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nsrace

v1.0.1

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Runs a race, lookups the fastest IP of any domain from different DNS servers

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nsrace

:runner: Runs a race, lookups the fastest IP of any domain from different DNS servers

Installation

npm i -g nsrace

Usage

Basic

nsrace run github.com
# √ NSLookup 12/12
# √ Ping 1/1
# ┌────────────────┬─────────────────────┬─────────────────┐
# │ IP             │ Ping (ms)           │ Providers       │
# ├────────────────┼─────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
# │ 13.229.188.59  │ 252.43719290000004  │ 117.50.11.11... │
# └────────────────┴─────────────────────┴─────────────────┘
nsrace run https://github.githubassets.com/favicons/favicon.svg
# √ NSLookup 12/12
# √ Fetch 1/1
# ┌─────────────────┬─────────────────────┬─────────────────┐
# │ IP              │ Duration (ms)           │ Providers       │
# ├─────────────────┼─────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
# │ 185.199.110.154 │ 189.43719290000004  │ 117.50.11.11... │
# └─────────────────┴─────────────────────┴─────────────────┘

Output as JSON

nsrace run github.com -o json
# [{"ip":"20.205.243.166","duration":62.237456499999986,"providers":[{"protocol":"DNS","server":"117.50.11.11"},{"protocol":"DNS","server":"223.5.5.5"},{"protocol":"DNS","server":"119.29.29.29"},{"protocol":"DNS","server":"180.76.76.76"},{"protocol":"DNS","server":"101.226.4.6"},{"protocol":"DNS","server":"123.125.81.6"},{"protocol":"DNS","server":"101.226.4.6"},{"protocol":"DNS","server":"101.226.4.6"},{"protocol":"DNS","server":"101.6.6.6"},{"protocol":"DNS","server":"1.2.4.8"},{"protocol":"DNS","server":"8.8.8.8"},{"protocol":"DNS","server":"1.1.1.1"},{"protocol":"DNS","server":"4.2.2.1"},{"protocol":"DNS","server":"9.9.9.9"},{"protocol":"DNS","server":"208.67.222.222"},{"protocol":"DoH","server":"1.1.1.1"},{"protocol":"DoH","server":"8.8.8.8"},{"protocol":"DoH","server":"9.9.9.9"},{"protocol":"DoH","server":"208.67.222.222"}]}]

Play with json

# first, install the ``json`` package to the global
npm i -g json

nsrace run github.com --silent -o json | json 0.ip
# 20.205.243.166

Run nsrace or nsrace --help for more information.

Commands

run [domain|url]

Run a race and return IPs sorted by speed

Options

  • -o, --output [format]

    Specify the format of the output [table|tsv|json]

    Default: table

  • --ping-timeout [ms]

    Ping timeout (speed test)

    Default: 1000

  • --fetch-timeout [ms]

    Fetch timeout (speed test)

    Default: 1000

  • -s, --silent

    Hide the progress

  • -v, --verbose

    Display verbose information

list

List all DNS servers that will be used in the race

Options

  • -o, --output [format]

    Specify the format of the output [table|tsv|json]

    Default: table

add [dns]

Add DNS servers

Options

  • -t, --type [protocol]

    Specify the type of protocol [dns|doh]

    Default: dns

remove [dns]

Remove DNS servers

Options

  • -t, --type [protocol]

    Specify the type of protocol [dns|doh]

    Default: dns

Related

Reference

License

MIT @ yelo