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DNS History Lookup API Reference

Access historical DNS records (A, AAAA, MX, NS, SOA, SPF, TXT, CNAME) for any hostname or subdomain. Track changes over time with paginated results for comprehensive analysis.

GEThttps://api.apifreaks.com/v1.0/domain/dns/history

Test

The DNS History Lookup API provides historical DNS data essential for cybersecurity forensics, change auditing, compliance monitoring, domain migration tracking, and detecting DNS hijacking attempts.

Getting Started

Authentication

Authorize every request with your API key, passed either as a header or as a query parameter:

Header - X-apiKey
Query parameter - apiKey

API Version

This is version v1.0 of the API.

LANGUAGE

curl -X 'GET' \
  'https://api.apifreaks.com/v1.0/domain/dns/history?host-name=example.com&type=all' \
  -H 'X-apiKey: API-KEY'

Response

{
  "totalRecords": 46,
  "totalPages": 1,
  "currentPage": 1,
  "historicalDnsRecords": [
    {
      "queryTime": "2025-12-16",
      "domainName": "example.com.",
      "dnsTypes": {
        "SOA": 6,
        "AAAA": 28,
        "A": 1,
        "NS": 2
      },
      "dnsRecords": [
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 4,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t4\tIN\tA\t23.192.228.84",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "23.192.228.84"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 4,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t4\tIN\tA\t23.215.0.136",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "23.215.0.136"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 278,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t278\tIN\tA\t23.220.75.245",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "23.220.75.245"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 278,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t278\tIN\tA\t23.220.75.232",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "23.220.75.232"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 4,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t4\tIN\tA\t23.215.0.138",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "23.215.0.138"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 4,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t4\tIN\tA\t23.192.228.80",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "23.192.228.80"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 89,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t89\tIN\tAAAA\t2600: 1406: 5e00: 6: 0: 0: 17ce:bc12",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2600: 1406: 5e00: 6: 0: 0: 17ce:bc12"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 202,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t202\tIN\tAAAA\t2600: 1406:bc00: 53: 0: 0:b81e: 94ce",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2600: 1406:bc00: 53: 0: 0:b81e: 94ce"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 89,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t89\tIN\tAAAA\t2600: 1406: 5e00: 6: 0: 0: 17ce:bc1b",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2600: 1406: 5e00: 6: 0: 0: 17ce:bc1b"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 202,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t202\tIN\tAAAA\t2600: 1408:ec00: 36: 0: 0: 1736: 7f31",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2600: 1408:ec00: 36: 0: 0: 1736: 7f31"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 202,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t202\tIN\tAAAA\t2600: 1408:ec00: 36: 0: 0: 1736: 7f24",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2600: 1408:ec00: 36: 0: 0: 1736: 7f24"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 202,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t202\tIN\tAAAA\t2600: 1406:bc00: 53: 0: 0:b81e: 94c8",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2600: 1406:bc00: 53: 0: 0:b81e: 94c8"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 6,
          "dnsType": "SOA",
          "ttl": 3600,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t3600\tIN\tSOA\tns.icann.org. noc.dns.icann.org. 2022091323 7200 3600 1209600 3600",
          "rRsetType": 6,
          "admin": "noc.dns.icann.org.",
          "host": "ns.icann.org.",
          "expire": 1209600,
          "minimum": 3600,
          "refresh": 7200,
          "retry": 3600,
          "serial": 2022091323
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 2,
          "dnsType": "NS",
          "ttl": 21600,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t21600\tIN\tNS\ta.iana-servers.net.",
          "rRsetType": 2,
          "singleName": "a.iana-servers.net."
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 2,
          "dnsType": "NS",
          "ttl": 21600,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t21600\tIN\tNS\tb.iana-servers.net.",
          "rRsetType": 2,
          "singleName": "b.iana-servers.net."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "queryTime": "2025-12-17",
      "domainName": "example.com.",
      "dnsTypes": {
        "AAAA": 28,
        "A": 1,
        "NS": 2
      },
      "dnsRecords": [
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tA\t104.20.34.220",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "104.20.34.220"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tA\t172.66.144.113",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "172.66.144.113"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tAAAA\t2606: 4700: 10: 0: 0: 0:ac42: 9071",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2606: 4700: 10: 0: 0: 0:ac42: 9071"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tAAAA\t2606: 4700: 10: 0: 0: 0: 6814: 22dc",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2606: 4700: 10: 0: 0: 0: 6814: 22dc"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 2,
          "dnsType": "NS",
          "ttl": 128,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t128\tIN\tNS\ta.iana-servers.net.",
          "rRsetType": 2,
          "singleName": "a.iana-servers.net."
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 2,
          "dnsType": "NS",
          "ttl": 128,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t128\tIN\tNS\tb.iana-servers.net.",
          "rRsetType": 2,
          "singleName": "b.iana-servers.net."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "queryTime": "2023-12-10",
      "domainName": "example.com.",
      "dnsTypes": {
        "SOA": 6
      },
      "dnsRecords": [
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 6,
          "dnsType": "SOA",
          "ttl": 3600,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t3600\tIN\tSOA\tns.icann.org. noc.dns.icann.org. 2022091325 7200 3600 1209600 3600",
          "rRsetType": 6,
          "admin": "noc.dns.icann.org.",
          "host": "ns.icann.org.",
          "expire": 1209600,
          "minimum": 3600,
          "refresh": 7200,
          "retry": 3600,
          "serial": 2022091325
