def update(self):
        """Updates remote DNS record by requesting its special endpoint URL"""
        response = requests.get(self.update_url, timeout=timeout)
        match = ip_pattern.search(response.content)

        # response must contain an ip address, or else we can't parse it
        if not match:
            raise ApiError("Couldn't parse the server's response",
                    response.content)

        self.ip = match.group(0)
Updates remote DNS record by requesting its special endpoint URL