api call to lookup dnslink name doesn't work

[bonds]

Version information:

~ ❯❯❯ ipfs version --all                                                    Mon 2017-10-09 14:27:51 -0700
go-ipfs version: 0.4.11-dev-
Repo version: 5
System version: amd64/openbsd
Golang version: go1.8

Type: Bug

Severity: High

Description:

Using the API to resolve ggr.com doesn't work, i.e.:

https://ipfs.io/api/v0/dns/ggr.com

returns

{"Message":"Could not resolve name (recursion limit exceeded).","Code":0}

Yet, the name resolves at the CLI fine:

~/Downloads ❯❯❯ ipfs --debug name resolve -r ggr.com                        Mon 2017-10-09 12:09:19 -0700
14:09:29.683  INFO   cmd/ipfs: IPFS_PATH /home/scott/.ipfs main.go:301
14:09:29.687 DEBUG   cmd/ipfs: calling pre-command hooks... main.go:295
14:09:29.687 DEBUG   cmd/ipfs: executing command via API main.go:332
/ipfs/QmWqNxbUnGZzmLeyA8jMi1VeyuHpBcYDYH9WcYZY31zijk

See ipfs/ipfs-companion#288 for a previous discussion and more detail on this issue.

[lidel]

This just got a lot more awkward, lookup for ipfs.io fails with the same error 🙃

could not resolve name (recursion limit exceeded)

$ curl -s https://ipfs.io/api/v0/dns/ipfs.io
{"Message":"could not resolve name (recursion limit exceeded)","Code":0,"Type":"error"}

[Stebalien]

The issue here is that the dns command isn't recursive by default. You can add ?r=true to the end to fix this.

Honestly, we should probably make these recursive by default, if possible.

[ghost]

Honestly, we should probably make these recursive by default, if possible.
Yes, with a limit of 10 or so