POE::Component::Client::DNS::Recursive - A recursive DNS client for POE


version 1.12


  use strict;
  use warnings;
  use Getopt::Long;

  use POE qw(Component::Client::DNS::Recursive);

  my $trace;
  GetOptions ('trace' => \$trace);

  my $host = shift || die "Nothing to query\n";
  my $type = shift;

    package_states => [
          'main', [qw(_start _response _trace)],

  exit 0;

  sub _start {
          event => '_response',
          host => $host,
        ( $type ? ( type => $type ) : () ),
        ( $trace ? ( trace => $_[SESSION]->postback( '_trace' ) ) : () ),

  sub _trace {
    my $packet = $_[ARG1]->[0];
    return unless $packet;
    print $packet->string;

  sub _response {
    my $packet = $_[ARG0]->{response};
    return unless $packet;
    print $packet->string;


POE::Component::Client::DNS::Recursive is a POE component that implements a recursive DNS client.

POE sessions and components can spawn a POE::Component::Client::DNS::Recursive instance to perform a DNS query. The component will perform its task and return the results to the requesting session.

One may also enable tracing of the delegation path from the root name servers for the name being looked up.



Takes a number of options, only those marked as mandatory are required:

  'event', the event to emit when completed, mandatory;
  'host', what to look up, mandatory;
  'type', defaults to 'A' or 'PTR' if 'host' appears to be an IP address;
  'class', defaults to 'IN';
  'port', the port to use for DNS requests. Default is 53;
  'session', provide an alternative session to send the resultant event to;
  'trace', the event to send trace information to;
  'nameservers', an arrayref of IP addresses that the poco will use instead of built-in 'hints';
  'context', user defined data. Can be anything that can be stored in a scalar;

event and trace are discussed in the OUTPUT EVENTS section below.

event and trace may also be POE::Session postbacks.

session is only required if one wishes to send the resultant events to a different session than the calling one, or if the component is spawned with the POE::Kernel as its parent.


The output events from the component as specified in the resolve constructor.

If you have opted to use postbacks, then these parameters will be passed in the arrayref in ARG1.


Emitted when the query has finished.

ARG0 will contain a hashref with the following fields:

  host     => the host requested,
  type     => the type requested,
  class    => the class requested,
  context  => the context that was passed to us,
  response => a Net::DNS::Packet object,
  error    => an error message ( if applicable )


error contains a description of any error that has occurred. It is only valid if response is undefined.


Emitted whenever an element of the delegation path from the root servers is found.

ARG0 will be a Net::DNS::Packet object.



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Chris Williams <>


This software is copyright (c) 2017 by Chris Williams.
