Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS
Network & IP Intel No key
AuthenticationNo key
Rate limitNo published hard limit for the JSON endpoint; keep usage reasonable.
Documentation: developers.cloudflare.com ยท Checked Sep 13, 2026
About
DNS-over-HTTPS turns boring DNS lookups into simple web requests: you ask Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 resolver 'what's the IP of example.com?' as an HTTPS URL and get JSON back. Because it runs over HTTPS, nobody on your network can snoop on or tamper with the lookups, and the JSON format is easy to use from any app or even a browser address bar. No key, no account, free forever.
Details
No key needed. You can call it right away.
Auth: No key
Rate limit: No published hard limit for the JSON endpoint; keep usage reasonable.
Verified: 2026-09-13
Best for: personal developer fun
Setup
- No signup needed. It works immediately.
- Build a URL like the example, changing 'name' and 'type' (A, MX, TXT, AAAA...).
- Send the request with the header 'accept: application/dns-json'.
- Read the 'Answer' array in the JSON for the DNS records.
Example
https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query?name=example.com&type=A (with 'accept: application/dns-json' header)Use cases
- Check a domain's mail (MX) or text (TXT) records from a web app
- Build a privacy-friendly DNS lookup tool that works in any browser
- Verify a website's DNS answers match what you expect during troubleshooting