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Platform Dnsresolutionrecord Structure

DnsResolutionRecord schema from Censys Platform API

Type: object Properties: 10 Required: 3
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DnsResolutionRecord is a JSON Structure definition published by Censys, describing 10 properties, of which 3 are required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

first_seen ip last_seen mail_server mname name_server priority record_type rname value

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/censys/refs/heads/main/json-structure/platform-dnsresolutionrecord-structure.json",
  "name": "DnsResolutionRecord",
  "description": "DnsResolutionRecord schema from Censys Platform API",
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "first_seen",
    "last_seen",
    "record_type"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "first_seen": {
      "type": "datetime",
      "description": "The time this record was first observed."
    },
    "ip": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The IP of the record. IPv4 if the record_type is A. IPv6 if the record_type is AAAA. Otherwise not present."
    },
    "last_seen": {
      "type": "datetime",
      "description": "The time this record was last observed."
    },
    "mail_server": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The MX mail server. Only present when record_type is MX. Otherwise not present."
    },
    "mname": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The primary name server. Only present when record_type is SOA. Otherwise not present."
    },
    "name_server": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The name server. Only present when record_type is NS. Otherwise not present."
    },
    "priority": {
      "type": "int64",
      "description": "The MX priority. Only present when record_type is MX. Otherwise not present."
    },
    "record_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The record type. Either A, AAAA, MX, NS, SOA, or TXT.",
      "enum": [
        "A",
        "AAAA",
        "MX",
        "NS",
        "SOA",
        "TXT"
      ]
    },
    "rname": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The responsible contact, as email. Only present when record_type is SOA. Otherwise not present."
    },
    "value": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Full, untruncated string. Only present when record_type is TXT. Otherwise not present."
    }
  }
}

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