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 6,
          "dnsType": "SOA",
          "ttl": 3600,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t3600\tIN\tSOA\tns.icann.org. noc.dns.icann.org. 2022091216 7200 3600 1209600 3600",
          "rRsetType": 6,
          "admin": "noc.dns.icann.org.",
          "host": "ns.icann.org.",
          "expire": 1209600,
          "minimum": 3600,
          "refresh": 7200,
          "retry": 3600,
          "serial": 2022091216
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "queryTime": "2025-08-14",
      "domainName": "example.com.",
      "dnsTypes": {
        "AAAA": 28,
        "A": 1
      },
      "dnsRecords": [
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 4,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t4\tIN\tA\t96.7.128.175",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "96.7.128.175"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 4,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t4\tIN\tA\t96.7.128.198",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "96.7.128.198"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 202,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t202\tIN\tAAAA\t2600: 1406: 3a00: 21: 0: 0: 173e: 2e65",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2600: 1406: 3a00: 21: 0: 0: 173e: 2e65"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 202,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t202\tIN\tAAAA\t2600: 1406: 3a00: 21: 0: 0: 173e: 2e66",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2600: 1406: 3a00: 21: 0: 0: 173e: 2e66"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "queryTime": "2026-04-09",
      "domainName": "example.com.",
      "dnsTypes": {
        "AAAA": 28,
        "A": 1
      },
      "dnsRecords": [
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tA\t104.18.27.120",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "104.18.27.120"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tA\t104.18.26.120",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "104.18.26.120"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tAAAA\t2606: 4700: 0: 0: 0: 0: 6812: 1b78",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2606: 4700: 0: 0: 0: 0: 6812: 1b78"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tAAAA\t2606: 4700: 0: 0: 0: 0: 6812: 1a78",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2606: 4700: 0: 0: 0: 0: 6812: 1a78"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "queryTime": "2024-12-17",
      "domainName": "example.com.",
      "dnsTypes": {
        "AAAA": 28,
        "TXT": 16,
        "A": 1
      },
      "dnsRecords": [
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 1925,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t1925\tIN\tA\t93.184.215.14",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "93.184.215.14"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 581,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t581\tIN\tAAAA\t2606: 2800: 21f:cb07: 6820: 80da:af6b: 8b2c",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2606: 2800: 21f:cb07: 6820: 80da:af6b: 8b2c"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 16,
          "dnsType": "TXT",
          "ttl": 21600,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t21600\tIN\tTXT\t\"wgyf8z8cgvm2qmxpnbnldrcltvk4xqfn\"",
          "rRsetType": 16,
          "strings": [
            "wgyf8z8cgvm2qmxpnbnldrcltvk4xqfn"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "queryTime": "2026-06-08",
      "domainName": "example.com.",
      "dnsTypes": {
        "SOA": 6,
        "AAAA": 28,
        "TXT": 16,
        "A": 1,
        "NS": 2,
        "MX": 15,
        "SPF": 99
      },
      "dnsRecords": [
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tA\t104.20.23.154",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "104.20.23.154"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tA\t172.66.147.243",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "172.66.147.243"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tAAAA\t2606: 4700: 10: 0: 0: 0: 6814: 179a",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2606: 4700: 10: 0: 0: 0: 6814: 179a"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tAAAA\t2606: 4700: 10: 0: 0: 0:ac42: 93f3",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2606: 4700: 10: 0: 0: 0:ac42: 93f3"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 6,
          "dnsType": "SOA",
          "ttl": 627,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t627\tIN\tSOA\telliott.ns.cloudflare.com. dns.cloudflare.com. 2391407559 10000 2400 604800 1800",
          "rRsetType": 6,
          "admin": "dns.cloudflare.com.",
          "host": "elliott.ns.cloudflare.com.",
          "expire": 604800,
          "minimum": 1800,
          "refresh": 10000,
          "retry": 2400,
          "serial": 2391407559
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 16,
          "dnsType": "TXT",
          "ttl": 10694,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t10694\tIN\tTXT\t\"_k2n1y4vw3qtb4skdx9e7dxt97qrmmq9\"",
          "rRsetType": 16,
          "strings": [
            "_k2n1y4vw3qtb4skdx9e7dxt97qrmmq9"
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 15,
          "dnsType": "MX",
          "ttl": 21600,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t21600\tIN\tMX\t0 .",
          "rRsetType": 15,
          "target": ".",
          "priority": 0
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 99,
          "dnsType": "SPF",
          "ttl": 21600,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t21600\tIN\tSPF\t\"v=spf1 -all\"",
          "rRsetType": 99,
          "strings": [
            "v=spf1 -all"
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 2,
          "dnsType": "NS",
          "ttl": 20464,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t20464\tIN\tNS\thera.ns.cloudflare.com.",
          "rRsetType": 2,
          "singleName": "hera.ns.cloudflare.com."
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 2,
          "dnsType": "NS",
          "ttl": 20464,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t20464\tIN\tNS\telliott.ns.cloudflare.com.",
          "rRsetType": 2,
          "singleName": "elliott.ns.cloudflare.com."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "queryTime": "2024-03-11",
      "domainName": "example.com.",
      "dnsTypes": {
        "AAAA": 28,
        "A": 1
      },
      "dnsRecords": [
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 21600,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t21600\tIN\tA\t93.184.216.34",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "93.184.216.34"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 21600,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t21600\tIN\tAAAA\t2606: 2800: 220: 1: 248: 1893: 25c8: 1946",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2606: 2800: 220: 1: 248: 1893: 25c8: 1946"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

