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# doggo
<!-- PROJECT LOGO -->
<br />
<p align="center">
<h2 align="center">doggo</h2>
<p align="center">
🐶 <i>Command-line DNS client for humans</i>
</p>
<img src="www/static/usage.png" alt="doggo CLI usage">
</p>

_Command-line DNS client written in Golang_
---

![](www/static/main.png)
`doggo` is a modern command-line DNS client (like _dig_) written in Golang. It outputs information in a neat concise manner and supports protocols like DoH, DoT as well.

It's totally inspired from [dog](https://github.com/ogham/dog/) which is written in Rust. I wanted to add some features to it but since I don't know Rust, I found it as a nice oppurtunity
to experiment with writing a DNS Client from scratch in `Go` myself. Hence the name `dog` +`go` => `doggo`.

## Features

- Human readable output - Supports colors and tabular format.
- Supports JSON format - useful for writing scripts.
- Has support for multiple transport protocols:
- DNS over **HTTPS** (DoH)
- DNS over **TLS** (DoT)
- DNS over **TCP**
- DNS over **UDP**
- Supports **ndots** and **search** configurations from `resolv.conf` or command-line arguments.
- Supports multiple resolvers in one go.
- Supports IPv4 **and** IPv6 _both_.

## Installation

### Binary (Recommended)

### Docker

### Snap

## Usage Examples

**Do a simple DNS Lookup for `mrkaran.dev`**

```bash
$ doggo mrkaran.dev
NAME TYPE CLASS TTL ADDRESS NAMESERVER
mrkaran.dev. A IN 20s 13.250.205.9 127.0.0.1:53
mrkaran.dev. A IN 20s 206.189.89.118 127.0.0.1:53
```

**Query MX records for `github.com` using `9.9.9.9` resolver**

```
doggo MX github.com @9.9.9.9
NAME TYPE CLASS TTL ADDRESS NAMESERVER
github.com. MX IN 3600s 10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com. 9.9.9.9:53
github.com. MX IN 3600s 5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com. 9.9.9.9:53
github.com. MX IN 3600s 10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com. 9.9.9.9:53
github.com. MX IN 3600s 5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com. 9.9.9.9:53
github.com. MX IN 3600s 1 aspmx.l.google.com. 9.9.9.9:53
```

or using _named parameters_:

```bash
$ doggo -t MX -n 9.9.9.9 github.com
NAME TYPE CLASS TTL ADDRESS NAMESERVER
github.com. MX IN 3600s 10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com. 9.9.9.9:53
github.com. MX IN 3600s 5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com. 9.9.9.9:53
github.com. MX IN 3600s 10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com. 9.9.9.9:53
github.com. MX IN 3600s 5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com. 9.9.9.9:53
github.com. MX IN 3600s 1 aspmx.l.google.com. 9.9.9.9:53
```

**Query DNS records for archive.org using Cloudflare DoH resolver**

```bash
$ doggo archive.org @https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query
NAME TYPE CLASS TTL ADDRESS NAMESERVER
archive.org. A IN 41s 207.241.224.2 https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query
```

**Query DNS records for internetfreedom.in with JSON output**

```bash
$ doggo internetfreedom.in --json | jq
{
"responses": {
"answers": [
{
"name": "internetfreedom.in.",
"type": "A",
"class": "IN",
"ttl": "22s",
"address": "104.27.158.96",
"rtt": "37ms",
"nameserver": "127.0.0.1:53"
},
{
"name": "internetfreedom.in.",
"type": "A",
"class": "IN",
"ttl": "22s",
"address": "104.27.159.96",
"rtt": "37ms",
"nameserver": "127.0.0.1:53"
},
{
"name": "internetfreedom.in.",
"type": "A",
"class": "IN",
"ttl": "22s",
"address": "172.67.202.77",
"rtt": "37ms",
"nameserver": "127.0.0.1:53"
}
],
"queries": [
{
"name": "internetfreedom.in.",
"type": "A",
"class": "IN"
}
]
}
}
```

**Query DNS records for duckduckgo.com and show RTT (Round Trip Time)**

```bash
$ doggo duckduckgo.com --time
NAME TYPE CLASS TTL ADDRESS NAMESERVER TIME TAKEN
duckduckgo.com. A IN 30s 40.81.94.43 127.0.0.1:53 45ms
```

## Command-line Arguments

![](www/static/help.png)

### Transport Options

URL scheme of the server is used to identify which resolver to use for lookups. If no scheme is specified, defaults to `udp`.

```
@udp:// eg: @1.1.1.1 initiates a UDP resolver for 1.1.1.1:53.
@tcp:// eg: @1.1.1.1 initiates a TCP resolver for 1.1.1.1:53.
@https:// eg: @https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query initiates a DOH resolver for Cloudflare DoH server.
@tls:// eg: @1.1.1.1 initiates a DoT resolver for 1.1.1.1:853.
```

