class InternetTools

InternetTools class contains different internet tools.

Public Instance Methods

get_IP() click to toggle source

This method returns all the IP addresses related to machine

Returns¶ ↑

[Array] - This method returns a list of IP address as string.

# File lib/internet_tools.rb, line 41
def get_IP
    ip_list = []
    Socket.ip_address_list.each do |address|
        ip_list.push(address.ip_address)
    end
    ip_list
end

nslookup(url, customDNS="") click to toggle source

This method returns hash containing dns lookup for a given url.

Params:¶ ↑

url (string) : URL fir which dns search is required
customDNS (string) (optional) : Custom DNS, if query needs to be done from custome dns

Returns:¶ ↑

[Hash] :  A hash containing lookup data is returned. Hash structure is as follows
    1. First Key is 'server' which returns the DNS server which is being contacted.
    2. Second Key is 'address' which returns the DNS server's physical address.
    3. A hash containing DNS lookup index number wise.

# File lib/internet_tools.rb, line 17
def nslookup(url, customDNS="")
    query = "nslookup #{url} #{customDNS}"
    result = IO.popen(query).read().gsub("\t","").split("\n")
    output = {}
    output["server"] = result[0].split(":")[1]
    output["address"] = result[1].split(":")[1]
    # Finding start of addresses
    output["ip details"] = {}
    ip_index = 0
    for ind in 2...result.length do
        if result[ind].start_with?("Name") == true
            ip_data = {}
            ip_data["name"] = result[ind].split(":")[1]
            ip_data["address"] = result[ind+1].split(":")[1..].join(":")
            output["ip details"][ip_index.to_s] = ip_data
            ip_index+=1
        end
    end
    output
end