DNS lookup (dig)
DNS /api/v1/dns/lookupQuery A, AAAA, MX, TXT, CNAME, NS, SOA, SRV, CAA, PTR — all types at once.
Host
cloudflare.com
Total time
5188 ms
Source
live
Records found
51
A
2 records
1 ms
| TTL | Type | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 216s | A | 104.16.133.229 |
| 216s | A | 104.16.132.229 |
AAAA
2 records
0 ms
| TTL | Type | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 216s | AAAA | 2606:4700::6810:85e5 |
| 216s | AAAA | 2606:4700::6810:84e5 |
MX
4 records
5 ms
| TTL | Type | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1800s | MX | 10 mxa.global.inbound.cf-emailsecurity.net |
| 1800s | MX | 10 mxb.global.inbound.cf-emailsecurity.net |
| 1800s | MX | 5 mxa-canary.global.inbound.cf-emailsecurity.net |
| 1800s | MX | 5 mxb-canary.global.inbound.cf-emailsecurity.net |
TXT
26 records
5058 ms
| TTL | Type | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 299s | TXT | asv=894f6d1f9f83bcf44e4b1bc40bc1c4aa |
| 299s | TXT | _saml-domain-challenge.2dc00405-79cd-457b-b288-a119c6f0c7b7.71996d53-d178-4ba9-bef4-7f7e46edab74.cloudflare.com=1c8736fd-84b2-4197-985f-3fb2852f2457 |
| 299s | TXT | onetrust-domain-verification=bd5cd08a1e9644799fdb98ed7d60c9cb |
| 299s | TXT | databank-domain-verification-hkehd2=fzgu4kmbZwMoW99zENgO4u8NL |
| 299s | TXT | stripe-verification=bf1a94e6b16ace2502a4a7fff574a25c8a45291054960c883c59be39d1788db9 |
| 299s | TXT | liveramp-site-verification=EhH1MqgwbndTWl1AN64hOTKz7hc1s80yUpchLbgpfY0 |
| 299s | TXT | apple-domain-verification=DNnWJoArJobFJKhJ |
| 299s | TXT | MS=ms70274184 |
| 299s | TXT | creatopy-domain-verification=97d2ca50-9b6f-4a21-9bdb-fbb630e4cec7 |
| 299s | TXT | v=spf1 ip4:199.15.212.0/22 ip4:173.245.48.0/20 include:_spf.google.com include:spf1.mcsv.net include:spf.mandrillapp.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:stspg-customer.com include:_spf.salesforce.com -all |
| 299s | TXT | docker-verification=c578e21c-34fb-4474-9b90-d55ee4cba10c |
| 299s | TXT | _wkjc0fot0d7qrvrdt78bxkj2e2o67d2 |
| 299s | TXT | facebook-domain-verification=h9mm6zopj6p2po54woa16m5bskm6oo |
| 299s | TXT | _neqmkgaq1lq9it5s8qmetrhbnu121wb |
| 299s | TXT | cisco-ci-domain-verification=27e926884619804ef987ae4aa1c4168f6b152ada84f4c8bfc74eb2bd2912ad72 |
| 299s | TXT | google-site-verification=C7thfNeXVahkVhniiqTI1iSVnElKR_kBBtnEHkeGDlo |
| 299s | TXT | miro-verification=bdd7dfa0a49adfb43ad6ddfaf797633246c07356 |
| 299s | TXT | uber-domain-verification=58086039-150a-42a4-a4be-b4032921aa0f |
| 299s | TXT | google-site-verification=ZdlQZLBBAPkxeFTCM1rpiB_ibtGff_JF5KllNKwDR9I |
| 299s | TXT | atlassian-domain-verification=WxxKyN9aLnjEsoOjUYI6T0bb5vcqmKzaIkC9Rx2QkNb751G3LL/cus8/ZDOgh8xB |
| 299s | TXT | drift-domain-verification=f037808a26ae8b25bc13b1f1f2b4c3e0f78c03e67f24cefdd4ec520efa8e719f |
| 299s | TXT | canva-site-verification=oOyaVnHC-OiFoR1BPvetNA |
| 299s | TXT | stripe-verification=5096d01ff2cf194285dd51cae18f24fa9c26dc928cebac3636d462b4c6925623 |
| 299s | TXT | logmein-verification-code=b3433c86-3823-4808-8a7e-58042469f654 |
| 299s | TXT | status-page-domain-verification=r14frwljwbxs |
| 299s | TXT | ZOOM_verify_7LFBvOO9SIigypFG2xRlMA |
NS
5 records
14 ms
| TTL | Type | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 21600s | NS | ns3.cloudflare.com |
| 21600s | NS | ns7.cloudflare.com |
| 21600s | NS | ns4.cloudflare.com |
| 21600s | NS | ns6.cloudflare.com |
| 21600s | NS | ns5.cloudflare.com |
SOA
1 record
14 ms
| TTL | Type | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 300s | SOA | ns3.cloudflare.com dns.cloudflare.com 2403395625 |
CAA
11 records
14 ms
| TTL | Type | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 300s | CAA | 0 issuewild pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes |
| 300s | CAA | 0 issuewild comodoca.com |
| 300s | CAA | 0 issue ssl.com |
| 300s | CAA | 0 iodef mailto:[email protected] |
| 300s | CAA | 0 issuewild digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes |
| 300s | CAA | 0 issuewild ssl.com |
| 300s | CAA | 0 issue pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes |
| 300s | CAA | 0 issue letsencrypt.org |
| 300s | CAA | 0 issuewild letsencrypt.org |
| 300s | CAA | 0 issue digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes |
| 300s | CAA | 0 issue comodoca.com |
Raw JSON / API equivalent
JSON endpoint
/api/v1/dns/lookup?q=cloudflare.com
{
"ok": true,
"slug": "dns/lookup",
"title": "DNS lookup (dig)",
"ms": 5188,
"data": {
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"types": {
"A": {
"ms": 1,
"count": 2,
"records": [
{
"type": "A",
"ttl": 216,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "104.16.133.229"
},
{
"type": "A",
