dnstk

dnstk is a toolkit for building DNS clients and servers in Python.

dnstk-cli

dnstk includes its own client which works similar to dig:

$ dnstk-cli ddg.gg
Response code: 0
Question section
ddg.gg IN  A

Answer section
ddg.gg IN  A   208.94.146.80
ddg.gg IN  A   208.94.146.81
ddg.gg IN  A   208.94.146.70
ddg.gg IN  A   208.94.146.71

$ dnstk-cli irc.darkscience.net -r AAAA
Response code: 0
Question section
irc.darkscience.net    IN  AAAA

Answer section
irc.darkscience.net   IN  CNAME   irc.darkscience.ws
irc.darkscience.ws    IN  AAAA    2a02:2770::21a:4aff:fec1:1628