Netlify DNS record generator

{
  "tool": "netlify-dns-generator",
  "input": {
    "domain": "",
    "netlifySubdomain": ""
  },
  "result": {
    "verdict": {
      "tone": "success",
      "headline": "Apex options ready for your domain",
      "summary": "Add one apex record and the www CNAME at the root of your domain."
    },
    "findings": [
      {
        "id": "domain-not-needed-for-apex",
        "severity": "info",
        "title": "The apex options below do not need your domain",
        "detail": "Both apex choices Netlify documents are the same fixed target for every site, so there is nothing to fill in to get them right. Typing your domain only makes this page name it instead of speaking generically."
      },
      {
        "id": "high-performance-edge-different",
        "severity": "info",
        "title": "High-Performance Edge sites need different values entirely",
        "detail": "The apex and fallback values below are for standard Netlify hosting only. A site on Netlify's High-Performance Edge uses its own load balancer details instead, which are not published on a general docs page the way the standard ones are.",
        "fix": "Check your Netlify dashboard for a \"Pending DNS verification\" modal or onboarding PDF before using the fixed values below, if your site is on High-Performance Edge."
      },
      {
        "id": "netlify-subdomain-needed",
        "severity": "info",
        "title": "The www CNAME needs your own Netlify subdomain",
        "detail": "Netlify's own docs say adding an apex domain automatically adds a www subdomain, but publish no single www CNAME target that applies to every site - that target is your own Netlify subdomain, which only you know.",
        "fix": "Add your Netlify subdomain in the second box above, found on your Netlify site itself as something like your-site.netlify.app."
      },
      {
        "id": "apex-options-ready",
        "severity": "pass",
        "title": "Both apex options are ready, pick the one your provider supports",
        "detail": "A CNAME cannot sit at the apex of a domain, so Netlify documents two ways around it: an ALIAS, ANAME or flattening CNAME to the same target, or a plain A record for a provider that supports none of those non-standard types. Netlify's own docs also note that configuring the apex automatically adds a www subdomain, and the other way round, so both records below are meant to be published together rather than either one being optional."
      }
    ],
    "parts": [
      {
        "kind": "record",
        "title": "Apex record - ALIAS, ANAME or flattening CNAME",
        "value": "apex-loadbalancer.netlify.com",
        "note": "Use this if your DNS provider supports ALIAS, ANAME or a flattening CNAME at the apex - leave the host field empty or set it to \"@\", whichever your provider's panel expects. Do not add the A record below as well.",
        "at": {
          "name": "@",
          "type": "ALIAS/ANAME"
        }
      },
      {
        "kind": "record",
        "title": "Apex record - fallback A",
        "value": "75.2.60.5",
        "note": "Use this only if your DNS provider supports none of ALIAS, ANAME or a flattening CNAME. Do not add the record above as well.",
        "at": {
          "name": "@",
          "type": "A"
        }
      },
      {
        "kind": "table",
        "title": "DNS records for your domain",
        "columns": [
          "Host",
          "Type",
          "Value"
        ],
        "mono": [
          2
        ],
        "rows": [
          [
            "@",
            "ALIAS/ANAME",
            "apex-loadbalancer.netlify.com"
          ],
          [
            "@",
            "A (fallback)",
            "75.2.60.5"
          ],
          [
            "www",
            "CNAME",
            "(add your Netlify subdomain above)"
          ]
        ],
        "note": "Add only one of the two apex rows, whichever your provider supports. The www row has no real value to copy until your Netlify subdomain is typed in above."
      }
    ],
    "limits": [
      "Netlify's own docs say adding an apex domain makes it \"automatically add a www subdomain\" (and the other way round), but do not publish one fixed www CNAME target applicable to every site - this tool says the person's own Netlify subdomain is needed for that record, rather than guessing one.",
      "These apex values are for standard Netlify hosting only - a site on High-Performance Edge needs the load balancer details from its own \"Pending DNS verification\" modal or onboarding PDF in the Netlify dashboard, which this tool cannot see.",
      "DNS changes can take up to 24 hours to take effect, per Netlify's own docs; this tool cannot see whether yours have propagated yet - check with the DNS lookup tool next door once they are published."
    ]
  }
}