"ttl": 216,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "104.16.132.229"
}
]
},
"AAAA": {
"ms": 0,
"count": 2,
"records": [
{
"type": "AAAA",
"ttl": 216,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "2606:4700::6810:85e5"
},
{
"type": "AAAA",
"ttl": 216,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "2606:4700::6810:84e5"
}
]
},
"MX": {
"ms": 5,
"count": 4,
"records": [
{
"type": "MX",
"ttl": 1800,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "10 mxa.global.inbound.cf-emailsecurity.net",
"priority": 10,
"target": "mxa.global.inbound.cf-emailsecurity.net"
},
{
"type": "MX",
"ttl": 1800,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "10 mxb.global.inbound.cf-emailsecurity.net",
"priority": 10,
"target": "mxb.global.inbound.cf-emailsecurity.net"
},
{
"type": "MX",
"ttl": 1800,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "5 mxa-canary.global.inbound.cf-emailsecurity.net",
"priority": 5,
"target": "mxa-canary.global.inbound.cf-emailsecurity.net"
},
{
"type": "MX",
"ttl": 1800,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "5 mxb-canary.global.inbound.cf-emailsecurity.net",
"priority": 5,
"target": "mxb-canary.global.inbound.cf-emailsecurity.net"
}
]
},
"TXT": {
"ms": 5058,
"count": 26,
"records": [
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "asv=894f6d1f9f83bcf44e4b1bc40bc1c4aa"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "_saml-domain-challenge.2dc00405-79cd-457b-b288-a119c6f0c7b7.71996d53-d178-4ba9-bef4-7f7e46edab74.cloudflare.com=1c8736fd-84b2-4197-985f-3fb2852f2457"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "onetrust-domain-verification=bd5cd08a1e9644799fdb98ed7d60c9cb"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "databank-domain-verification-hkehd2=fzgu4kmbZwMoW99zENgO4u8NL"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "stripe-verification=bf1a94e6b16ace2502a4a7fff574a25c8a45291054960c883c59be39d1788db9"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "liveramp-site-verification=EhH1MqgwbndTWl1AN64hOTKz7hc1s80yUpchLbgpfY0"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "apple-domain-verification=DNnWJoArJobFJKhJ"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "MS=ms70274184"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "creatopy-domain-verification=97d2ca50-9b6f-4a21-9bdb-fbb630e4cec7"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "v=spf1 ip4:199.15.212.0/22 ip4:173.245.48.0/20 include:_spf.google.com include:spf1.mcsv.net include:spf.mandrillapp.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:stspg-customer.com include:_spf.salesforce.com -all"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "docker-verification=c578e21c-34fb-4474-9b90-d55ee4cba10c"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "_wkjc0fot0d7qrvrdt78bxkj2e2o67d2"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "facebook-domain-verification=h9mm6zopj6p2po54woa16m5bskm6oo"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "_neqmkgaq1lq9it5s8qmetrhbnu121wb"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "cisco-ci-domain-verification=27e926884619804ef987ae4aa1c4168f6b152ada84f4c8bfc74eb2bd2912ad72"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "google-site-verification=C7thfNeXVahkVhniiqTI1iSVnElKR_kBBtnEHkeGDlo"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "miro-verification=bdd7dfa0a49adfb43ad6ddfaf797633246c07356"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "uber-domain-verification=58086039-150a-42a4-a4be-b4032921aa0f"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "google-site-verification=ZdlQZLBBAPkxeFTCM1rpiB_ibtGff_JF5KllNKwDR9I"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "atlassian-domain-verification=WxxKyN9aLnjEsoOjUYI6T0bb5vcqmKzaIkC9Rx2QkNb751G3LL/cus8/ZDOgh8xB"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "drift-domain-verification=f037808a26ae8b25bc13b1f1f2b4c3e0f78c03e67f24cefdd4ec520efa8e719f"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "canva-site-verification=oOyaVnHC-OiFoR1BPvetNA"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "stripe-verification=5096d01ff2cf194285dd51cae18f24fa9c26dc928cebac3636d462b4c6925623"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "logmein-verification-code=b3433c86-3823-4808-8a7e-58042469f654"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "status-page-domain-verification=r14frwljwbxs"
},
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 299,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "ZOOM_verify_7LFBvOO9SIigypFG2xRlMA"
}
]
},
"CNAME": {
"ms": 26,
"count": 0,
"records": []
},
"NS": {
"ms": 14,
"count": 5,
"records": [
{
"type": "NS",
"ttl": 21600,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "ns3.cloudflare.com"
