Add REMOVE_DUPLICATES env variable

README.md

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Pick one of the options below using the following settings:
 * **DOMAIN:** The domain your subdomain is registered at. (i.e. `foo.com` for `home.foo.com`)
 * **NAME:** Subdomain to use. (name in A record) (i.e. `home` for `home.foo.com`). Multiple subdomains must be separated by semicolons `;`
 * **SLEEP_INTERVAL:** Polling time in seconds. (default: 300)
+* **REMOVE_DUPLICATES:** If set to `"true"`, removes extra DNS records if more than one A record is found on a subdomain. *Note that if this is not enabled, the script will NOT update subdomains with more than one A record* (default: false)
 
 ### Docker (Recommended)
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ $ docker run -d --name dyndns \
     -e DOMAIN="yourdomain.com" \
     -e NAME="subdomain" \
     -e SLEEP_INTERVAL=2 \
+    -e REMOVE_DUPLICATES="true" \
     tunix/digitalocean-dyndns
 ```
 

dyndns.sh

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 api_host="https://api.digitalocean.com/v2"
 sleep_interval=${SLEEP_INTERVAL:-300}
+remove_duplicates=${REMOVE_DUPLICATES:-"false"}
 
 services=(
     "ifconfig.co"
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ while ( true ); do
             record_data=$(echo $domain_records| jq -r ".domain_records[] | select(.type == \"A\" and .name == \"$sub\") | .data")
 
             if [ $(echo "$record_id" | wc -l) -ge 2 ]; then :
+              if [[ "${remove_duplicates}" == "true" ]]; then :
                   echo "'$sub' domain name has duplicate DNS records, removing duplicates"
                   record_id_to_delete=$(echo "$record_id"| tail -n +2)
                   record_id=$(echo "$record_id"| head -1)
@@ -56,6 +58,9 @@ while ( true ); do
                           -H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN" \
                           "$dns_list/$line" &> /dev/null
                   done <<< "$record_id_to_delete"
+              else :
+                  echo "Unable to update '$sub' domain name as it has duplicate DNS records. Set REMOVE_DUPLICATES='true' to remove them."
+                  continue
             fi
 
             # re-enable glob expansion