Perform Multi-type DNS Lookups with Google's Free Public DNS Service

This n8n template makes it easy to perform DNS lookups directly within your n8n workflow using dns.google, without any API credentials.

Use Cases

Track changes: Schedule execution and log DNS answers to track changes to records over time.

Monitoring and alerts: Schedule execution for DNS monitoring to detect misconfiguration and to trigger immediate alerts.

Prerequisite checks: Use in more extensive workflows to ensure DNS resolves correctly before running a website crawl or other sensitive tasks.

Good to Know Requires no API credentials. You do not need to sign up for any third party service for DNS resolution.

Can easily be modified to use with a webhook instead of the default Forms node for external triggering.

By default performs lookup for: A CNAME AAAA MX TXT NS