# Many Addresses Over Time

The A record history of github.com: more than ten IPv4 addresses, each with the times it was seen.

Source: https://docs.deepinfo.com/reference/lookup/dns-history/examples/large-site-a/

Last updated: 2026-09-24

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`GET https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/analyze/dns-history?domain=github.com&type=A`

The A record history of github.com: more than ten IPv4 addresses, each with the times it was seen.

Example 7 of 7 · [DNS History Examples](/reference/lookup/dns-history/examples/) · endpoint: [DNS History](/reference/lookup/dns-history/)

Tags: `param` `domain` · `param` `type` · `value` `github.com` · `value` `A`

Asks for the `A` history of `github.com` (`type=A`).

A large site rotates through many addresses: the response is shortened to the first 10. Values are ordered by the time they were last seen, most recent first: six addresses in `140.82.112.0/22` were last seen between March and September 2026, `192.30.255.112` and `192.30.255.113` in July 2023, `140.82.121.3` and `140.82.121.4` early in 2023.

## Request

| Parameter | In | Value |
|---|---|---|
| `domain` | query | `github.com` |
| `type` | query | `A` |

```bash
curl 'https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/analyze/dns-history?domain=github.com&type=A' \
  -H 'apikey: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json'
```

## Response

### 200 · OK

> Shortened for this page: records[].values: first 10 items; records[].values[].time: first 10 items

`Content-Type: application/json` · `ratelimit-limit: 1` · `ratelimit-remaining: 0` · `ratelimit-reset: 1` · `x-ratelimit-limit-second: 1` · `x-ratelimit-remaining-second: 0` · `deepinfo-request-id: 5f0c6a8e-1b2d-4c3e-9f4a-7b8c9d0e1f2a`

```json
{
  "fqdn": "github.com",
  "dn": "github.com",
  "subdomain": null,
  "records": [
    {
      "type": "a",
      "values": [
        {
          "value": "140.82.114.3",
          "time": [
            "2026-09-18T14:29:55Z",
            "2026-06-29T08:48:46Z",
            "2026-06-18T12:58:28Z",
            "2026-06-17T05:28:22Z",
            "2026-04-30T00:41:39Z",
            "2025-12-27T06:57:53Z",
            "2025-10-17T13:37:26Z",
            "2025-03-26T22:04:26Z",
            "2025-03-07T02:40:27Z",
            "2024-10-11T11:43:40Z"
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "140.82.113.4",
          "time": [
            "2026-09-02T03:59:27Z",
            "2026-08-13T18:25:18Z",
            "2026-07-13T10:11:59Z",
            "2026-04-19T14:04:28Z",
            "2026-04-06T02:50:36Z",
            "2025-12-20T19:57:28Z",
            "2025-07-31T20:33:13Z",
            "2025-05-17T15:33:17Z",
            "2025-01-01T13:58:20Z",
            "2024-01-31T22:46:51Z"
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "140.82.112.4",
          "time": [
            "2026-08-25T08:15:07Z",
            "2026-08-02T23:12:28Z",
            "2026-05-18T12:43:20Z",
            "2026-05-10T23:49:05Z",
            "2026-01-29T02:29:03Z",
            "2025-12-08T00:06:14Z",
            "2025-11-19T20:00:57Z",
            "2025-06-30T13:16:18Z",
            "2025-03-16T19:19:56Z",
            "2025-01-12T13:38:47Z"
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "140.82.113.3",
          "time": [
            "2026-06-05T11:32:37Z",
            "2026-01-17T03:03:04Z",
            "2025-11-29T12:06:40Z",
            "2025-10-27T16:45:24Z",
            "2025-09-18T10:32:55Z",
            "2025-07-11T16:32:54Z",
            "2025-05-06T07:18:46Z",
            "2025-04-28T21:06:06Z",
            "2025-02-24T02:35:39Z",
            "2024-12-08T15:28:18Z"
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "140.82.112.3",
          "time": [
            "2026-03-16T17:37:07Z",
            "2026-02-21T18:49:11Z",
            "2026-02-10T04:49:10Z",
            "2026-01-06T03:10:38Z",
            "2025-06-03T15:08:33Z",
            "2025-05-25T17:08:57Z",
            "2025-04-07T01:48:27Z",
            "2025-02-05T20:29:10Z",
            "2025-01-25T03:13:20Z",
            "2024-12-13T19:16:46Z"
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "140.82.114.4",
          "time": [
            "2026-03-08T01:42:28Z",
            "2025-11-08T00:28:01Z",
            "2025-10-05T22:29:09Z",
            "2025-09-05T23:21:12Z",
            "2025-08-27T06:40:10Z",
            "2025-08-20T08:16:35Z",
            "2025-08-13T07:21:43Z",
            "2025-07-20T07:03:01Z",
            "2025-06-19T23:05:45Z",
            "2025-02-20T04:23:12Z"
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "192.30.255.113",
          "time": [
            "2023-07-26T16:56:58Z",
            "2023-07-01T14:50:28Z",
            "2023-01-28T14:27:17Z",
            "2023-01-27T16:00:34Z",
            "2022-12-22T13:46:11Z",
            "2021-12-31T11:53:29Z",
            "2021-12-31T07:18:25Z",
            "2021-11-26T13:54:52Z",
            "2021-11-26T07:26:04Z",
            "2021-09-24T04:31:46Z"
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "192.30.255.112",
          "time": [
            "2023-07-14T11:20:16Z",
            "2023-06-21T19:25:28Z",
            "2023-06-07T04:41:35Z",
            "2023-01-10T08:37:29Z",
            "2021-12-31T12:04:48Z",
            "2021-12-31T04:49:44Z",
            "2021-11-26T11:45:15Z",
            "2021-11-26T11:19:04Z",
            "2021-09-24T01:38:46Z",
            "2021-07-30T02:36:45Z"
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "140.82.121.3",
          "time": [
            "2023-02-23T02:15:36Z",
            "2023-02-06T23:00:43Z",
            "2022-10-28T05:49:12Z"
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "140.82.121.4",
          "time": [
            "2023-01-27T05:35:24Z",
            "2023-01-12T08:59:02Z",
            "2022-12-29T01:24:30Z",
            "2022-12-12T06:49:16Z",
            "2022-11-17T13:21:12Z"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

## Related Examples

- [A Record History of a Domain](/reference/lookup/dns-history/examples/type-a/)
- [TXT Record History](/reference/lookup/dns-history/examples/type-txt/)
- [MX Record History](/reference/lookup/dns-history/examples/type-mx/)
- [Name Server History: HostGator to Cloudflare](/reference/lookup/dns-history/examples/type-ns/)
- [History of a Host Name](/reference/lookup/dns-history/examples/fqdn/)
- [Every Record Type of a Domain](/reference/lookup/dns-history/examples/all-types/)
