Method: Net::DNS::Packet#data

Defined in:
lib/net/dns/packet.rb

#data ⇒ Object

Returns the packet object in binary data, suitable for sending across a network stream.

packet_data = packet.data
puts "Packet is #{packet_data.size} bytes long"



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# File 'lib/net/dns/packet.rb', line 133

def data
  qdcount = ancount = nscount = arcount = 0
  data = @header.data
  headerlength = data.length

  @question.each do |question|
    data += question.data
    qdcount += 1
  end
  @answer.each do |rr|
    data += rr.data # (data.length)
    ancount += 1
  end
  @authority.each do |rr|
    data += rr.data # (data.length)
    nscount += 1
  end
  @additional.each do |rr|
    data += rr.data # (data.length)
    arcount += 1
  end

  @header.qdCount = qdcount
  @header.anCount = ancount
  @header.nsCount = nscount
  @header.arCount = arcount

  @header.data + data[Net::DNS::HFIXEDSZ..data.size]
end