DNS

The dns module contains functions to perform name resolution.

dns.getServers()

Ruff available: v1.6.2
Ruff Lite available: v0.7.0

Returns an array of IP address strings that are being used for name resolution.

dns.setServer(servers)

Ruff available: v1.6.2
Ruff Lite available: v0.7.0

Sets the IP addresses of the servers to be used when resolving. The servers argument is an array of IPv4 or IPv6 addresses.

If a port specified on the address it will be removed.

An error will be thrown if an invalid address is provided.

The dns.setServers() method must not be called while a DNS query is in progress.

dns.lookup(hostname[, options], callback)

Ruff available: v1.6.0
Ruff Lite available: v0.7.0

Resolves a hostname (e.g. 'nanchao.org') into the first found A (IPv4) record.
options can be an object or integer. If options is not provided, then IPv4 is
valid. If options is an integer, then it must be 4.

Alternatively, options can be an object containing these properties:

• family {Number} - The record family. If present, must be the integer
  4. If not provided, IP v4 is accepted.
• all: {Boolean} - When true, the callback returns all resolved addresses
  in an array, otherwise returns a single address. Defaults to false.

All properties are optional. An example usage of options is shown below.

{
  family: 4,
  all: false
}

The callback function has arguments (err, address, family). address is a
string representation of an IPv4. family is the integer 4 and denotes the family
of address (not necessarily the value initially passed to lookup).

With the all option set to true, the arguments change to
(err, addresses), with addresses being an array of objects with the
properties address and family.

On error, err is an [Error][] object, where err.code is the error code.