Decisions above my pay grade have us replacing queries via DNS [1] where we have to finish our work in max 1 second, with a nice, HTTPS REST API that returns JS

Decisions above my pay grade have us replacing queries via DNS [1] where we have to finish our work in max 1 second, with a nice, HTTPS REST API that returns JSON that is guaranteed to return within 1.7 seconds. No one above my pay grade seems to see a problem with this. But hey! REST! JSON! HTTPS! Pass the Kool-Aid! [1] NAPTR records---given a phone number, return name information; RFC-3401 to RFC-3404