# dns-hinfo-via-nextdns

> dns-hinfo-via-nextdns is a paid API for AI agents from dns.intel.rallylive.ca, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-22).

Fetches DNS HINFO records for a domain via NextDNS (DNS over HTTPS), returning records, TTL, response code, DNSSEC validation status, and resolver answer time.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://dns.intel.rallylive.ca/dns/hinfo/via/nextdns?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-22
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/dns-hinfo-via-nextdns-63481639
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_NxC6G5PKndZhssTp5XIbU

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-hinfo-via-nextdns-63481639
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the HINFO DNS records for example.com using NextDNS over HTTPS and tell me the records, TTL, response code, whether DNSSEC was validated, and how fast NextDNS answered?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you specifically need HINFO record data as seen by the NextDNS resolver, particularly for comparing resolver-specific behavior (filtering, split-horizon), checking DNSSEC validation, or benchmarking NextDNS answer times against other resolvers. Use sibling endpoints for other record types (A, AAAA, TXT, SOA, etc.) or other resolvers (DNSPod, CleanBrowsing, etc.).

## Known failure modes

- Domain does not exist — NextDNS returns NXDOMAIN with no records
- Resolver error — NextDNS returns SERVFAIL
- No HINFO records configured for the domain — NOERROR with empty record set
- Network timeout reaching NextDNS DoH endpoint
- Invalid domain name input causing query failure

## How this service works

HINFO records for a domain as answered by NextDNS (DNS over HTTPS): the records, TTL, response code (NOERROR/NXDOMAIN/SERVFAIL), whether the resolver validated DNSSEC, and the resolver's answer time. Compare resolvers to spot propagation lag, filtering or split-horizon answers. $0.01 per lookup.

## Output

Returns the HINFO DNS records (if any) for the queried domain as answered by NextDNS, along with the TTL, the DNS response code (NOERROR, NXDOMAIN, or SERVFAIL), a boolean indicating whether DNSSEC was validated, and the resolver's answer time in milliseconds.

## 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-hinfo-via-nextdns-63481639/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from dns.intel.rallylive.ca](https://www.zero.xyz/host/dns.intel.rallylive.ca/llms.txt)