SoftLayer Utility Network::nsLookup

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nsLookup is a member of the SoftLayer_Utility_Network service.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Return Type 3 Headers 3.1 Required Headers 4 Parameters 4.1 address 5 Error Handling 6 Associated Methods 7 External Links

Overview

A method used to return the nameserver information for a given address

Return Type

nsLookup returns the string data type.

Headers

Required Headers

nsLookup requires the following headers:

• authenticate

Parameters

nsLookup takes the following parameters:

address

An IP address or hostname to nslookup.

• Type: string

Error Handling

nsLookup throws the following exceptions:

• SoftLayer_Exception_Public

Throw the exception "Please provide an address to nslookup." if the address parameter is empty.

• SoftLayer_Exception_Public

Throw the exception "Please provide a valid IP address or hostname." if the address parameter is not a valid IP address or hostname.

Associated Methods

• SoftLayer_Utility_Network::ping
• SoftLayer_Utility_Network::traceroute
• SoftLayer_Utility_Network::whois

External Links

• nslookup at Wikipedia