commit 342b9ebdc8834ea67eadc7938f985faed002cefb
Author: John Shaver <john@jshaver.net>
Date:   Sun Aug 31 21:41:55 2014 -0600

    initial commit

diff --git a/updater.py b/updater.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+from dnsimple import DNSimple
+from urllib import urlopen
+from sys import stderr, exit
+
+domains = [{"domain": 'jshaver.net', "names": ["", "bc"]},
+            {"domain": 'theamazingshavers.com', "names": [""]}]
+
+token = "esnmgLubCqZkRKiNsbwVQ"
+
+email = "bobjohnbob@gmail.com"
+
+ttl = 600
+
+dns = DNSimple(email=email, api_token = token)
+
+response = urlopen("http://icanhazip.com/")
+
+if response.getcode() != 200:
+    stderr.write("Non 200 status when retrieving ip! Status: {}".format(response.getcode()))
+    exit(-1)
+
+ip = response.readline().rstrip()
+
+def get_a_record(domain, name):
+    records = dns.records(domain)
+    for record in records:
+        if record["name"] is name and ["record_type"] is 'A':
+            return record
+    return None
+
+def update_record(domain, name, record, ip):
+    new = {"record": {"name": name, "content": ip}}
+    response = dns.update_record(domain, record["id"], new)
+    return response["record"]
+
+def create_record(domain, name, ip):
+    new = {"record": {
+            "name": name,
+            "content",: ip,
+            "record_type": "A",
+            "ttl": ttl}}
+    response = dns.add_record(domain, new)
+    return response["record"]
+
+def update_domain_ip(domain, name, ip):
+    record = get_a_record(domain, name)
+
+    if record is None:
+        return create_record(domain, name, ip)
+
+    if record["content"] is ip:
+        return record
+
+    return update_record(record, name, ip)
+
+def main(domainList, ip):
+    for domain in domainList:
+        for name in domain["names"]:
+            update_domain_ip(domain, name,  ip)
+
+main(domains, ip)
+