ThousandEyes DNS Server Instant Tests API

The DNS Server Instant Tests API from ThousandEyes — 1 operation(s) for dns server instant tests.

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Operations 1

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

POST /tests/dns-server/instant Run an instant DNS server test · Create DNS server instant test #

Ask an LLM

“Can I check right now how my DNS servers resolve a domain?”

“Which DNS servers and agents does an instant DNS server test need?”

Tell an agent

Run an instant DNS test for {domain} against servers {dnsServers} from agents {agents}.

Run a one-off DNS server check named {testName} for domain {domain} using agents {agents} and servers {dnsServers}.

Documentation

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/administration-administrative-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/api-token-management-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/agents-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/alerts-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/autonomous-systems-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/bgp-monitors-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/cloud-insights-integrations-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/credentials-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/dashboards-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/emulation-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/endpoint-agents-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/endpoint-instant-scheduled-tests-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/endpoint-labels-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/endpoint-test-results-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/endpoint-tests-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/event-detection-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/integrations-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/internet-insights-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/snapshots-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/tags-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/templates-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/tests-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/instant-tests-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/test-results-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/thousandeyes-for-opentelemetry-api-overview/

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https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/usage-api-overview/

Specifications

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OpenAPI

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 7.0.100
  title: ThousandEyes DNS Server Instant Tests API
  x-provenance:
    method: harvested
    authored_by: Cisco ThousandEyes
    harvested_by: API Evangelist
    harvested_on: '2026-08-19'
    first_party: true
    provider_published: true
    source_host: pubhub.devnetcloud.com
    note: 27 OpenAPI 3.0 documents (26 per-area plus a unified 326-operation document) served anonymously from Cisco's DevNet CDN. api.thousandeyes.com itself 401s every path, so the contract is public while the API host is gated.
  x-evidence:
  - type: source
    url: https://pubhub.devnetcloud.com/media/000-v7-apis/docs/reference/
  - type: source
    url: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/
servers:
- description: ThousandEyes API production URL
  url: https://api.thousandeyes.com/v7
tags:


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