API Request

Query Parameters

The following parameters can be used in your API requests. All parameters are passed as query string parameters.

formatoptionalStringdefault: json

Response format: 'json' (default) or 'xml'.

host-namerequiredString

Hostname or URL whose DNS records required.

typerequiredArray

A comma-separated list of DNS record types for lookup. The values can be A, AAAA, MX, NS, SOA, SPF, TXT, CNAME, or all.

pageoptionalIntegerdefault: 1

Page no. to retrieve paginated results.

API Response Schema

A successful request returns a 200 OK response with a JSON object containing historical DNS records and pagination metadata. See the response preview on the right for the full JSON structure.

totalRecords

Integermandatory

Total number of historical DNS records found.

totalPages

Integermandatory

Total number of pages for paginated results.

currentPage

Integermandatory

Current page number.

queryTime (String), domainName (String), dnsTypes (Object), dnsRecords (Array<Object>)

Custom Response Headers

Besides the response body, every response carries custom headers you can use to track credit usage, and concurrency usage on endpoints that enforce a concurrency limit. See the Custom Response Headers documentation and the endpoints with concurrency limits for more details.

X-Concurrent-Threadsheaderconcurrency-limited endpoints

Specifies the maximum number of concurrent requests allowed.

X-Concurrent-Threads-Activeheaderconcurrency-limited endpoints

Indicates the number of active concurrent requests being processed.

X-AF-Credits-Costheaderall responses

Specifies the number of credits consumed by the current request.

Error Status & Codes

See the HTTP Status Codes documentation for a complete reference of common API errors and HTTP status codes.

400

Please provide correct dns records type(s) [For Technical Support: support@apifreaks.com]

400

Please pass domain param correct value[For Technical Support: support@apifreaks.com]

404

No Record Found across: <HOSTNAME>

408

Unable to fetch dns records. Please try after some time. [For Technical Support email at: support@apifreaks.com]

DNS History Lookup API Reference

Access historical DNS records (A, AAAA, MX, NS, SOA, SPF, TXT, CNAME) for any hostname or subdomain. Track changes over time with paginated results for comprehensive analysis.

GEThttps://api.apifreaks.com/v1.0/domain/dns/history

Test

The DNS History Lookup API provides historical DNS data essential for cybersecurity forensics, change auditing, compliance monitoring, domain migration tracking, and detecting DNS hijacking attempts.

