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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# pdns-tools
+# https://git.stack-source.com/msb/pdns-tools
+# Copyright (c) 2024 Matthew Saunders Brown <matthewsaundersbrown@gmail.com>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+# load include file
+source $(dirname $0)/pdns.sh
+
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "$thisfilename"
+  echo "Search data in Zones, Comments and RRSets."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename -q <query> [-e <max>] [-o <object>] [-c] [-h]"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  echo "  -q <query>    The string to search for."
+  echo "  -e <max>      Maximum number of entries to return."
+  echo "  -o <object>   Type of data to search for, one of 'all' (default), 'zone', 'record', 'comment'."
+  echo "  -c            Output in csv format instead of columns."
+}
+
+pdns:getoptions "$@"
+
+# check for query
+if [[ -z $query ]]; then
+  echo "query is required"
+  exit
+fi
+
+if [[ -n $max ]]; then
+  query="$query&max=$max"
+fi
+
+if [[ -n $object ]]; then
+  query="$query&object_type=$object"
+fi
+
+tmpfile=$(mktemp)
+
+# export zone and check http status
+zone_status=$(/usr/bin/curl --silent --output "$tmpfile" --write-out "%{http_code}" -H "X-API-Key: $api_key" $api_base_url/search-data?q=$query)
+
+if [[ $zone_status = 200 ]]; then
+  if [[ -n $csv ]]; then
+    # csv output
+    dasel -r json -w csv -f $tmpfile|sed -e 's/"""/"/g'
+  else
+    # column output
+    dasel -r json -w csv -f $tmpfile|sed -e 's/"""/"/g'|column -t -s ','
+  fi
+elif [[ $zone_status = 404 ]]; then
+  echo 404 Not Found, $zone does not exist
+else
+  echo Unexecpted http response checking for existence of zone $zone: $zone_status
+fi
+
+rm $tmpfile