4.2.2.1. Zone

class dyn.tm.zones.Zone(name, *args, **kwargs)

A class representing a DynECT Zone

__init__(name, *args, **kwargs)

Create a Zone object. Note: When creating a new

Zone if no contact is specified the path to a local zone file must be passed to the file_name param.

Parameters:

• name – the name of the zone to create
• contact – Administrative contact for this zone
• ttl – TTL (in seconds) for records in the zone
• serial_style – The style of the zone’s serial. Valid values: increment, epoch, day, minute
• file_name – The path to a valid RFC1035, BIND, or tinydns style Master file. Note: this file must be under 1mb in size.
• master_ip – The IP of the master server from which to fetch zone data for Transferring this Zone. Note: This argument is required for performing a valid ZoneTransfer operation.
• timeout – The time, in minutes, to wait for a zone xfer to complete

add_record(name=None, record_type='A', *args, **kwargs)

Adds an a record with the provided name and data to this Zone

Parameters:

• name – The name of the node where this record will be added
• record_type – The type of record you would like to add. Valid record_type arguments are: ‘A’, ‘AAAA’, ‘CERT’, ‘CNAME’, ‘DHCID’, ‘DNAME’, ‘DNSKEY’, ‘DS’, ‘KEY’, ‘KX’, ‘LOC’, ‘IPSECKEY’, ‘MX’, ‘NAPTR’, ‘PTR’, ‘PX’, ‘NSAP’, ‘RP’, ‘NS’, ‘SOA’, ‘SPF’, ‘SRV’, and ‘TXT’.
• args – Non-keyword arguments to pass to the Record constructor
• kwargs – Keyword arguments to pass to the Record constructor

add_service(name=None, service_type=None, *args, **kwargs)

Add the specified service type to this zone, or to a node under this zone

Parameters:

• name – The name of the Node where this service will be attached to or None to attach it to the root Node of this Zone
• service_type – The type of the service you would like to create. Valid service_type arguments are: ‘ActiveFailover’, ‘DDNS’, ‘DNSSEC’, ‘DSF’, ‘GSLB’, ‘RDNS’, ‘RTTM’, ‘HTTPRedirect’
• args – Non-keyword arguments to pass to the Record constructor
• kwargs – Keyword arguments to pass to the Record constructor

contact

The email address of the primary Contact associated with this Zone

delete()

Delete this Zone and perform nessecary cleanups

fqdn

The name of this Zone

freeze()

Causes the zone to become frozen. Freezing a zone prevents changes to the zone until it is thawed.

get_all_active_failovers()

Retrieve a list of all ActiveFailover services associated with this Zone

Returns:A List of ActiveFailover Services

get_all_ddns()

Retrieve a list of all DDNS services associated with this Zone

Returns:A List of DDNS Services

get_all_gslb()

Retrieve a list of all GSLB services associated with this Zone

Returns:A List of GSLB Services

get_all_httpredirect()

Retrieve a list of all HTTPRedirect services associated with this Zone

Returns:A List of HTTPRedirect Services

get_all_nodes()

Returns a list of Node Objects for all subnodes in Zone (Excluding the Zone itself.)

get_all_rdns()

Retrieve a list of all ReverseDNS services associated with this Zone

Returns:A List of ReverseDNS Services

get_all_records()

Retrieve a list of all record resources for the specified node and zone combination as well as all records from any Base_Record below that point on the zone hierarchy

Returns:A List of all the DNSRecord‘s under this Zone

get_all_records_by_type(record_type)

Get a list of all DNSRecord of type record_type which are owned by this node.

