# Bulk DNS Records Normalizer (`smpacey77-cpu/dns-records-normalizer-wrk8a`) Actor

Batch DNS-over-HTTPS lookups for A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS and CNAME records. Returns bounded, normalized structured results and controlled errors for malformed domains or provider failures.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/smpacey77-cpu/dns-records-normalizer-wrk8a.md
- **Developed by:** [Steven Pacey](https://apify.com/smpacey77-cpu) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, SEO tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$20.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## DNS Records Normalizer

Look up and normalize DNS records for multiple domains into consistent structured data.

Use it when you need repeatable DNS results that are easy to process programmatically rather than manually inspecting individual domains.

### What it supports

- A
- AAAA
- MX
- TXT
- NS
- CNAME

Supply one or more valid domain names and choose the record types you want returned.

### Output

For each domain and requested record type, the Actor returns normalized structured results containing the DNS status and available answer records.

Malformed domains and DNS-provider failures return controlled structured errors rather than breaking the entire batch.

### Production safeguards

Inputs, runtime, DNS queries, and output volume are bounded.

The Actor uses public DNS-over-HTTPS queries and has limited permissions. Billing is tied to successfully generated result items.

# Actor input Schema

## `domains` (type: `array`):

Domain names to query, for example example.com. IP literals and malformed domains are rejected.

## `recordTypes` (type: `array`):

DNS record types to return. Leave unchanged to query A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS and CNAME; unsupported types are ignored.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Hard maximum number of result records to emit during this run.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "domains": [
    "example.com"
  ],
  "recordTypes": [
    "A",
    "AAAA",
    "MX",
    "TXT",
    "NS",
    "CNAME"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Structured result records produced by this run.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "domains": [
        "example.com"
    ],
    "recordTypes": [
        "A",
        "AAAA",
        "MX",
        "TXT",
        "NS",
        "CNAME"
    ],
    "maxItems": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("smpacey77-cpu/dns-records-normalizer-wrk8a").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "domains": ["example.com"],
    "recordTypes": [
        "A",
        "AAAA",
        "MX",
        "TXT",
        "NS",
        "CNAME",
    ],
    "maxItems": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("smpacey77-cpu/dns-records-normalizer-wrk8a").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "domains": [
    "example.com"
  ],
  "recordTypes": [
    "A",
    "AAAA",
    "MX",
    "TXT",
    "NS",
    "CNAME"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}' |
apify call smpacey77-cpu/dns-records-normalizer-wrk8a --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,smpacey77-cpu/dns-records-normalizer-wrk8a"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/9vRVwveeAxzudFAYw/builds/r1WAZ6zTpPh05WsoJ/openapi.json