Zig Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.96+

DNS Query A Records

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Shows how to perform a DNS query to retrieve A records. Zig

const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    const dns = try chilkat.Dns.init();
    defer dns.deinit();

    const json = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json.deinit();
    json.setEmitCompact(false);

    dns.query("A", "microsoft.com", json) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try dns.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try json.emit(alloc)});

    // Sample response.
    // Parsing code below..

    // {
    //   "answer": {
    //     "a": [
    //       {
    //         "name": "microsoft.com",
    //         "ttl": 1528,
    //         "ipv4": "20.112.250.133"
    //       },
    //       {
    //         "name": "microsoft.com",
    //         "ttl": 1528,
    //         "ipv4": "20.231.239.246"
    //       },
    //       {
    //         "name": "microsoft.com",
    //         "ttl": 1528,
    //         "ipv4": "20.76.201.171"
    //       },
    //       {
    //         "name": "microsoft.com",
    //         "ttl": 1528,
    //         "ipv4": "20.70.246.20"
    //       },
    //       {
    //         "name": "microsoft.com",
    //         "ttl": 1528,
    //         "ipv4": "20.236.44.162"
    //       }
    //     ]
    //   }
    // }

    // Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
    // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    var name: [:0]const u8 = "";
    var ttl: i32 = 0;
    var ipv4: [:0]const u8 = "";

    var i: i32 = 0;
    const count_i = json.sizeOfArray("answer.a");
    while (i < count_i) {
        json.setI(i);
        name = try json.stringOf(alloc, "answer.a[i].name");
        ttl = json.intOf("answer.a[i].ttl");
        ipv4 = try json.stringOf(alloc, "answer.a[i].ipv4");
        i = i + 1;
    }
}