critical-path / py-tlds

A Python util that retrieves and validates a list of top-level domains from the Internet Assigned Names Authority

py-tlds v1.0.0

py-tlds is a util that retrieves and validates a list of top-level domains (TLDs) from the Internet Assigned Names Authority.

Dependencies

py-tlds requires Python 3.x and the pip package. It also requires the following packages for usage and testing.

Usage:

• click
• requests

Testing:

• coveralls
• flake8
• pytest
• pytest-cov
• radon
• responses

Installing py-tlds with test cases and testing dependencies

1. Clone or download this repository.

2. Using sudo, run pip with the install command and the --editable option.

sudo pip install --editable .[test]

Installing py-tlds without test cases or testing dependencies

1. Clone or download this repository.

2. Using sudo, run pip with the install command.

sudo pip install .

Using py-tlds from the command line

To retrieve and validate a list of TLDs, simply run tlds.

tlds

To write the results to disk, run tlds with either the --write or the -w option.

tlds --write
tld -w

Using py-tlds from within Python

1. Import TopLevelDomainGetter and write_results.
2. Instantiate TopLevelDomainGetter and call its get method.
3. Call the write_results function.

from tlds import (
  TopLevelDomainGetter,
  write_results
)

tld_getter = TopLevelDomainGetter()
tlds = tld_getter.get()
write_results(tlds)

Testing py-tlds after installation

1. Run radon with the mi command and the --show option.

radon mi --show tlds

2. Run flake8 with the --count option.

flake8 --count tlds

3. Run pytest with with -vv, --cov, and cov-report options.

pytest -vv --cov --cov-report=term-missing