# DNS CNAME Lookup for news Subdomain via Cloudflare DoH

> DNS CNAME Lookup for news Subdomain via Cloudflare DoH is a paid API for AI agents from dns.intel.rallylive.ca, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-20).

Looks up the CNAME record for the news.<domain> subdomain using Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS and returns its existence, records, and TTL.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://dns.intel.rallylive.ca/dns/host/news/cname?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-20
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/dns-cname-lookup-for-news-subdomain-via-cloudflare-doh-49e5d2dc
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_j7q8nqqR5LsAStxLkVn1J

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability dns-cname-lookup-for-news-subdomain-via-cloudflare-doh-49e5d2dc
```

Example prompt: Can you check whether example.com has a news subdomain configured — specifically look up the CNAME record for news.example.com and tell me if it exists and what it resolves to?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a quick, targeted existence check for the news subdomain CNAME record specifically, without enumerating all subdomains. Prefer this over full DNS enumeration tools when you only care about the news host, and prefer Cloudflare DoH resolution over alternatives when you want reliable, low-latency, privacy-respecting DNS answers.

## Known failure modes

- Domain does not have a news subdomain — returns a non-existent or NOERROR/NXDOMAIN response with no records
- Invalid or malformed domain name input causes a lookup failure
- Cloudflare DoH service is temporarily unavailable, resulting in a timeout or upstream error
- Network errors between the API and Cloudflare DoH result in an error response

## How this service works

CNAME record of news.<domain>: looks up the news host under the domain you give (CNAME via Cloudflare DoH) and reports whether it exists, its records and TTL. Quick existence check for common hosts like news without enumerating subdomains. $0.01 per lookup.

## Output

Returns whether a CNAME record exists for the news.<domain> subdomain, the actual CNAME record value(s), TTL, and the DNS response code as resolved by Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/dns-cname-lookup-for-news-subdomain-via-cloudflare-doh-49e5d2dc/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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