dynect-rest¶ ↑

Interact with the Dynect REST API.

Since this is 90% of what you’ll be doing, we make it easy.

require 'dynect_rest'
dyn = DynectRest.new("CUSTOMER", "USERNAME", "PASSWORD", "ZONE")
dyn.a.fqdn("sunshine.example.com").ttl(3600).address("192.168.1.1").save
dyn.cname.fqdn("something.example.com").cname("ec2-10-10-10-10.amazonaws.com").save
dyn.publish

Will add an A record and a CNAME. You can use the chained method syntax for every resource record - we map unknown methods to the resource data you make in the call. See link: (example.rb) for an executable example using environment variables.

Create a new GSLB:

require 'dynect_rest'
dyn = DynectRest.new("CUSTOMER", "USERNAME", "PASSWORD", "ZONE")
gslb = dyn.gslb()
gslb.fqdn("sunshine.example.com").ttl(30).region_code("global")
gslb.min_healthy(1).serve_count(2)
gslb.monitor(:protocol => "HTTP", :interval => 1, :port => 8000, :path => "/healthcheck", :host => "sunshine.example.com")
gslb.add_host(:address => "1.1.1.1", :label => "friendly_name", :weight => 10, :serve_mode => "obey")
gslb.add_host(:address => "1.1.1.2", :label => "friendly_name2", :weight => 10, :serve_mode => "obey")
gslb.save

This will create a GSLB with hosts 1.1.1.1 and 1.1.1.2 in the global region. The parameters are self-explanatory.

Add a host to an existing GSLB:

require 'dynect_rest'
dyn = DynectRest.new("CUSTOMER", "USERNAME", "PASSWORD", "ZONE")
gslb = dyn.gslb.get("sunshine.example.com")
gslb.add_host(:address => "1.1.1.3", :label => "friendly_name3", :weight => 10, :serve_mode => "obey")
gslb.save(:replace)

This will fetch the GSLB object for “sunshine.example.com”, add the host 1.1.1.3, and save the updated configuration back to dynect.

We wrap up the lower-level functionality of the API, so you can focus on just making the calls. For example, to get a list of contacts:

dyn = DynectRest.new("CUSTOMER", "USERNAME", "PASSWORD", "ZONE")
dyn.get('Contact')

To create a new contact:

dyn = DynectRest.new("CUSTOMER", "USERNAME", "PASSWORD", "ZONE")
dyn.post('Contact', { "first_name" => "Bobo", "last_name" => "Clown", "organization" => 'The Circus', "email" => "bobo@example.com" })

For more - you should be able to find the latest at:

https://manage.dynect.net/help/docs/api2/rest/resources/

If you are a Dynect customer.

• Fork the project.

• Make your feature addition or bug fix.

• Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history. (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)

• Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.

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