I am trying to come up with a script to check if a domain name resolves to its IP address via dns; using a python script I wrote.
I want to be able to do this in a few sequential loops, however after trying to run a loop once, the second time i run the script, the names that previously returned a successful dns resolution response, now do not.
Below is my script:
#! C:\Python27
import socket,time
localtime = time.asctime( time.localtime(time.time()) )
def hostres(hostname):
print "Attempting to resolve " + hostname
try:
socket.gethostbyname(hostname)
print "Resolved Successfully!"
except socket.error:
print "Could Not Resolve"
print "*************************************************"
print "Website loop starting.."
print "Local current time :", localtime
print "*************************************************"
print ""
text_file = open("sites.txt", "r")
lines = text_file.readlines()
for line in lines:
hostres(line)
text_file.close()
The contents of the text file are:
www.google.com
en.wikipedia.org
www.youtube.com
us.gamespot.com
I am thinking it is to do with these domains servers recognizing the script as a "bot" rather than a legitimate end-user, would it be correct to assume this?
If so, how can I still check if the dns name resolves by looking up the name of the website (or IP, does not matter) and be able to run this without getting a false reading of "request failed" despite the fact that the service is fully accessible from a browser?
Several problems in this question.
socket.gethostbyname(hostname)
with socket.gethostbyname(hostname.rstrip())
and you'll be fine.