Getting Started

Authentication

Authorize every request with your API key, passed either as a header or as a query parameter:

Header - X-apiKey
Query parameter - apiKey

API Version

This is version v1.0 of the API.

LANGUAGE

curl -X 'GET' \
  'https://api.apifreaks.com/v1.0/domain/dns/history?host-name=example.com&type=all' \
  -H 'X-apiKey: API-KEY'

Response

{
  "totalRecords": 46,
  "totalPages": 1,
  "currentPage": 1,
  "historicalDnsRecords": [
    {
      "queryTime": "2025-12-16",
      "domainName": "example.com.",
      "dnsTypes": {
        "SOA": 6,
        "AAAA": 28,
        "A": 1,
        "NS": 2
      },
      "dnsRecords": [
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 4,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t4\tIN\tA\t23.192.228.84",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "23.192.228.84"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 4,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t4\tIN\tA\t23.215.0.136",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "23.215.0.136"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 278,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t278\tIN\tA\t23.220.75.245",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "23.220.75.245"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 278,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t278\tIN\tA\t23.220.75.232",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "23.220.75.232"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 4,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t4\tIN\tA\t23.215.0.138",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "23.215.0.138"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 4,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t4\tIN\tA\t23.192.228.80",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "23.192.228.80"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 89,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t89\tIN\tAAAA\t2600: 1406: 5e00: 6: 0: 0: 17ce:bc12",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2600: 1406: 5e00: 6: 0: 0: 17ce:bc12"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 202,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t202\tIN\tAAAA\t2600: 1406:bc00: 53: 0: 0:b81e: 94ce",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2600: 1406:bc00: 53: 0: 0:b81e: 94ce"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 89,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t89\tIN\tAAAA\t2600: 1406: 5e00: 6: 0: 0: 17ce:bc1b",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2600: 1406: 5e00: 6: 0: 0: 17ce:bc1b"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 202,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t202\tIN\tAAAA\t2600: 1408:ec00: 36: 0: 0: 1736: 7f31",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2600: 1408:ec00: 36: 0: 0: 1736: 7f31"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 202,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t202\tIN\tAAAA\t2600: 1408:ec00: 36: 0: 0: 1736: 7f24",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2600: 1408:ec00: 36: 0: 0: 1736: 7f24"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 202,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t202\tIN\tAAAA\t2600: 1406:bc00: 53: 0: 0:b81e: 94c8",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2600: 1406:bc00: 53: 0: 0:b81e: 94c8"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 6,
          "dnsType": "SOA",
          "ttl": 3600,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t3600\tIN\tSOA\tns.icann.org. noc.dns.icann.org. 2022091323 7200 3600 1209600 3600",
          "rRsetType": 6,
          "admin": "noc.dns.icann.org.",
          "host": "ns.icann.org.",
          "expire": 1209600,
          "minimum": 3600,
          "refresh": 7200,
          "retry": 3600,
          "serial": 2022091323
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 2,
          "dnsType": "NS",
          "ttl": 21600,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t21600\tIN\tNS\ta.iana-servers.net.",
          "rRsetType": 2,
          "singleName": "a.iana-servers.net."
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 2,
          "dnsType": "NS",
          "ttl": 21600,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t21600\tIN\tNS\tb.iana-servers.net.",
          "rRsetType": 2,
          "singleName": "b.iana-servers.net."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "queryTime": "2025-12-17",
      "domainName": "example.com.",
      "dnsTypes": {
        "AAAA": 28,
        "A": 1,
        "NS": 2
      },
      "dnsRecords": [
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tA\t104.20.34.220",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "104.20.34.220"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tA\t172.66.144.113",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "172.66.144.113"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tAAAA\t2606: 4700: 10: 0: 0: 0:ac42: 9071",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2606: 4700: 10: 0: 0: 0:ac42: 9071"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tAAAA\t2606: 4700: 10: 0: 0: 0: 6814: 22dc",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2606: 4700: 10: 0: 0: 0: 6814: 22dc"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 2,
          "dnsType": "NS",
          "ttl": 128,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t128\tIN\tNS\ta.iana-servers.net.",
          "rRsetType": 2,
          "singleName": "a.iana-servers.net."
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 2,
          "dnsType": "NS",
          "ttl": 128,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t128\tIN\tNS\tb.iana-servers.net.",
          "rRsetType": 2,
          "singleName": "b.iana-servers.net."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "queryTime": "2023-12-10",
      "domainName": "example.com.",
      "dnsTypes": {
        "SOA": 6
      },
      "dnsRecords": [
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 6,
          "dnsType": "SOA",
          "ttl": 3600,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t3600\tIN\tSOA\tns.icann.org. noc.dns.icann.org. 2022091325 7200 3600 1209600 3600",
          "rRsetType": 6,
          "admin": "noc.dns.icann.org.",
          "host": "ns.icann.org.",
          "expire": 1209600,
          "minimum": 3600,
          "refresh": 7200,
          "retry": 3600,
          "serial": 2022091325
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 6,
          "dnsType": "SOA",
          "ttl": 3600,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t3600\tIN\tSOA\tns.icann.org. noc.dns.icann.org. 2022091216 7200 3600 1209600 3600",
          "rRsetType": 6,
          "admin": "noc.dns.icann.org.",
          "host": "ns.icann.org.",
          "expire": 1209600,
