---
id: dnspython
version: "2.8.0"
license: ISC
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# dnspython — DNS toolkit

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install dnspython
uv add dnspython
poetry add dnspython

## Description

# dnspython

[![Build Status](https://github.com/rthalley/dnspython/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/rthalley/dnspython/actions/)
[![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/dnspython/badge/?version=latest)](https://dnspython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest)
[![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/dnspython.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/dnspython)
[![License: ISC](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-ISC-brightgreen.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/ISC)
[![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/psf/black)

## INTRODUCTION

`dnspython` is a DNS toolkit for Python. It supports almost all record types. It
can be used for queries, zone transfers, and dynamic updates. It supports
TSIG-authenticated messages and EDNS0.

`dnspython` provides both high- and low-level access to DNS. The high-level
classes perform queries for data of a given name, type, and class, and return an
answer set. The low-level classes allow direct manipulation of DNS zones,
messages, names, and records.

To see a few of the ways `dnspython` can be used, look in the `examples/`
directory.

`dnspython`...

[View on SkillFed](https://skillfed.io/packages/dnspython) · [View on PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/dnspython/)