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rfc6844-conform CAA record lookup
npm i caa
const caa = require('caa');
await caa('subdomain.example.com');
// => [{flags: 0, tag: 'issue', value: 'letsencrypt.org', issuerCritical: false}]
await caa.matches('subdomain.example.com', 'letsencrypt.org');
// => true
Retrieve the CAA records which apply to the given name
. Returns a CAA
object.
Test if the CAA record for a given name
matches a given ca
.
server
: The DNS server to use. Defaults to the first system resolver or 8.8.8.8
if none is configured).port
: The port on the DNS server to use. Defaults to port 53.ignoreCNAME
: Don't issue CNAME queries.ignoreDNAME
: Don't issue DNAME queries.ignoreTLDs
: Don't query top level domains.© silverwind, distributed under BSD licence
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rfc6844-conform CAA record lookup and validation
The npm package caa receives a total of 6,159 weekly downloads. As such, caa popularity was classified as popular.
We found that caa demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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