### Query Options

```
-q, --query=HOSTNAME Hostname to query the DNS records for (eg mrkaran.dev).
-t, --type=TYPE Type of the DNS Record (A, MX, NS etc).
-n, --nameserver=ADDR Address of a specific nameserver to send queries to (9.9.9.9, 8.8.8.8 etc).
-c, --class=CLASS Network class of the DNS record (IN, CH, HS etc).
```

### Resolver Options

```
--ndots=INT Specify ndots parameter. Takes value from /etc/resolv.conf if using the system namesever or 1 otherwise.
--search Use the search list defined in resolv.conf. Defaults to true. Set --search=false to disable search list.
--timeout Specify timeout (in seconds) for the resolver to return a response.
-4 --ipv4 Use IPv4 only.
-6 --ipv6 Use IPv6 only.
```


### Output Options

```
-J, --json Format the output as JSON.
--color Defaults to true. Set --color=false to disable colored output.
--debug Enable debug logging.
--time Shows how long the response took from the server.
```

---

## Contributing

I'm open to accept feature requests and/or issues. I understand `doggo` is a very new DNS Client in the town and there might be some edge cases I am not handling. Please feel free to open issues if you ever come across such a case.
For now I am focussing more on [planned features](TODO.md) for a **stable** v1.0 release _soon_.

## License

[LICENSE](LICENSE)
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- [x] Remove urfave/cli in favour of `pflag + koanf`
- [x] Flags - Remove uneeded ones

## Tests
- [ ] Add tests for Resolvers.
- [ ] Add tests for CLI Output.

## Documentation
- [ ] README
- [ ] Usage
- [ ] Installation
- [ ] Features
- [ ] Mkdocs init project
- [ ] Custom Index (Landing Page)
- [x] README
- [x] Usage
- [x] Installation
- [x] Features


## Release Checklist
- [ ] Goreleaser
- [ ] Snap
- [ ] Homebrew
- [ ] ARM
- [ ] Docker

---
# Future Release

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- [ ] zsh
- [ ] fish
- [ ] Support non RFC Compliant DOH Google response (_ugh_)

- [ ] Add tests for Resolvers.
- [ ] Add tests for CLI Output.
- [ ] Mkdocs init project
- [ ] Custom Index (Landing Page)
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// Resolver Options
f.Int("timeout", 5, "Sets the timeout for a query to T seconds. The default timeout is 5 seconds.")
f.Bool("search", true, "Use the search list provided in resolv.conf. It sets the `ndots` parameter as well unless overriden by `ndots` flag.")
f.Int("ndots", 1, "Specify the ndots paramter. Default value is taken from resolv.conf and fallbacks to 1 if ndots statement is missing in resolv.conf")
f.Int("ndots", 0, "Specify the ndots paramter. Default value is taken from resolv.conf and fallbacks to 1 if ndots statement is missing in resolv.conf")
f.BoolP("ipv4", "4", false, "Use IPv4 only")
f.BoolP("ipv6", "6", false, "Use IPv6 only")

