pyafraid, command-line afraid.org DDNS tool

pyafraid is a command-line tool for updating IP addresses for the afraid.org DDNS service.

Usage

From the command-line simply run:

$ ./afraid.py update|query <username> -p <password> -n <hostname>

Or, if you'd like to use the SHA-1 hash instead of the username/password combo:

$ ./afraid.py update|query -s <sha_hash> -n <hostname>

For a more detailed usage description, use the --help/-h option:

$ ./afraid.py -h

Usage: afraid.py update|query [-h] [-u <username>] [-p <password>] [-n <hostname>]

Options:

-h, --help	show this help message and exit
-u USERNAME, --username=USERNAME
	The freedns.afraid.org username
-p PASSWORD, --password=PASSWORD
	The associated password
-n HOSTNAME, --hostname=HOSTNAME
	The name of the host to update or query
-s SHA_HASH, --sha-hash=SHA_HASH
	The SHA-1 hash from the API interface URL. Don't use this with the -u and -p options.

For example, to update freedns.afraid.org to point to the current IP address, use the 'update' argument:

$ python afraid.py update -u myuser -p mypass -n mythbox.example.org
Attempting to update mythbox.example.org...
response from server:
ERROR: Address 1.1.1.1 has not changed.

To query freedns.afraid.org for information about an account, you can use the 'query' argument:

$ python afraid.py query -u myuser -p mypass

url:    http://freedns.afraid.org/dynamic/update.php?<some_hash>
ip:     1.1.1.1
desc:   example.org

url:    http://freedns.afraid.org/dynamic/update.php?<some_other_hash>
ip:     2.2.2.2
desc:   deathstar.example.org

Note that specifying -n/--hostname will restrict the output to the given host

Usage Requirements

pyafraid has only been actively tested on python 2.6, but should work with minor changes on python 2.2+. Patches are welcomed :)

Development Requirements

In order to execute unit tests (using 'make test') the following modules are required:

• unittest2
• discover
• mock

All of these modules can be installed with 'easy_install':

$ [sudo] easy_install mock unittest2 discover

Reporting Bugs

Any bugs can be reported on github (https://github.com/campbellr/pyafraid/issues/new) or emailed to campbellr@gmail.com.