chrome.dns

Description

Use the chrome.dns API for dns resolution.

Permissions

dns

Availability

Dev channel

To use this API, you must declare the "dns" permission in the manifest.

{  "name": "My extension",  ...  "permissions": [  "dns"  ],  ... }

Usage

The following code calls resolve() to retrieve the IP address of example.com.

service-worker.js:

const resolveDNS = async () => {  let record = await chrome.dns.resolve('example.com');  console.log(record.address); // "192.0.2.172" }; resolveDNS();

Types

ResolveCallbackResolveInfo

Properties

  • address

    string optional

    A string representing the IP address literal. Supplied only if resultCode indicates success.

  • resultCode

    number

    The result code. Zero indicates success.

Methods

resolve()

chrome.dns.resolve(
  hostname: string,
): Promise<ResolveCallbackResolveInfo>

Resolves the given hostname or IP address literal.

Parameters

  • hostname

    string

    The hostname to resolve.

Returns