Manipulate DNS records on various DNS providers in a standardized/agnostic way.
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Lexicon provides a way to manipulate DNS records on multiple DNS providers in a standardized way.
Lexicon can be used as:
- a CLI tool:
# Create a TXT entry in domain.net zone hosted by CloudFlare
lexicon cloudflare create domain.net TXT --name foo --content bar- or a Python library:
# Create a TXT entry in domain.net zone hosted by CloudFlare
from lexicon.client import Client
from lexicon.config import ConfigResolver
action = {
"provider_name" : "cloudflare",
"action": "create",
"domain": "domain.net",
"type": "TXT",
"name": "foo",
"content": "bar",
}
config = ConfigResolver().with_env().with_dict(action)
Client(config).execute()Lexicon was designed to be used in automation, specifically letsencrypt.
Only DNS providers who have an API can be supported by lexicon.
The current supported providers are:
Online documentation (user guide, configuration reference) is available in the Lexicon documentation.
For a quick start, please have a look in particular at the User guide.
If you want to help in the Lexicon development, you are welcome!
Please have a look at the Developer guide page to know how to start.
- MIT
- Logo: transform by Mike Rowe from the Noun Project