{"uid":"cap_eZ6cdSRwg9dNTXnih2Fi_","slug":"orbit-web-tools-dns-lookup-863989a2","name":"orbit Web Tools: DNS Lookup","description":"Web utilities for agents, computed live at call time: URL health/redirect/x402 check, web page to Markdown (robots.txt honoured), DNS lookup with SPF/DMARC, email address validation (MX, disposable, role, typo), HTTP security-header audit and AI-agent readiness audit (llms.txt, AI crawler rules, x402, MCP, OpenAPI). $0.001 per call. By orbit-builder.","url":"https://orbit-web.orbit-builder.workers.dev/v1/dns?utm_source=zero.xyz","method":"GET","headers":{},"bodySchema":{"type":"object","$schema":"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema","required":["input"],"properties":{"input":{"type":"object","required":["type","method"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string","const":"http"},"method":{"enum":["GET"],"type":"string"},"queryParams":{"type":"object","required":["domain"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string","description":"A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, NS, TXT, CAA, SOA or ALL (default ALL)"},"domain":{"type":"string","description":"domain name, e.g. example.com"}}}},"additionalProperties":false},"output":{"type":"object","required":["type"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string"},"example":{"type":"object"}}}}},"responseSchema":{"type":"json","example":{"spf":"v=spf1 -all","dmarc":{"p":"reject"},"rcode":"NOERROR","domain":"example.com","records":{"A":[{"ttl":300,"data":"93.184.215.14"}],"MX":[{"ttl":86400,"data":"0 ."}]},"dnssec_ad":true}},"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.001","displayCostAsset":"USDC","priceDynamic":false,"priceHint":null,"priceStatus":"priced","priceSource":"probe","requiresHandshake":false,"reviewCount":0,"rating":{"score":"0.00","successRate":"0.00","reviews":0,"stars":null,"state":"unrated"},"availabilityStatus":"unknown","priceObserved":null,"sessionDeposit":null,"pricing":{"kind":"static","summary":"$0.001/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.001","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.001","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_u2mfs-9xALXHaEQpFm84z","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.001","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Performs live DNS lookups for any domain via DNS-over-HTTPS (Cloudflare 1.1.1.1), returning records by type with TTL, DNSSEC status, parsed SPF, and DMARC policy.","exampleAgentPrompt":"Can you look up all the DNS records for github.com, including SPF and DMARC policies?","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Email deliverability audit for a domain","prompt":"Check the MX, SPF, and DMARC DNS records for sendgrid.com so I can see if their email configuration is set up correctly."},{"title":"Verify domain exists before outreach","prompt":"Before I send outreach emails to people at acmecorp.io, can you check if that domain actually exists in DNS and what its A record resolves to?"},{"title":"Security review of CAA and DNSSEC settings","prompt":"Pull all DNS records for stripe.com and tell me if DNSSEC is validated and what CAA records restrict their SSL certificate issuance."}],"resultDescription":"Returns a JSON object with: the queried domain, rcode (NOERROR or NXDOMAIN), a records map keyed by DNS type (e.g. A, MX, TXT) each containing data and TTL, a boolean dnssec_ad flag indicating DNSSEC validation, and when applicable parsed SPF string and DMARC policy object (including the 'p' policy value like 'reject').","failureModes":["NXDOMAIN rcode returned when domain does not exist in DNS","Missing record types when the domain has no records of that type","Network or upstream DNS errors from Cloudflare 1.1.1.1","Invalid domain name format causing a bad request","Payment failure via x402 protocol blocking the request"],"whenToPreferThis":"Choose this endpoint when you need live, authoritative DNS data from Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 resolver with structured output including DNSSEC validation and pre-parsed SPF/DMARC policies — especially useful for email security audits, domain verification, and infrastructure reconnaissance. Prefer it over generic DNS tools when you need a single API call to return all record types at once with parsed email policy metadata.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-29T18:36:33.505Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"orbit-web-tools-dns-lookup-863989a2"}