          "minimum": 3600,
          "refresh": 7200,
          "retry": 3600,
          "serial": 2022091216
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "queryTime": "2025-08-14",
      "domainName": "example.com.",
      "dnsTypes": {
        "AAAA": 28,
        "A": 1
      },
      "dnsRecords": [
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 4,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t4\tIN\tA\t96.7.128.175",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "96.7.128.175"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 4,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t4\tIN\tA\t96.7.128.198",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "96.7.128.198"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 202,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t202\tIN\tAAAA\t2600: 1406: 3a00: 21: 0: 0: 173e: 2e65",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2600: 1406: 3a00: 21: 0: 0: 173e: 2e65"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 202,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t202\tIN\tAAAA\t2600: 1406: 3a00: 21: 0: 0: 173e: 2e66",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2600: 1406: 3a00: 21: 0: 0: 173e: 2e66"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "queryTime": "2026-04-09",
      "domainName": "example.com.",
      "dnsTypes": {
        "AAAA": 28,
        "A": 1
      },
      "dnsRecords": [
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tA\t104.18.27.120",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "104.18.27.120"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tA\t104.18.26.120",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "104.18.26.120"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tAAAA\t2606: 4700: 0: 0: 0: 0: 6812: 1b78",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2606: 4700: 0: 0: 0: 0: 6812: 1b78"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tAAAA\t2606: 4700: 0: 0: 0: 0: 6812: 1a78",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2606: 4700: 0: 0: 0: 0: 6812: 1a78"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "queryTime": "2024-12-17",
      "domainName": "example.com.",
      "dnsTypes": {
        "AAAA": 28,
        "TXT": 16,
        "A": 1
      },
      "dnsRecords": [
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 1925,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t1925\tIN\tA\t93.184.215.14",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "93.184.215.14"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 581,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t581\tIN\tAAAA\t2606: 2800: 21f:cb07: 6820: 80da:af6b: 8b2c",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2606: 2800: 21f:cb07: 6820: 80da:af6b: 8b2c"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 16,
          "dnsType": "TXT",
          "ttl": 21600,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t21600\tIN\tTXT\t\"wgyf8z8cgvm2qmxpnbnldrcltvk4xqfn\"",
          "rRsetType": 16,
          "strings": [
            "wgyf8z8cgvm2qmxpnbnldrcltvk4xqfn"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "queryTime": "2026-06-08",
      "domainName": "example.com.",
      "dnsTypes": {
        "SOA": 6,
        "AAAA": 28,
        "TXT": 16,
        "A": 1,
        "NS": 2,
        "MX": 15,
        "SPF": 99
      },
      "dnsRecords": [
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tA\t104.20.23.154",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "104.20.23.154"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tA\t172.66.147.243",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "172.66.147.243"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tAAAA\t2606: 4700: 10: 0: 0: 0: 6814: 179a",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2606: 4700: 10: 0: 0: 0: 6814: 179a"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 300,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t300\tIN\tAAAA\t2606: 4700: 10: 0: 0: 0:ac42: 93f3",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2606: 4700: 10: 0: 0: 0:ac42: 93f3"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 6,
          "dnsType": "SOA",
          "ttl": 627,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t627\tIN\tSOA\telliott.ns.cloudflare.com. dns.cloudflare.com. 2391407559 10000 2400 604800 1800",
          "rRsetType": 6,
          "admin": "dns.cloudflare.com.",
          "host": "elliott.ns.cloudflare.com.",
          "expire": 604800,
          "minimum": 1800,
          "refresh": 10000,
          "retry": 2400,
          "serial": 2391407559
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 16,
          "dnsType": "TXT",
          "ttl": 10694,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t10694\tIN\tTXT\t\"_k2n1y4vw3qtb4skdx9e7dxt97qrmmq9\"",
          "rRsetType": 16,
          "strings": [
            "_k2n1y4vw3qtb4skdx9e7dxt97qrmmq9"
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 15,
          "dnsType": "MX",
          "ttl": 21600,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t21600\tIN\tMX\t0 .",
          "rRsetType": 15,
          "target": ".",
          "priority": 0
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 99,
          "dnsType": "SPF",
          "ttl": 21600,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t21600\tIN\tSPF\t\"v=spf1 -all\"",
          "rRsetType": 99,
          "strings": [
            "v=spf1 -all"
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 2,
          "dnsType": "NS",
          "ttl": 20464,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t20464\tIN\tNS\thera.ns.cloudflare.com.",
          "rRsetType": 2,
          "singleName": "hera.ns.cloudflare.com."
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 2,
          "dnsType": "NS",
          "ttl": 20464,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t20464\tIN\tNS\telliott.ns.cloudflare.com.",
          "rRsetType": 2,
          "singleName": "elliott.ns.cloudflare.com."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "queryTime": "2024-03-11",
      "domainName": "example.com.",
      "dnsTypes": {
        "AAAA": 28,
        "A": 1
      },
      "dnsRecords": [
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 1,
          "dnsType": "A",
          "ttl": 21600,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t21600\tIN\tA\t93.184.216.34",
          "rRsetType": 1,
          "address": "93.184.216.34"
        },
        {
          "name": "example.com",
          "type": 28,
          "dnsType": "AAAA",
          "ttl": 21600,
          "rawText": "example.com.\t\t21600\tIN\tAAAA\t2606: 2800: 220: 1: 248: 1893: 25c8: 1946",
          "rRsetType": 28,
          "address": "2606: 2800: 220: 1: 248: 1893: 25c8: 1946"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

