Python script for updating Dreamhost.com DNS custom records.
This is a simple python script for updating the DNS Custom Records in Dreamhost.com Nameservers using Dreamhost API commands.
Provided under the MIT License (MIT). See LICENSE for details.
Python 3 with urllib. Should be installed by default, if not use your package manager.
API Key from Dreamhost, to obtain one please go to: https://panel.dreamhost.com/?tree=home.api
For more general information about Dreamhost API Key please go to: https://panel.dreamhost.com/?tree=home.api
Desired domain used for your ddns. I woudl recommend using a CNAME record of your liking. For instance if you own example.com, you can add the record mysubdomain.example.com
Desired update frequency in minutes. This is set to 10 minutes by default.
docker run --rm -it -e API_KEY='YOUR_API_KEY' -e DOMAIN='your.domain.com' --name dreampy-dns doitandbedone/dreampy-dnsIf you want to override update frequency:
docker run --rm -it -e API_KEY='YOUR_API_KEY' -e DOMAIN='your.domain.com' -e UPDATE_FREQUENCY='15' --name dreampy-dns doitandbedone/dreampy-dnsYou can update your domain with an IPv6 (AAAA) record also, if you would like to do so. In that case, CHECKIPV6 variable must be set to anything other than the default 0.
The script may seem a bit crude and dirty -and it is. This is a script I wrote for personal use
when I had minimal experience with Python and I decided to make it publicly available, in case anyone else needed it.
If memory serves, this project started when a similar script I was using and was written in Perl stopped working around 2012. So, I decided to write my own script to update my dynamic IP address home server domain.
As of January 2019 I am no longer using Dreamhost so I can't verify anymore that it does work. However, APIs do not change often, and I hope that this little piece of code will be useful for many more years to anyone that needs it.
This was originally forked from: https://github.com/gsiametis/dreampy_dns