},
{
"type": "NS",
"ttl": 21600,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "ns7.cloudflare.com"
},
{
"type": "NS",
"ttl": 21600,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "ns4.cloudflare.com"
},
{
"type": "NS",
"ttl": 21600,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "ns6.cloudflare.com"
},
{
"type": "NS",
"ttl": 21600,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "ns5.cloudflare.com"
}
]
},
"SOA": {
"ms": 14,
"count": 1,
"records": [
{
"type": "SOA",
"ttl": 300,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "ns3.cloudflare.com dns.cloudflare.com 2403395625",
"mname": "ns3.cloudflare.com",
"rname": "dns.cloudflare.com",
"serial": 2403395625,
"refresh": 10000,
"retry": 2400,
"expire": 604800,
"min_ttl": 300
}
]
},
"SRV": {
"ms": 27,
"count": 0,
"records": []
},
"PTR": {
"ms": 28,
"count": 0,
"records": []
},
"CAA": {
"ms": 14,
"count": 11,
"records": [
{
"type": "CAA",
"ttl": 300,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "0 issuewild pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes",
"tag": "issuewild",
"value": "pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"
},
{
"type": "CAA",
"ttl": 300,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "0 issuewild comodoca.com",
"tag": "issuewild",
"value": "comodoca.com"
},
{
"type": "CAA",
"ttl": 300,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "0 issue ssl.com",
"tag": "issue",
"value": "ssl.com"
},
{
"type": "CAA",
"ttl": 300,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "0 iodef mailto:[email protected]",
"tag": "iodef",
"value": "mailto:[email protected]"
},
{
"type": "CAA",
"ttl": 300,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "0 issuewild digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes",
"tag": "issuewild",
"value": "digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"
},
{
"type": "CAA",
"ttl": 300,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "0 issuewild ssl.com",
"tag": "issuewild",
"value": "ssl.com"
},
{
"type": "CAA",
"ttl": 300,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "0 issue pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes",
"tag": "issue",
"value": "pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"
},
{
"type": "CAA",
"ttl": 300,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "0 issue letsencrypt.org",
"tag": "issue",
"value": "letsencrypt.org"
},
{
"type": "CAA",
"ttl": 300,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "0 issuewild letsencrypt.org",
"tag": "issuewild",
"value": "letsencrypt.org"
},
{
"type": "CAA",
"ttl": 300,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "0 issue digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes",
"tag": "issue",
"value": "digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"
},
{
"type": "CAA",
"ttl": 300,
"host": "cloudflare.com",
"answer": "0 issue comodoca.com",
"tag": "issue",
"value": "comodoca.com"
}
]
}
},
"ms": 5188
},
"source": "live",
"meta": []
}
How to use DNS lookup (dig)
-
1
Paste your input
Enter the value at the top — domain, IP, URL, email, ASN, hash, whatever fits this tool. The smart input auto-detects type.
-
2
Click "Inspect"
host.tools issues real probes (DNS, HTTP, TCP, TLS, WHOIS where applicable) and renders the result in milliseconds.
-
3
Open the API tab
Every web tool has a sibling /api/v1/dns/lookup JSON endpoint with the same payload. One copy-as-curl click and you're scripting it.
Why this matters
DNS is the routing layer for everything you do on the internet. A bad TTL, a missing MX or an unsigned zone propagates outages and inboxes-full-of-spam in minutes. Verify before you ship.
API equivalent
/api/v1/dns/lookup?q=cloudflare.com
curl -s '/api/v1/dns/lookup?q=cloudflare.com'
Embed this tool
<iframe src="/dns/lookup?q={INPUT}&embed=1"
width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0"></iframe>
Drop into any HTML page. The embed=1 flag hides nav and footer.
FAQ · DNS lookup (dig)
Common questions
Is DNS lookup (dig) free?
Yes — every tool is free on the web with a 200/hour rate limit per IP. The matching API endpoint /api/v1/dns/lookup is free up to 100 requests/hour, no key required.
Where does the data come from?
Real-time probes against authoritative sources (DNS root, RIRs, registries, the target server itself), plus partner data feeds from hostinfo.com (GeoIP/ASN) and hostcheck.com (reputation).
How fresh are the results?
Live by default. Cached for 5 minutes to make repeat queries instant; pass
?nocache=1 for a forced refresh.Can I run this from the command line?
Yes — every tool ships with a copy-as-curl. There's also an official CLI:
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