Goodhosts

Simple hosts file (/etc/hosts) management in Go (golang).

A Surrealist Parisian Dinner Party chez Madame Rothschild, 1972

Features

• List, add, remove and check hosts file entries from code or the command-line.
• Windows support.

Command-Line Usage

Installation

Linux

Download the binary and put it in your path.

$ wget -O goodhosts https://github.com/lextoumbourou/goodhosts/releases/download/v2.1.0/goodhosts-linux
$ chmod +x goodhosts
$ export PATH=$(pwd):$PATH
$ goodhosts --help

Windows

Download the binary and do Windowsy stuff with it (doc PR welcome).

List entries

$ goodhosts list
127.0.0.1 localhost
10.0.0.5 my-home-server xbmc-server
10.0.0.6 my-desktop

Add --all flag to include comments.

Check for an entry

$ goodhosts check 127.0.0.1 facebook.com

Add an entry

$ goodhosts add 127.0.0.1 facebook.com

Or entries.

$ goodhosts add 127.0.0.1 facebook.com twitter.com gmail.com

Remove an entry

$ goodhosts rm 127.0.0.1 facebook.com

Or entries.

$ goodhosts rm 127.0.0.1 facebook.com twitter.com gmail.com

More

$ goodhosts --help

API Usage

Installation

$ go get github.com/lextoumbourou/goodhosts

List entries

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "github.com/lextoumbourou/goodhosts"
)

func main() {
    hosts := goodhosts.NewHosts()

    for _, line := range hosts.Lines {
        fmt.Println(line.Raw)
    }
}

Check for an entry

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "github.com/lextoumbourou/goodhosts"
)

func main() {
    hosts := goodhosts.NewHosts()

    if hosts.Has("127.0.0.1", "facebook.com") {
        fmt.Println("Entry exists!")
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Entry doesn't exist!")
}

Add an entry

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "github.com/lextoumbourou/goodhosts"
)

func main() {
    hosts := goodhosts.NewHosts()

    // Note that nothing will be added to the hosts file until ``hosts.Flush`` is called.
    hosts.Add("127.0.0.1", "facebook.com", "twitter.com")

    if err := hosts.Flush(); err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
}

Remove an entry

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "github.com/lextoumbourou/goodhosts"
)

func main() {
    hosts := goodhosts.NewHosts()

    // Same deal, yo: call hosts.Flush() to make permanent.
    hosts.Remove("127.0.0.1", "facebook.com", "twitter.com")

    if err := hosts.Flush(); err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
}

More

Changelog

2.1.0 (2015-06-08)

• Added Windows support.
• Added command-line docs.

2.0.0 (2015-05-04)

• Breaking API change.
• Add support for adding and removing multiple hosts.
• Added --all flag.
• Handle malformed IP addresses.

1.0.0 (2015-05-03)

• Initial release.

License

MIT