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jc.parsers.host

jc - JSON Convert host command output parser

Supports parsing of the most commonly used RR types (A, AAAA, MX, TXT)

Usage (cli):

$ host google.com | jc --host

or

$ jc host google.com

Usage (module):

import jc
result = jc.parse('host', host_command_output)

Schema:

[
  {
    "hostname":     string,
    "address": [
                    string
    ],
    "v6-address": [
                    string
    ],
    "mail": [
                    string
    ]
  }
]

[
  {
    "nameserver":   string,
    "zone":         string,
    "mname":        string,
    "rname":        string,
    "serial":       integer,
    "refresh":      integer,
    "retry":        integer,
    "expire":       integer,
    "minimum":      integer
  }
]

Examples:

$ host google.com | jc --host
[
  {
    "hostname": "google.com",
    "address": [
      "142.251.39.110"
    ],
    "v6-address": [
      "2a00:1450:400e:811::200e"
    ],
    "mail": [
      "smtp.google.com."
    ]
  }
]

$ jc host -C sunet.se
[
  {
    "nameserver": "2001:6b0:7::2",
    "zone": "sunet.se",
    "mname": "sunic.sunet.se.",
    "rname": "hostmaster.sunet.se.",
    "serial": "2023090401",
    "refresh": "28800",
    "retry": "7200",
    "expire": "604800",
    "minimum": "300"
  },
  {
    ...
  }
]

parse

def parse(data: str, raw: bool = False, quiet: bool = False)

Main text parsing function

Parameters:

data:        (string)  text data to parse
raw:         (boolean) unprocessed output if True
quiet:       (boolean) suppress warning messages if True

Returns:

List of Dictionaries. Raw or processed structured data.

Parser Information

Compatibility: linux, darwin, cygwin, win32, aix, freebsd

Source: jc/parsers/host.py

Version 1.0 by Pettai (pettai@sunet.se)