Python library for CRUD operations on cdmon.com

This project will let you manage programmatically your domains in cdmon.com

How does it work?

It runs Chrome in headless mode and does what you'd do manually. There is no dark magic nor obscure hacks.

What do I need?

Any Python 3.x (+3.2 recommended) with PIP and Chrome (headless)

How can I use it?

A very basic usage example:

from cdmon import CDMON

cdmon = CDMON()
cdmon.login()

cdmon.work_on("foo.com")
cdmon.create_record("TXT", {
    "redirect_type": "custom",
    "subdomain": "bar",
    "value": "123456789"
})

cdmon.work_on("mydomain.com")
cdmon.change_record("A", "www", "127.0.0.1")
cdmon.change_record("A", "mailcow", "1.2.3.4")
cdmon.change_record("TXT", "@", "v=spf1 ...")

cdmon.work_on("xyz.com")
cdmon.delete_record("TXT", "bar")

cdmon.terminate()

Keep in mind the library uses environment variables to get the login data. You'll need to provide those, creating a .env file or by any other means.

USERNAME=
PASSWORD=
TIMEOUT=10
DEBUG=True
NETDEBUG=True

• USERNAME - The username / email you use to login in cdmon.com
• PASSWORD - The password
• TIMEOUT - Make Selenium timeout after that amount of time (in seconds). Default 10.
• DEBUG - If set to True it will show Chrome's UI. Default False.
• NETDEBUG - If set to True it will show urllib debug to stdout. Default False.

Where can I get it?

From pypi!

pip3 install cdmon_automator

Usage details

work_on(domain_name)

You must call this method before doing any other work, in order to let the library know on which domain you want to do the work on.

create_record(record_type, values)

record_type - The type of the record you're trying to create. It can be

• TXT
• SPF
• A
• AAAA
• CNAME
• MX
• SRV
• NS

values - A hash containing specific data for the type of record you're trying to create. Not all records need/use the same (amount of) variables. Use the following list to make sure to use the correct data.

TXT / SPF

redirect_type - The type of redirect. It can be

• @ - The entire domain
• * - Undefined subdomains
• custom - A custom subdomain

subdomain - The custom subdomain. This argument makes sense only when redirect_type is set to custom.

value - The value of the record.

Examples:

• Create a TXT record for the domain itself, with the value foo bar xyz

  cdmon.create_record("TXT", {
      "redirect_type": "@",
      "value": "foo bar xyz"
  })

• Create a TXT record for test.mydomain.com, with the value hi

  cdmon.create_record("TXT", {
      "redirect_type": "custom",
      "subdomain": "test",
      "value": "hi"
  })

A / AAAA / CNAME / NS

redirect_type - The type of redirect. It can be

• @ - The entire domain
• * - Undefined subdomains
• custom - A custom subdomain

subdomain - The custom subdomain. This argument makes sense only when redirect_type is set to custom.

destination - The IP you want to assign to the record. Note that the library won't stop you from trying to assign invalid values.

Examples:

• Create an A record for the domain itself, pointing to 127.0.0.1

  cdmon.create_record("A", {
      "redirect_type": "@",
      "destination": "127.0.0.1"
  })

• Create an AAAA record for the domain test.mydomain.com, pointing to 127.0.0.1

  cdmon.create_record("AAAA", {
      "redirect_type": "custom",
      "subdomain": "test",
      "destination": "127.0.0.1"
  })

• Create a CNAME record for the domain itself, pointing to www.mydomain.com

  cdmon.create_record("CNAME", {
      "redirect_type": "@",
      "destination": "www.mydomain.com"
  })

• Create an NS record for the domain test.mydomain.com, pointing to mydomain.com

  cdmon.create_record("NS", {
      "redirect_type": "custom",
      "subdomain": "test",
      "destination": "mydomain.com"
  })

SRV

redirect_type - The type of redirect. It can be

• @ - The entire domain
• * - Undefined subdomains
• custom - A custom subdomain

subdomain - The custom subdomain. This argument makes sense only when redirect_type is set to custom.

destination - The destination you want to assign to the record. Note that the library won't stop you from trying to assign invalid values.

priority - The priority of the record.

weight - The weight of the record.

port - The port of the record.

Examples:

• Create a SRV record for the domain itself, pointing to foobar.com 5 800 22

  cdmon.create_record("SRV", {
      "redirect_type": "@",
      "destination": "foobar.com"
      "priority": "5",
      "weight": "800",
      "port": "22"
  })

• Create an SRV record for the domain mail.mydomain.com, pointing to smtp.foo.bar 10 200 465

  cdmon.create_record("SRV", {
      "redirect_type": "custom",
      "subdomain": "mail",
      "destination": "foobar.com"
      "priority": "10",
      "weight": "200",
      "port": "465"
  })

MX

subdomain - The subdomain.

destination - The destination you want to assign to the record. Note that the library won't stop you from trying to assign invalid values.

priority - The priority of the record.

Example:

• Create an MX record for the domain mail.mydomain.com, pointing to foobar.com 10

  cdmon.create_record("MX", {
      "redirect_type": "custom",
      "subdomain": "mail",
      "destination": "foobar.com"
      "priority": "10"
  })

change_record(self, record_type, record_name, values)

This method will let you update the fields of a record. values has the same rules as the values from the create_record method.

Note that you can't update the subdomain of the record, only the rest of the fields. This is how cdmon.com works.

delete_record(record_type, record_name)

This method will let you delete a record. Note that the search is based on the type and the name (subdomain), which means that it's error prone in situations where multiple records of the same type and on the same subdomain exist, for example, multiple TXT records on the @ domain.

terminate()

Will close/quit Chrome.