Parameters:record_type – The type of DNSRecord you wish returned. Valid record_type arguments are: ‘A’, ‘AAAA’, ‘CERT’, ‘CNAME’, ‘DHCID’, ‘DNAME’, ‘DNSKEY’, ‘DS’, ‘KEY’, ‘KX’, ‘LOC’, ‘IPSECKEY’, ‘MX’, ‘NAPTR’, ‘PTR’, ‘PX’, ‘NSAP’, ‘RP’, ‘NS’, ‘SOA’, ‘SPF’, ‘SRV’, and ‘TXT’. Returns:A List of DNSRecord‘s

get_all_rttm()

Retrieve a list of all RTTM services associated with this Zone

Returns:A List of RTTM Services

get_any_records()

Retrieve a list of all DNSRecord‘s associated with this Zone

get_node(node=None)

Returns all DNS Records for that particular node

Parameters:node – The name of the Node you wish to access, or None to get the root Node of this Zone

get_notes(offset=None, limit=None)

Generates a report containing the Zone Notes for this Zone

Parameters:

• offset – The starting point at which to retrieve the notes
• limit – The maximum number of notes to be retrieved

Returns:

A list of dict containing Zone Notes

get_qps(start_ts, end_ts=None, breakdown=None, hosts=None, rrecs=None)

Generates a report with information about Queries Per Second (QPS) for this zone

Parameters:

• start_ts – datetime.datetime instance identifying point in time for the QPS report
• end_ts – datetime.datetime instance indicating the end of the data range for the report. Defaults to datetime.datetime.now()
• breakdown – By default, most data is aggregated together. Valid values (‘hosts’, ‘rrecs’, ‘zones’).
• hosts – List of hosts to include in the report.
• rrecs – List of record types to include in report.

Returns:

A str with CSV data

name

The name of this Zone

publish(notes=None)

Causes all pending changes to become part of the zone. The serial number increments based on its serial style and the data is pushed out to the nameservers.

serial

The current serial of this Zone

serial_style

The current serial style of this Zone

status

Convenience property for Zones. If a Zones is frozen the status will read as ‘frozen’, if the Zones is not frozen the status will read as ‘active’. Because the API does not return information about whether or not a Zones is frozen there will be a few cases where this status will be None in order to avoid guessing what the current status actually is.

task

Task for most recent system action on this Zone.

thaw()

Causes the zone to become thawed. Thawing a frozen zone allows changes to again be made to the zone.

ttl

This Zone‘s default TTL

4.2.2.1.1. Zone Examples

The following examples highlight how to use the Zone class to get/create Zone‘s on the dyn.tm System and how to edit these objects from within a Python script.

4.2.2.1.1.1. Creating a new Zone

The following example shows how to create a new Zone on the dyn.tm System and how to edit some of the fields using the returned Zone object.

>>> from dyn.tm.zones import Zone
>>> # Create a dyn.tmSession
>>> new_zone = Zone('myzone.com', 'me@email.com')
>>> new_zone.serial
0
>>> new_zone.publish()
>>> new_zone.serial
1

4.2.2.1.1.2. Getting an Existing Zone

The following example shows how to get an existing Zone from the dyn.tm System.

>>> from dyn.tm.zones import Zone
>>> # Create a dyn.tmSession
>>> my_zone = Zone('myzone.com')
>>> my_zone.serial
5
>>> my_zone.contact
u'myemail@email.com'

4.2.2.1.1.3. Using lists of Zones

The following example shows how to use the results of a call to the get_all_zones() functions

>>> from dyn.tm.zones import get_all_zones
>>> # Create a dyn.tmSession
>>> my_zones = get_all_zones()
>>> for zone in my_zones:
...     if zone.serial_style != 'increment':
...         zone.serial_style = 'increment'

4.2.2.1.1.4. Adding Records to a Zone

The following examples show how to add records to a Zone using the add_record method.

>>> from dyn.tm.zones import Zone
>>> # Create a dyn.tmSession
>>> my_zone = Zone('myzone.com')
# Add record to zone apex
>>> my_zone.add_record(record_type='MX', exchange='mail.example.com.')
# Add record to node under zone apex
>>> my_zone.add_record('my_node', record_type='A', address='1.1.1.1')