API Request

Query Parameters

The following parameters can be used in your API requests. All parameters are passed as query string parameters.

formatoptionalStringdefault: json

Response format: 'json' (default) or 'xml'.

host-namerequiredString

Hostname or URL whose DNS records required.

typerequiredArray

A comma-separated list of DNS record types for lookup. The values can be A, AAAA, MX, NS, SOA, SPF, TXT, CNAME, or all.

pageoptionalIntegerdefault: 1

Page no. to retrieve paginated results.

API Response Schema

A successful request returns a 200 OK response with a JSON object containing historical DNS records and pagination metadata. See the response preview on the right for the full JSON structure.

totalRecords

Integermandatory

Total number of historical DNS records found.

totalPages

Integermandatory

Total number of pages for paginated results.

currentPage

Integermandatory

Current page number.

queryTime (String), domainName (String), dnsTypes (Object), dnsRecords (Array<Object>)

Custom Response Headers

X-Concurrent-Threadsheaderconcurrency-limited endpoints

Specifies the maximum number of concurrent requests allowed.

X-Concurrent-Threads-Activeheaderconcurrency-limited endpoints

Indicates the number of active concurrent requests being processed.

X-AF-Credits-Costheaderall responses

Specifies the number of credits consumed by the current request.

Error Status & Codes

See the HTTP Status Codes documentation for a complete reference of common API errors and HTTP status codes.

400

Please provide correct dns records type(s) [For Technical Support: support@apifreaks.com]

400

Please pass domain param correct value[For Technical Support: support@apifreaks.com]

404

No Record Found across: <HOSTNAME>

408

Unable to fetch dns records. Please try after some time. [For Technical Support email at: support@apifreaks.com]

Quick Links

Quick Links

DNS History Lookup API Reference

Getting Started

Authentication

API Version

API Request

Query Parameters

API Response Schema

Custom Response Headers

Error Status & Codes

Quick Links

Quick Links

DNS History Lookup API Reference

Getting Started

Authentication

API Version

API Request

Query Parameters

API Response Schema

Custom Response Headers

Error Status & Codes

DNS History Lookup API Reference

Getting Started

Authentication

API Version

API Request

Query Parameters

API Response Schema

Custom Response Headers

Error Status & Codes

More APIs in This Category

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DNS History Lookup API Reference

Getting Started

Authentication

API Version

API Request

Query Parameters

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