# DNS resolver
[Applications]

## Detailed Description

The uIP DNS resolver functions are used to lookup a hostname and map it to a numerical IP address.

It maintains a list of resolved hostnames that can be queried with the resolv_lookup() function. New hostnames can be resolved using the resolv_query() function.

When a hostname has been resolved (or found to be non-existant), the resolver code calls a callback function called resolv_found() that must be implemented by the module that uses the resolver.

## Files

file | resolv.h
| DNS resolver code header file.

file | resolv.c
| DNS host name to IP address resolver.

## Defines

#define | UIP_UDP_APPCALL resolv_appcall
#define | NULL (void *)0
#define | MAX_RETRIES 8
#define | RESOLV_ENTRIES 4

## Functions

void | resolv_appcall (void)
void | resolv_found (char *name, u16_t *ipaddr)
| Callback function which is called when a hostname is found.
void | resolv_conf (u16_t *dnsserver)
| Configure which DNS server to use for queries.
u16_t * | resolv_getserver (void)
| Obtain the currently configured DNS server.
void | resolv_init (void)
| Initalize the resolver.
u16_t * | resolv_lookup (char *name)
| Look up a hostname in the array of known hostnames.
void | resolv_query (char *name)
| Queues a name so that a question for the name will be sent out.

## Function Documentation

void resolv_conf | ( | u16_t * | dnsserver | ) |

Configure which DNS server to use for queries.

Parameters:

  | dnsserver | A pointer to a 4-byte representation of the IP address of the DNS server to be configured.

Examples:
  resolv.c, and resolv.h.

Definition at line 438 of file resolv.c.

References HTONS, NULL, uip_udp_new(), and uip_udp_remove.

void resolv_found | ( | char * | name,
|  | u16_t * | ipaddr
| ) |

Callback function which is called when a hostname is found.

This function must be implemented by the module that uses the DNS resolver. It is called when a hostname is found, or when a hostname was not found.

Parameters:

  | name | A pointer to the name that was looked up.
  | ipaddr | A pointer to a 4-byte array containing the IP address of the hostname, or NULL if the hostname could not be found.

Examples:
  resolv.c, and resolv.h.

u16_t * resolv_getserver | ( | void |  | ) |

Obtain the currently configured DNS server.

Returns:
  A pointer to a 4-byte representation of the IP address of the currently configured DNS server or NULL if no DNS server has been configured.

Examples:
  resolv.c, and resolv.h.

Definition at line 422 of file resolv.c.

References NULL, and uip_udp_conn::ripaddr.

u16_t * resolv_lookup | ( | char * | name | ) |

Look up a hostname in the array of known hostnames.

Note:
  This function only looks in the internal array of known hostnames, it does not send out a query for the hostname if none was found. The function resolv_query() can be used to send a query for a hostname.

Returns:
  A pointer to a 4-byte representation of the hostname's IP address, or NULL if the hostname was not found in the array of hostnames.

Examples:
  resolv.c, resolv.h, and webclient.c.

Definition at line 396 of file resolv.c.

References RESOLV_ENTRIES, and STATE_DONE.

Referenced by webclient_appcall(), and webclient_get().

void resolv_query | ( | char * | name | ) |

Queues a name so that a question for the name will be sent out.

Parameters:

  | name | The hostname that is to be queried.

Examples:
  resolv.c, resolv.h, and webclient.c.

Definition at line 350 of file resolv.c.

References RESOLV_ENTRIES, and STATE_UNUSED.

Referenced by webclient_appcall().