Domain Intelligence and Analysis API

DNS Lookup

live DNS records for a hostname, resolved at request time rather than served from a cache.

DNS Lookup
POST

DNS Lookup API — live DNS records for a hostname, resolved at request time rather than served from a cache. Supports A, AAAA, MX, NS, SOA, TXT, SPF and CNAME; omit record_type to fetch every type in one call. Every record is returned in the same flat shape — name, type, ttl, value, priority, raw — so you never branch on record type to read the answer. priority is populated for MX records and 0 elsewhere; raw carries the original zone-file line.

  • Global coverage
  • Real-time domain intelligence and analysis lookup
  • Structured JSON response
  • POST request with Bearer auth
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Endpoint
POST
https://app.way2api.com/api/v1/domain/dns

Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Request Parameters
Parameter Type Required Description
domain_name string Yes Hostname to resolve, e.g. example.com. A scheme, path or www. prefix is stripped automatically.
record_type string No Comma-separated record types: A, AAAA, MX, NS, SOA, SPF, TXT, CNAME. Defaults to "all".
Request Example
<?php $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt_array($ch, [ CURLOPT_URL => "https://app.way2api.com/api/v1/domain/dns", CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_POST => true, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [ "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type: application/json" ], CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([ "domain_name" => "google.com", "record_type" => "all" ]) ]); $response = curl_exec($ch); $httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE); curl_close($ch); $data = json_decode($response, true); print_r($data);
const response = await fetch("https://app.way2api.com/api/v1/domain/dns", { method: "POST", headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json" }, body: JSON.stringify({ "domain_name": "google.com", "record_type": "all" }) }); if (!response.ok) { throw new Error(`HTTP error: ${response.status}`); } const data = await response.json(); console.log(data);
curl -X POST https://app.way2api.com/api/v1/domain/dns \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{\"domain_name\":\"google.com\",\"record_type\":\"all\"}'
$.ajax({ url: "https://app.way2api.com/api/v1/domain/dns", type: "POST", contentType: "application/json", headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }, data: JSON.stringify({ "domain_name": "google.com", "record_type": "all" }), success: function(data) { console.log(data); }, error: function(xhr) { console.error(xhr.responseJSON); } });
const { data } = await axios.post( "https://app.way2api.com/api/v1/domain/dns", {"domain_name":"google.com","record_type":"all"}, { headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" } } ); console.log(data);
import requests response = requests.post( "https://app.way2api.com/api/v1/domain/dns", headers={ "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json" }, json={ "domain_name": "google.com", "record_type": "all" } ) print(response.status_code) print(response.json())
Response Example
200 OK Success Response 
{
    "success": true,
    "message": "",
    "data": {
        "order_id": "W2A1739512345abcdef01",
        "result": {
            "domain_name": "google.com",
            "is_registered": true,
            "record_types": [
                "A",
                "NS",
                "SOA",
                "MX",
                "TXT",
                "AAAA",
                "SPF"
            ],
            "records": [
                {
                    "name": "google.com",
                    "type": "A",
                    "ttl": 300,
                    "value": "142.250.102.138",
                    "priority": 0,
                    "raw": "google.com.\t\t300\tIN\tA\t142.250.102.138"
                },
                {
                    "name": "google.com",
                    "type": "A",
                    "ttl": 300,
                    "value": "142.250.102.139",
                    "priority": 0,
                    "raw": "google.com.\t\t300\tIN\tA\t142.250.102.139"
                },
                {
                    "name": "google.com",
                    "type": "A",
                    "ttl": 300,
                    "value": "142.250.102.101",
                    "priority": 0,
                    "raw": "google.com.\t\t300\tIN\tA\t142.250.102.101"
                },
                {
                    "name": "google.com",
                    "type": "A",
                    "ttl": 300,
                    "value": "142.250.102.102",
                    "priority": 0,
                    "raw": "google.com.\t\t300\tIN\tA\t142.250.102.102"
                }
            ],
            "queried_at": "2026-08-04 13:32:43"
        }
    }
}
4xx Error Response 
{
    "success": false,
    "message": "please pass correct parameters",
    "data": {
        "order_id": "W2A1739512345abcdef01",
        "error_code": "Invalid Param Exception"
    }
}
Common Response Codes
Code Meaning
200 OK — Request successful
400 Bad Request — Missing or invalid parameters
401 Unauthorized — Invalid or missing API key
429 Too Many Requests — Rate limit exceeded
500 Server Error — Try again later
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