--- title: Wikipedia over DNS | daily.dev description: Code written to summarize Wikipedia articles is offered over DNS instead of a web service. DNS caching improves latency and there are limitations on response... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/wikipedia-over-dns-bnk7en7ds twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Wikipedia over DNS | daily.dev og:description: Code written to summarize Wikipedia articles is offered over DNS instead of a web service. DNS caching improves latency and there are limitations on response... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/wikipedia-over-dns-bnk7en7ds og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bnK7en7DS.png og:image:alt: Wikipedia over DNS og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Wikipedia over DNS **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Code written to summarize Wikipedia articles is offered over DNS instead of a web service. DNS caching improves latency and there are limitations on response size. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#dns](https://daily.dev/tags/dns), [#perl](https://daily.dev/tags/perl) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/wikipedia-over-dns-bnk7en7ds) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Wikipedia over DNS","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/wikipedia-over-dns-bnk7en7ds","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/wikipedia-over-dns-bnk7en7ds"},"datePublished":"2024-03-10T18:53:48.915Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:29:02.242Z","description":"Code written to summarize Wikipedia articles is offered over DNS instead of a web service. DNS caching improves latency and there are limitations on response...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--P4t4XyoV--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2001","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--P4t4XyoV--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2001","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Lobsters","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Lobsters","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tl8v_Fku--/f_auto,t_logo/v1698841318/logos/lobste.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/wikipedia-over-dns-bnk7en7ds","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"backend,dns,perl","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lobsters","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Wikipedia over DNS"}]} ```