From 557336791333ea8793301eefbc229d8fd88869c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shoghi Cervantes <shoghicp@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 00:24:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Resolve DNS before sending packets

---
 mcstatus/server.py | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mcstatus/server.py b/mcstatus/server.py
index 6fe12eb..9cc6d10 100644
--- a/mcstatus/server.py
+++ b/mcstatus/server.py
@@ -62,9 +62,17 @@ class MinecraftServer:
 
     def query(self, retries=3):
         exception = None
+        host = self.host
+        try:
+            answers = dns.resolver.query(host, "A")
+            if len(answers):
+                answer = answers[0]
+                host = str(answer).rstrip(".")
+        except Exception as e:
+            pass
         for attempt in range(retries):
             try:
-                connection = UDPSocketConnection((self.host, self.port))
+                connection = UDPSocketConnection((host, self.port))
                 querier = ServerQuerier(connection)
                 querier.handshake()
                 return querier.read_query()