DNS Lookup API
The DNS Lookup API retrieves DNS records for any given domain.
/v1/dnslookup GET
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/dnslookup
Returns a list of DNS records associated with a particular domain. Currently the following record types are supported:
| A premium only |
| AAAA premium only |
| CNAME premium only |
| MX premium only |
| NS |
| PTR |
| SRV |
| SOA |
| TXT premium only |
| CAA |
Parameters
domainrequiredValid domain to check (e.g.
example.com). For top-level domains other than .com, a premium subscription is required.
Headers
X-Api-KeyrequiredAPI Key associated with your account.
Sample Request Live Demo!
domain
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/dnslookup?domain=example.comHeaders
X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API KeySample Response
JSON
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[
{
"record_type": "A",
"value": "93.184.215.14"
},
{
"record_type": "AAAA",
"value": "2606:2800:21f:cb07:6820:80da:af6b:8b2c"
},
{
"record_type": "MX",
"priority": 0,
"value": "."
},
{
"record_type": "NS",
"value": "b.iana-servers.net."
},
{
"record_type": "NS",
"value": "a.iana-servers.net."
},
{
"record_type": "SOA",
"mname": "ns.icann.org.",
"rname": "noc.dns.icann.org.",
"serial": 2024041801,
"refresh": 7200,
"retry": 3600,
"expire": 1209600,
"ttl": 3600
},
{
"record_type": "TXT",
"value": "v=spf1 -all"
},
{
"record_type": "TXT",
"value": "wgyf8z8cgvm2qmxpnbnldrcltvk4xqfn"
}
]Code Examples
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curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/dnslookup?domain=example.com" \
-H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.