ooni-probe-cli/internal/tutorial/netxlite/chapter06/README.md
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refactor: move tracex outside of engine/netx (#782)
* refactor: move tracex outside of engine/netx

Consistently with https://github.com/ooni/probe/issues/2121 and
https://github.com/ooni/probe/issues/2115, we can now move tracex
outside of engine/netx. The main reason why this makes sense now
is that the package is now changed significantly from the one
that we imported from ooni/probe-engine.

We have improved its implementation, which had not been touched
significantly for quite some time, and converted it to unit
testing. I will document tomorrow some extra work I'd like to
do with this package but likely could not do $soon.

* go fmt

* regen tutorials
2022-06-02 00:50:55 +02:00

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# Chapter I: Using a custom UDP resolver
In this chapter we will write together a `main.go` file that
uses a custom UDP DNS resolver to lookup domain names.
This program is very similar to the one in the previous chapter
except that we'll be configuring a custom resolver.
(This file is auto-generated from the corresponding source file,
so make sure you don't edit it manually.)
## The main.go file
We define `main.go` file using `package main`.
There's not much to say about the beginning of the program
since it is equal to the one in the previous chapter.
```Go
package main
import (
"context"
"errors"
"flag"
"os"
"time"
"github.com/apex/log"
"github.com/ooni/probe-cli/v3/internal/netxlite"
)
func main() {
log.SetLevel(log.DebugLevel)
hostname := flag.String("hostname", "dns.google", "Hostname to resolve")
timeout := flag.Duration("timeout", 60*time.Second, "Timeout")
serverAddr := flag.String("server-addr", "1.1.1.1:53", "DNS server address")
flag.Parse()
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), *timeout)
defer cancel()
```
Here's where we start to diverge. We create a dialer without a resolver,
which is going to be used by the UDP resolver.
```Go
dialer := netxlite.NewDialerWithoutResolver(log.Log)
```
Then, we create an UDP resolver. The arguments are the same as for
creating a system resolver, except that we also need to specify the
UDP endpoint address at which the server is listening.
```Go
reso := netxlite.NewParallelResolverUDP(log.Log, dialer, *serverAddr)
```
The API we invoke is the same as in the previous chapter, though,
and the rest of the program is equal to the one in the previous chapter.
```Go
addrs, err := reso.LookupHost(ctx, *hostname)
if err != nil {
fatal(err)
}
log.Infof("resolver addrs: %+v", addrs)
}
func fatal(err error) {
var ew *netxlite.ErrWrapper
if !errors.As(err, &ew) {
log.Fatal("cannot get ErrWrapper")
}
log.Warnf("error string : %s", err.Error())
log.Warnf("OONI failure : %s", ew.Failure)
log.Warnf("failed operation: %s", ew.Operation)
log.Warnf("underlying error: %+v", ew.WrappedErr)
os.Exit(1)
}
```
## Running the code
### Vanilla run
You can now run this code as follows:
```bash
go run -race ./internal/tutorial/netxlite/chapter06
```
You will see debug logs describing what is happening along with timing info.
### NXDOMAIN
```bash
go run -race ./internal/tutorial/netxlite/chapter06 -hostname antani.ooni.io
```
should cause a `dns_nxdomain_error`, because the domain does not exist.
### Timeout
```bash
go run -race ./internal/tutorial/netxlite/chapter06 -timeout 10us
```
should cause a timeout error, because the timeout is ridicolously small.
```bash
go run -race ./internal/tutorial/netxlite/chapter06 -server-addr 1.1.1.1:1
```
should also cause a timeout, because 1.1.1.1:1 is not an endpoint
where a DNS-over-UDP resolver is listening.
## Conclusions
We have seen how to use a custom DNS-over-UDP resolver.