Embodiments of this application disclose a method for parsing a service platform address by a server. The server receives a DNS parsing request sent by a terminal, the DNS parsing request including a to-be-parsed domain name. The server then obtains target IP information of the terminal based on the DNS parsing request. When the target IP information has a corresponding target user-defined line, the server obtains a preset first parsing record based on the target user-defined line. The server then sends to the terminal a first IP address corresponding to the to-be-parsed domain name based on the preset first parsing record. As such, a corresponding IP address range can be defined using a user-defined line, so that a terminal within the IP address range can obtain a specific IP address corresponding to an access domain name, and provide a service to a user within a more accurate range.