Node.js dnsPromises.resolve() Method

The dnsPromises.resolve() method is an inbuilt application programming interface of the promises object of dns module which is used to resolve hostname into an array of the resource records.

Syntax:

dnsPromises.resolve( hostname, rrtype )

Parameters: This method has two parameters as mentioned above and described below:

• hostname: This parameter specifies a string which denotes the hostname to be resolved.
• rrtype: It specifies resource record type. Its default value is ‘A’. The values are from ‘A’, ‘AAAA’, ‘ANY’, ‘CNAME’, ‘MX’, ‘TXT’, ‘NS’, ‘NAPTR’, ‘PTR’, ‘SOA’, ‘SRV’.
  • A: IPv4 address
  • AAAA: IPv6 address
  • ANY: Any records
  • CNAME: Canonical name records
  • MX: Mail exchange records
  • NAPTR: Name authority pointer records
  • NS: Name server records
  • PTR: Pointer records
  • SOA: Start of authority records
  • SRV: Service records
  • TXT: Text records

Return Value: This method returns error, records.

Below examples illustrate the use of dnsPromises.resolve() method in Node.js:

Example 1:

// Node.js program to demonstrate the
// dnsPromises.resolve() method

// Accessing promises object from dns module
const dns = require('dns');

const dnsPromises = dns.promises;

// Set the rrtype value for
// dnsPromises.resolve() method
const rrtype="NS";

// Calling dnsPromises.resolve() method
dnsPromises.resolve('geeksforgeeks.org', rrtype).then((res) => {
    console.log(res);
});

Output:

[ 'ns-869.awsdns-44.net',
  'ns-245.awsdns-30.com',
  'ns-1520.awsdns-62.org',
  'ns-1569.awsdns-04.co.uk' ]

Example 2:

// Node.js program to demonstrate the
// dnsPromises.resolve() method

// Accessing promises object from dns module
const dns = require('dns');

const dnsPromises = dns.promises;

// Setting rrtype for dnsPromises.resolve() method
const rrtype = "MX";

// Calling dnsPromises.resolve() method asynchronously
(async function() {

    // Records from resolve function
    const records = await dnsPromises.resolve('geeksforgeeks.org', rrtype);

    // Printing  records
    console.log("from async: ");
    console.log(records);
})();

Output:

from async:
[ { exchange: 'alt2.aspmx.l.google.com', priority: 5 },
  { exchange: 'aspmx.l.google.com', priority: 1 },
  { exchange: 'alt3.aspmx.l.google.com', priority: 10 },
  { exchange: 'alt4.aspmx.l.google.com', priority: 10 },
  { exchange: 'alt1.aspmx.l.google.com', priority: 5 } 
]

Example 3:

// Node.js program to demonstrate the
// dnsPromises.resolve() method

// Accessing promises object from dns module
const dns = require('dns');

const dnsPromises = dns.promises;

// Set the rrtype for dnsPromises.resolve() method
const rrtype = "A";

// Calling dnsPromises.resolve() method
dnsPromises.resolve('geeksforgeeks.org', rrtype).then((res) => {
    console.log(res);
});

Output:

[ '34.218.62.116' ]

Example 4:

// Node.js program to demonstrate the
// dnsPromises.resolve() method

// Accessing promises object from dns module
const dns = require('dns');

const dnsPromises = dns.promises;

// Set the rrtype for dnsPromises.resolve() method
const rrtype = "TXT";

// Calling dnsPromises.resolve() method
dnsPromises.resolve('geeksforgeeks.org', rrtype).then((res) => {
    console.log(res);
});

Output:

(node:12752) ExperimentalWarning: The dns.promises API is experimental
[ [ 'v=spf1 include:amazonses.com include:_spf.google.com -all' ],
  [ 'fob1m1abcdp777bf2ncvnjm08n' ] ]

Note: The above program will compile and run by using the node index.js command.

Reference: https://nodejs.org/api/dns.html#dns_dnspromises_resolve_hostname_rrtype