# root-hints

**Repository Path**: mirrors_silverwind/root-hints

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: root-hints
- **Description**: Provides IP addresses of the DNS root server, aka root hints
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: BSD-2-Clause
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-09-25
- **Last Updated**: 2026-08-16

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# root-hints
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> Provides IP addresses of the DNS root servers, also known as root hints.

## Installation

```sh
$ npm i root-hints
```

## Usage

```js
const rootHints = require('root-hints');

rootHints('A');
// ['198.41.0.4', '192.228.79.201', ...]

rootHints('AAAA');
// ['2001:503:BA3E::2:30', '2001:500:84::B', ...]

rootHints();
// [{ A: '198.41.0.4', AAAA: '2001:503:ba3e::2:30', name: 'a.root-servers.net' }, ...]
```

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