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{{ .Name | color "green" "bold" }} 🐶 {{.Description}}
{{ "USAGE" | color "" "heading" }}:
{{ .Name | color "green" "" }} [--] {{ "[query options]" | color "yellow" "" }} {{ "[arguments...]" | color "cyan" "" }}
{{ .Name | color "green" "bold" }} [--] {{ "[query options]" | color "yellow" "" }} {{ "[arguments...]" | color "cyan" "" }}
{{ "VERSION" | color "" "heading" }}:
{{.Version | color "red" "" }} - {{.Date | color "red" ""}}
{{ "EXAMPLES" | color "" "heading" }}:
{{ .Name | color "green" "" }} {{ "mrkaran.dev" | color "cyan" "" }} Query a domain using defaults
{{ .Name | color "green" "" }} {{ "mrkaran.dev CNAME" | color "cyan" "" }} Looks up for a CNAME record
{{ .Name | color "green" "" }} {{ "mrkaran.dev MX @9.9.9.9" | color "cyan" "" }} Uses a custom DNS resolver
{{ .Name | color "green" "" }} {{"-q mrkaran.dev -t MX -n 1.1.1.1" | color "yellow" ""}} Using named arguments
{{ .Name | color "green" "bold" }} {{ "mrkaran.dev" | color "cyan" "" }} Query a domain using defaults.
{{ .Name | color "green" "bold" }} {{ "mrkaran.dev CNAME" | color "cyan" "" }} Looks up for a CNAME record.
{{ .Name | color "green" "bold" }} {{ "mrkaran.dev MX @9.9.9.9" | color "cyan" "" }} Uses a custom DNS resolver.
{{ .Name | color "green" "bold" }} {{"-q mrkaran.dev -t MX -n 1.1.1.1" | color "yellow" ""}} Using named arguments.
{{ "Free Form Arguments" | color "" "heading" }}:
Supply hostnames, query types, classes without any flag. For eg:
{{ .Name | color "green" "" }} {{"mrkaran.dev A @1.1.1.1" | color "cyan" "" }}
{{ .Name | color "green" "bold" }} {{"mrkaran.dev A @1.1.1.1" | color "cyan" "" }}
{{ "Transport Options" | color "" "heading" }}:
Based on the URL scheme the correct resolver is chosen.
Fallbacks to UDP resolver if no scheme is present.
{{"@udp://" | color "yellow" ""}} eg: @1.1.1.1 initiates a {{"UDP" | color "cyan" ""}} resolver for 1.1.1.1:53.
{{"@tcp://" | color "yellow" ""}} eg: @1.1.1.1 initiates a {{"TCP" | color "cyan" ""}} resolver for 1.1.1.1:53.
{{"@https://" | color "yellow" ""}} eg: @https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query initiates a {{"DOH" | color "cyan" ""}} resolver for Cloudflare DoH server.
{{"@tls://" | color "yellow" ""}} eg: @1.1.1.1 initiates a {{"DoT" | color "cyan" ""}} resolver for 1.1.1.1:853.
{{ "Query Options" | color "" "heading" }}:
{{"-q, --query=HOSTNAME" | color "yellow" ""}} Hostname to query the DNS records for
{{"-t, --type=TYPE" | color "yellow" ""}} Type of the DNS Record (A, MX, NS etc)
{{"-n, --nameserver=ADDR" | color "yellow" ""}} Address of a specific nameserver to send queries to (9.9.9.9, 1.1.1.1 etc)
{{"-c, --class=CLASS" | color "yellow" ""}} Network class of the DNS record (IN, CH, HS etc)
{{"-q, --query=HOSTNAME" | color "yellow" ""}} Hostname to query the DNS records for (eg {{"mrkaran.dev" | color "cyan" ""}}).
{{"-t, --type=TYPE" | color "yellow" ""}} Type of the DNS Record ({{"A, MX, NS" | color "cyan" ""}} etc).
{{"-n, --nameserver=ADDR" | color "yellow" ""}} Address of a specific nameserver to send queries to ({{"9.9.9.9, 8.8.8.8" | color "cyan" ""}} etc).
{{"-c, --class=CLASS" | color "yellow" ""}} Network class of the DNS record ({{"IN, CH, HS" | color "cyan" ""}} etc).
{{ "Resolver Options" | color "" "heading" }}:
{{"--ndots=INT" | color "yellow" ""}} Specify ndots parameter. Takes value from /etc/resolv.conf if using the system namesever or 1 otherwise.
{{"--search" | color "yellow" ""}} Use the search list defined in resolv.conf. Defaults to true. Set --search=false to disable search list.
{{"--timeout" | color "yellow" ""}} Specify timeout (in seconds) for the resolver to return a response.
{{"-4 --ipv4" | color "yellow" ""}} Use IPv4 only.
{{"-6 --ipv6" | color "yellow" ""}} Use IPv6 only.
{{ "Output Options" | color "" "heading" }}:
{{"-J, --json " | color "yellow" ""}} Format the output as JSON
{{"--color " | color "yellow" ""}} Defaults to true. Set --color=false to disable colored output
{{"--debug " | color "yellow" ""}} Enable debug logging
{{"--time" | color "yellow" ""}} Shows how long the response took from the server
{{"-J, --json " | color "yellow" ""}} Format the output as JSON.
{{"--color " | color "yellow" ""}} Defaults to true. Set --color=false to disable colored output.
{{"--debug " | color "yellow" ""}} Enable debug logging.
{{"--time" | color "yellow" ""}} Shows how long the response took from the server.
`

func renderCustomHelp() {
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case "underline":
formatter = formatter.Add(color.Underline)
case "heading":
formatter = formatter.Add(color.Bold)
formatter = formatter.Add(color.Underline)
formatter = formatter.Add(color.Bold, color.Underline)
}
return formatter.SprintFunc()(str)
},
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if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("error fetching system default nameserver")
}
if !hub.QueryFlags.isNdotsSet {
if hub.QueryFlags.Ndots == 0 {
hub.QueryFlags.Ndots = ndots
}
hub.Nameservers = append(hub.Nameservers, ns...)
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