DNS lookup (dig)
DNS /api/v1/dns/lookupQuery A, AAAA, MX, TXT, CNAME, NS, SOA, SRV, CAA, PTR — all types at once.
| TTL | Type | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 300s | A | 104.21.93.64 |
| 300s | A | 172.67.206.41 |
| TTL | Type | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 300s | AAAA | 2606:4700:3032::6815:5d40 |
| 300s | AAAA | 2606:4700:3034::ac43:ce29 |
| TTL | Type | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 300s | MX | 10 mxa.mailgun.org |
| 300s | MX | 10 mxb.mailgun.org |
| TTL | Type | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 300s | TXT | v=spf1 include:mailgun.org ~all |
| TTL | Type | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 86400s | NS | bowen.ns.cloudflare.com |
| 86400s | NS | hattie.ns.cloudflare.com |
| TTL | Type | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1800s | SOA | bowen.ns.cloudflare.com dns.cloudflare.com 2402518234 |
Raw JSON / API equivalent
/api/v1/dns/lookup?q=dandroid.app
{
"ok": true,
"slug": "dns/lookup",
"title": "DNS lookup (dig)",
"ms": 235,
"data": {
"host": "dandroid.app",
"types": {
"A": {
"ms": 17,
"count": 2,
"records": [
{
"type": "A",
"ttl": 300,
"host": "dandroid.app",
"answer": "104.21.93.64"
},
{
"type": "A",
"ttl": 300,
"host": "dandroid.app",
"answer": "172.67.206.41"
}
]
},
"AAAA": {
"ms": 17,
"count": 2,
"records": [
{
"type": "AAAA",
"ttl": 300,
"host": "dandroid.app",
"answer": "2606:4700:3032::6815:5d40"
},
{
"type": "AAAA",
"ttl": 300,
"host": "dandroid.app",
"answer": "2606:4700:3034::ac43:ce29"
}
]
},
"MX": {
"ms": 5,
"count": 2,
"records": [
{
"type": "MX",
"ttl": 300,
"host": "dandroid.app",
"answer": "10 mxa.mailgun.org",
"priority": 10,
"target": "mxa.mailgun.org"
},
{
"type": "MX",
"ttl": 300,
"host": "dandroid.app",
"answer": "10 mxb.mailgun.org",
"priority": 10,
"target": "mxb.mailgun.org"
}
]
},
"TXT": {
"ms": 7,
"count": 1,
"records": [
{
"type": "TXT",
"ttl": 300,
"host": "dandroid.app",
"answer": "v=spf1 include:mailgun.org ~all"
}
]
},
"CNAME": {
"ms": 12,
"count": 0,
"records": []
},
"NS": {
"ms": 5,
"count": 2,
"records": [
{
"type": "NS",
"ttl": 86400,
"host": "dandroid.app",
"answer": "bowen.ns.cloudflare.com"
},
{
"type": "NS",
"ttl": 86400,
"host": "dandroid.app",
"answer": "hattie.ns.cloudflare.com"
}
]
},
"SOA": {
"ms": 27,
"count": 1,
"records": [
{
"type": "SOA",
"ttl": 1800,
"host": "dandroid.app",
"answer": "bowen.ns.cloudflare.com dns.cloudflare.com 2402518234",
"mname": "bowen.ns.cloudflare.com",
"rname": "dns.cloudflare.com",
"serial": 2402518234,
"refresh": 10000,
"retry": 2400,
"expire": 604800,
"min_ttl": 1800
}
]
},
"SRV": {
"ms": 58,
"count": 0,
"records": []
},
"PTR": {
"ms": 32,
"count": 0,
"records": []
},
"CAA": {
"ms": 55,
"count": 0,
"records": []
}
},
"ms": 235
},
"source": "live",
"meta": []
}
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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.
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/v1/dns/lookup?q=dandroid.app
curl -s '/api/v1/dns/lookup?q=dandroid.app'
<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.
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