All RR-Types , non-verbose

README.md

@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@ A small cli-client for the InternetX AutoDNS API to update a record with an IP a
 
 ## Usage
 
+### Verbosity
+
+log to syslog/logger( attention , your password as well )
+
+```
+$ DEBUGSYSLOG=true ./autodns-cli update foo.example.org 127.0.0.1
+```
+log to STDERR
+```
+$ DEBUGSTDERR=true ./autodns-cli update foo.example.org 127.0.0.1
+```
+
 ### Configuration
 
 You need to start this with:
@@ -21,14 +33,27 @@ $ export AUTODNS_CONTEXT=4
 $ export MY_ZONE=example.org
 ```
 
+or alternatively
+```
+MY_ZONE=example.org AUTODNS_CONTEXT=4 AUTODNS_USER=your_login AUTODNS_PASSWORD=your_password ./autodns-cli update foo.example.org 127.0.0.1
+```
+
+
 Bonus points: Create an `.autodns-cli.rc` with the above.
 
-### Updating/Creating a record
+### Updating/Creating a DNS record ( resource record in autodns )
+
+## BE CAREFUL AS the domain parameter might be prefixed  ( e.g mydomainentry.mydomain.com)
 
 Then run with:
 
 ```
-$ ./autodns-cli update foo.example.org 127.0.0.1
+$ ./autodns-cli update domain.com 127.0.0.1
+```
+OR specify the type as last argument
+
+```
+$ ./autodns-cli update _amazonses.subdomain "ASDOIJQWDQWDASD+24hjdsf23/" TXT
 ```
 
 ### Deleting a record

autodns-cli

@@ -7,13 +7,16 @@ declare -r prog=$(basename "$0")
 declare -r endpoint=https://api.autodns.com/v1
 declare -r ttl=120
 
-if [ -f './.autodns-cli.rc' ]; then
+if [ -f '~/.autodns-cli.rc' ]; then
     # shellcheck disable=SC1091
-    source ./.autodns-cli.rc
+    source ~/.autodns-cli.rc
 fi
 
-source ./func.sh
-source ./commands.sh
+#source ./func.sh
+#source ./commands.sh
+
+source $( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )/func.sh
+source $( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )/commands.sh
 
 subcommand=$1
 case $subcommand in

commands.sh

@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ sub_show() {
 sub_update() {
     local domain=$1
     local ip=$2
+    local rrtype=$3
+
 
     if [ -z "$domain" ]; then
         echo "Please provide a domain."
@@ -82,6 +84,11 @@ sub_update() {
         exit 1
     fi
 
+    if [ -z "$rrtype" ]; then
+        echo "resource type not set, using A"
+        rrtype=A
+    fi
+
     if [ -z ${MY_ZONE+x} ]; then
         echo "Missing \$MY_ZONE"
         exit 1
@@ -101,10 +108,10 @@ sub_update() {
 
     _log "Zone data: $data"
 
-    local a_record=$(_create_record "$domain" "$ip")
-    _log "New record: $a_record"
+    local new_record=$(_create_record "$domain" "$ip" )
+    _log "New record: $new_record"
 
-    local obj=$(_create_object "$a_record" "$ip" "$ttl")
+    local obj=$(_create_object "$new_record" "$ip" "$ttl" "$rrtype")
     _log "Created object: $obj"
 
     local payload=$(_update_zone "$data" "$obj")
@@ -123,4 +130,4 @@ sub_update() {
 
     echo "Success!"
     exit 0
-}
+}

func.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 function _log() {
     local msg=$1
-    logger -t "$prog" -i "${prog}: ${msg}"
+    if [[ "$DEBUGSYSLOG" = "true" ]] ;then logger -t "$prog" -i "${prog}: ${msg}";fi 
+    if [[ "$DEBUGSTDERR" = "true" ]] ;then echo "$msg" >&2 ;fi 
 }
 
 # autodns calls
@@ -169,8 +170,8 @@ function _create_object() {
     local record=$1
     local record_ip=$2
     local record_ttl=$3
-
-    printf '{ "name": "%s", "ttl": %d, "type": "A", "value": "%s" }' "$record" "$record_ttl" "$record_ip"
+    local rrtype=$4
+    printf '{ "name": "%s", "ttl": %d, "type": "'$rrtype'", "value": "%s" }' "$record" "$record_ttl" "$record_ip"
 }
 
 # Adds a record (JSON object) to a zone (JSON object)