Ah, apparently now (RFC8484) it's standardized to use DNS wireformat, but originally Google DNS implemented "DNS-over-HTTPS" to be JSON[1] on 4/2/16 and added D

Ah, apparently now (RFC8484) it's standardized to use DNS wireformat, but originally Google DNS implemented "DNS-over-HTTPS" to be JSON[1] on 4/2/16 and added DNS wire format on 6/27/19[2]. Cloudflare also has the JSON format available[3] [1]: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/public-dns-announce/p2iYauFuzIg https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/public-dn... [2]: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/public-dns-announce/bRG0lpEJs9c https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/public-dn... [3]: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/dns-over-https/json-format/ https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/dns-over-https/jso...