
    r.each_address(name) {|address|
      yield address.to_s
      yielded = true
    }
    return if yielded
  }
end
each_name(address)

Iterates over all hostnames for address.

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# File lib/resolv.rb, line 143
def each_name(address)
  yielded = false
  @resolvers.each {|r|
    r.each_name(address) {|name|
      yield name.to_s
      yielded = true
    }
    return if yielded
  }
end
getaddress(name)

Looks up the first IP address for name.

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# File lib/resolv.rb, line 91
def getaddress(name)
  each_address(name) {|address| return address}
  raise ResolvError.new("no address for #{name}")
end
getaddresses(name)

Looks up all IP address for name.

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# File lib/resolv.rb, line 99
def getaddresses(name)
  ret = []
  each_address(name) {|address| ret << address}
  return ret
end
getname(address)

Looks up the hostname of address.

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# File lib/resolv.rb, line 126
def getname(address)
  each_name(address) {|name| return name}
  raise ResolvError.new("no name for #{address}")
end
getnames(address)

Looks up all hostnames for address.

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# File lib/resolv.rb, line 134
def getnames(address)
  ret = []
  each_name(address) {|name| ret << name}
  return ret
end