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DNS Lookup

DNS record lookup — A, AAAA, MX, NS, TXT, CNAME, SOA, SRV, CAA, and reverse DNS.

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Data source: Cloudflare DNS-over-HTTPS

REST Bridge Endpoint https://context.gnist.ai/rest/dns-lookup/
Authentication

All requests require a Gnist-API-Key header (or api_key query parameter).

Free tier: 100 calls/day. Get your API key.

Tools (4)

dns_lookup

Look up DNS records for a domain.

Returns the DNS records of the specified type. Supported types:
A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, NS, TXT, SOA, SRV, CAA, PTR.

Args:
domain: Domain name to query (e.g. "example.com").
record_type: DNS record type (default "A"). One of: A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, NS, TXT, SOA, SRV, CAA, PTR.

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
domainstringrequired
record_typestringoptional (default: "A")
Request Body
{
  "domain": "example"
}
dns_mx_lookup

Look up MX (mail exchange) records for a domain.

Returns the mail servers responsible for receiving email for the domain,
sorted by priority (lower = preferred).

Args:
domain: Domain name to query (e.g. "gmail.com").

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
domainstringrequired
Request Body
{
  "domain": "example"
}
reverse_dns

Perform reverse DNS lookup — find hostnames associated with an IP address.

Args:
ip: IPv4 or IPv6 address (e.g. "8.8.8.8" or "2001:4860:4860::8888").

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
ipstringrequired
Request Body
{
  "ip": "example"
}
report_feedback

Report a bug, feature request, or general feedback for this data source.

Use this when something doesn't work as expected, when you'd like
a new feature, or when you have suggestions for improvement.

Args:
feedback: Describe the issue or suggestion.
feedback_type: One of 'bug', 'feature_request', or 'general'.

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
feedbackstringrequired
feedback_typestringoptional (default: "general")
Request Body
{
  "feedback": "example"
}

Quick Start

Shell
curl -X POST "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/dns-lookup/dns_lookup" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"domain": "example"}'
Python
import httpx

resp = httpx.post(
    "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/dns-lookup/dns_lookup",
    headers={"Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    json={
  "domain": "example"
},
)
print(resp.json())

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