"""
Automatically add Google MX records to a domain using Slicehost DNS.

Requires::
    PyActiveResource: http://superjared.com/projects/pyactiveresource/
    
Edit the zone_id below, add your api password and run. To find your zone_id, 
go to the DNS tab of the SliceManager, click the 'edit' next to your 
domain. The URL will have the id::

    https://manage.slicehost.com/zones/<zone_id>/edit
    
"""

from pyactiveresource import ActiveResource
import sys

zone_id = 1
api_password = 'your api password'
api_site = 'https://%s@api.slicehost.com/' % api_password

class Zone(ActiveResource):
    class Meta:
        site = api_site
        
class Record(ActiveResource):
    class Meta:
        site = api_site

data = (
    ('ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.',      10),
    ('ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.', 20),
    ('ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.', 20),
    ('ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.',   30),
    ('ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.',   30),
    ('ASPMX4.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.',   30),
    ('ASPMX5.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.',   30),
)
    
    
def main():
    z = Zone.find(id=zone_id)[0]
    for d in data:
        r = Record(data=d[0], record_type='MX', aux=d[1], zone_id=z.id, name=z.origin)
        print r.save()
        
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()