getdns_service(3)

NAME
getdns_service, getdns_service_sync -- getdns lookup of a service

LIBRARY
DNS Resolver library (libgetdns, -lgetdns)

SYNOPSIS
#include <getdns.h> getdns_return_t
getdns_service (getdns_context *context,
    const char *name,
    getdns_dict *extensions,
    void *userarg,
    getdns_transaction_t *transaction_id,
    getdns_callback_t callbackfn)
getdns_return_t
getdns_service_sync (getdns_context *context,
    const char *name,
    getdns_dict *extensions,
    getdns_dict **response)

DESCRIPTION

The getdns_service (3) and getdns_service_sync functions provide public entry points into the getdns API library to retrieve the SRV information given a name.

context A pointer to the previously created DNS context that is to be used with this DNS request. see getdns_context (3)

name the service name to resolve

extensions extensions for this request, NULL if no extensions, see libgetdns (3) for a detailed description of extensions

userarg returned to the callback function untouched, can be NULL

transaction_id populated by the API and used to identify the callback (for example to getdns_cancel_callback), can be NULL, set to 0 if the function fails

callbackfn non-NULL pointer to a callback function defined by the application, typically used to process the response. Only the asynchronous signature accepts a callback function, the synchronous signature does not include a callback. See libgetdns (3) for a more detailed discussion of callback functions.

response A getdns_dict type is returned in response and always contains at least three names: replies_full (a list containing the DNS response as binary data), replies_tree (a list containing the parsed DNS response data) and status (an int). The storage associated with this must be freed by a call to getdns_free_sync_request_memory (3).

RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion the functions return GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD , otherwise the following error values are returned:

GETDNS_RETURN_BAD_CONTEXT if the context pointer is invalid or the context has internal deficiencies

GETDNS_RETURN_BAD_DOMAIN_NAME if the domain name passed to the function is invalid

GETDNS_RETURN_EXTENSION_MISFORMAT if the data type specified in one or more of the extensions does not match the specifications

GETDNS_RETURN_GENERIC_ERROR if some problem was encountered in the function not addressed by one of the more specific return codes

GETDNS_RETURN_INVALID PARAMETER if one or more parameters has an invalid value

GETDNS_RETURN_MEMORY_ERROR if unable to allocate the memory required

GETDNS_RETURN_NO_SUCH_EXTENSION if one or more of the strings specified in the extensions are not valid The values of status included in the response parameter are:

GETDNS_RESPSTATUS_GOOD if at least one response was returned

GETDNS_RESPSTATUS_NO_NAME if queries for the name yielded all negative responses

GETDNS_RESPSTATUS_ALL_TIMEOUT if all queries for the name timed out

GETDNS_RESPSTATUS_NO_SECURE_ANSWERS if only secure replies accepted (per context) and at least one response was received but no DNS responses were secure through DNSSEC

For a more detailed explanation of the response object see libgetdns (3)

EXAMPLES
TBD

FILES
/etc/hosts
/etc/resolv.conf

SEE ALSO
libgetdns(3), getdns_context(3), getdns_free_sync_request_memory(3), getdns_general(3), getdns_hostname(3), getdns_address(3),