Specifying DNS server for lookup in Go
Answer from /u/g-a-c on reddit
If I'm reading that doc right (maybe not)...
Create yourself a local Resolver, with a custom Dialer, using the DNS address you want to use (https://golang.org/pkg/net/#Resolver) then use the LookupAddr function of that Resolver?
edit:
package main
import (
"context"
"net"
"time"
)
func main() {
r := &net.Resolver{
PreferGo: true,
Dial: func(ctx context.Context, network, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
d := net.Dialer{
Timeout: time.Millisecond * time.Duration(10000),
}
return d.DialContext(ctx, network, "8.8.8.8:53")
},
}
ip, _ := r.LookupHost(context.Background(), "www.google.com")
print(ip[0])
}
This seems to work - on my firewall this shows that my machine is opening connections to Google rather than a local domain controller