# Name Server History: HostGator to Cloudflare

The NS history of deepinfo.com: HostGator name servers from 2018 to September 2019, Cloudflare name servers since January 2021.

Source: https://docs.deepinfo.com/reference/lookup/dns-history/examples/type-ns/

Last updated: 2026-09-24

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

The NS history of deepinfo.com: HostGator name servers from 2018 to September 2019, Cloudflare name servers since January 2021.

Example 3 of 7 · [DNS History Examples](/reference/lookup/dns-history/examples/) · endpoint: [DNS History](/reference/lookup/dns-history/)

Tags: `param` `domain` · `param` `type` · `value` `deepinfo.com` · `value` `NS`

Asks for the `NS` history of `deepinfo.com` (`type=NS`).

The history shows a DNS hosting move. `ns2309.hostgator.com` and `ns2310.hostgator.com` were seen eight times each, from January 1, 2018 to September 27, 2019, and `ns8057.hostgator.com` and `ns8058.hostgator.com` once, on December 28, 2018. `may.ns.cloudflare.com` and `simon.ns.cloudflare.com` were first seen on January 6, 2021 and last on September 18, 2026; the page shows their 10 newest observations.

Each of the two Cloudflare name servers appears a second time, with two or three observations from October 29, 2021 to January 1, 2022. Those dates fall inside the period of its first entry: it is the same name server, listed twice.

## Request

| Parameter | In | Value |
|---|---|---|
| `domain` | query | `deepinfo.com` |
| `type` | query | `NS` |

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

## Response

### 200 · OK

> Shortened for this page: 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": "deepinfo.com",
  "dn": "deepinfo.com",
  "subdomain": null,
  "records": [
    {
      "type": "ns",
      "values": [
        {
          "value": "may.ns.cloudflare.com",
          "time": [
            "2026-09-18T05:41:26Z",
            "2026-09-05T21:26:18Z",
            "2026-08-16T16:37:59Z",
            "2026-08-09T03:36:51Z",
            "2026-07-27T08:05:55Z",
            "2026-07-21T18:14:45Z",
            "2026-07-10T01:41:20Z",
            "2026-06-28T00:21:40Z",
            "2026-06-09T08:12:55Z",
            "2026-05-29T20:16:32Z"
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "simon.ns.cloudflare.com",
          "time": [
            "2026-09-18T05:41:26Z",
            "2026-09-05T21:26:18Z",
            "2026-08-16T16:37:59Z",
            "2026-08-09T03:36:51Z",
            "2026-07-27T08:05:55Z",
            "2026-07-21T18:14:45Z",
            "2026-07-10T01:41:20Z",
            "2026-06-28T00:21:40Z",
            "2026-06-09T08:12:55Z",
            "2026-05-29T20:16:32Z"
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "may.ns.cloudflare.com",
          "time": [
            "2022-01-01T02:02:05Z",
            "2021-11-27T06:46:00Z",
            "2021-10-29T04:38:31Z"
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "simon.ns.cloudflare.com",
          "time": [
            "2022-01-01T02:02:05Z",
            "2021-10-29T04:38:31Z"
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "ns2309.hostgator.com",
          "time": [
            "2019-09-27T08:19:25Z",
            "2019-07-01T23:34:46Z",
            "2019-03-29T07:54:38Z",
            "2018-12-28T10:42:50Z",
            "2018-09-28T09:09:33Z",
            "2018-07-01T22:26:50Z",
            "2018-04-01T16:01:00Z",
            "2018-01-01T05:46:15Z"
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "ns2310.hostgator.com",
          "time": [
            "2019-09-27T08:19:25Z",
            "2019-07-01T23:34:46Z",
            "2019-03-29T07:54:38Z",
            "2018-12-28T10:42:50Z",
            "2018-09-28T09:09:33Z",
            "2018-07-01T22:26:50Z",
            "2018-04-01T16:01:00Z",
            "2018-01-01T05:46:15Z"
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "ns8057.hostgator.com",
          "time": [
            "2018-12-28T07:03:36Z"
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "ns8058.hostgator.com",
          "time": [
            "2018-12-28T07:03:36Z"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

## Related Examples

- [A Record History of a Domain](/reference/lookup/dns-history/examples/type-a/)
- [MX Record History](/reference/lookup/dns-history/examples/type-mx/)
- [TXT Record History](/reference/lookup/dns-history/examples/type-txt/)
- [Every Record Type of a Domain](/reference/lookup/dns-history/examples/all-types/)
- [Many Addresses Over Time](/reference/lookup/dns-history/examples/large-site-a/)
- [History of a Host Name](/reference/lookup/dns-history/examples/fqdn/)