Network

DNS Query Tool

Query DNS records and domain resolution information including A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS, and CNAME records

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/dns-query' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"domain":"Enter domain name (e.g., google.com)","recordType":"A","nameserver":"Custom nameserver (optional)","includeAll":false,"detailedOutput":true}'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/dns-query

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
domain	text	Yes	—
recordType	select	No	—
nameserver	text	No	—
includeAll	checkbox	No	—
detailedOutput	checkbox	No	—

Response format

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-dns-query": {
      "name": "dns-query",
      "description": "Query DNS records and domain resolution information including A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS, and CNAME records",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=dns-query",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "dns-query",
    "arguments": {
  "domain": "Enter domain name (e.g., google.com)",
  "recordType": "A",
  "nameserver": "Custom nameserver (optional)",
  "includeAll": false,
  "detailedOutput": true
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

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curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/dns-query' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{"domain":"Enter domain name (e.g., google.com)","recordType":"A","nameserver":"Custom nameserver (optional)","includeAll":false,"detailedOutput":true}'

Name

Type

Required

Description

domain

text

Yes

—

recordType

select

—

nameserver

text

—

includeAll

checkbox

—

detailedOutput

checkbox

—

{ "mcpServers": { "elysiatools-dns-query": { "name": "dns-query", "description": "Query DNS records and domain resolution information including A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS, and CNAME records", "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=dns-query", "command": "", "args": [], "env": {}, "isActive": true, "type": "sse" } } }

{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 2, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "dns-query", "arguments": { "domain": "Enter domain name (e.g., google.com)", "recordType": "A", "nameserver": "Custom nameserver (optional)", "includeAll": false, "detailedOutput": true } } }