Creating a Record Set¶
Function¶
Create a record set.
URI¶
POST /v2/zones/{zone_id}/recordsets
For details, see Table 1.
Parameter | Mandatory | Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|
zone_id | Yes | String | Zone ID Obtain the public zone ID according to Querying Public Zones. Obtain the private zone ID according to Querying Private Zones. |
Request¶
Parameter description
¶ Parameter
Mandatory
Type
Description
name
Yes
String
Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) suffixed with a zone name, which is a complete host name ended with a dot
A domain name is case insensitive. Uppercase letters will also be converted into lowercase letters.
description
No
String
(Optional) Description of the domain name
The value cannot exceed 255 characters.
The value is left blank by default.
type
Yes
String
Record set type
The value can be A, AAAA, MX, CNAME, TXT, NS (only in public zones), SRV, CAA (only in public zones), and PTR (only in private zones).
For details, see Record Set Type.
ttl
No
Integer
Caching period of the record set on a local DNS server
If your service address is frequently changed, set TTL to a smaller value.
Value range:
Public zone: 1
-
2147483647Private zone: 1
-
2147483647
The default value is 300.
records
Yes
Array of strings
Value of the record set. The value format varies depending on record set types.
For example, the value of an AAAA record set is the IPv6 address list mapped to the domain name.
tags
No
Array of object
Resource tag. For details, see Table 3.
The value is left blank by default.
¶ Parameter
Mandatory
Type
Description
key
Yes
String
Tag key
A key can contain up to 36 Unicode characters. key must be specified. It can contain only digits, letters, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and at signs (@).
value
No
String
Tag value
Each value can contain up to 43 Unicode characters and can be an empty string.
Example request
Add record sets for the zone whose ID is 2c9eb155587194ec01587224c9f90149:
POST https://{DNS_Endpoint}/v2/zones/2c9eb155587194ec01587224c9f90149/recordsets
A type
{ "name": "www.example.com.", "description": "This is an example record set.", "type": "A", "ttl": 3600, "records": [ "192.168.10.1", "192.168.10.2" ], "tags": [ { "key": "key1", "value": "value1" } ] }
AAAA type
{ "name": "www.example.com.", "description": "This is an example record set.", "type": "AAAA", "ttl": 3600, "records": [ "fe80:0:0:0:202:b3ff:fe1e:8329", "ff03:0db8:85a3:0:0:8a2e:0370:7334" ], "tags": [ { "key": "key1", "value": "value1" } ] }
MX type
{ "name": "www.example.com.", "description": "This is an example record set.", "type": "MX", "ttl": 3600, "records": [ "1 mail.example.com" ], "tags": [ { "key": "key1", "value": "value1" } ] }
CNAME type
{ "name": "sale.example.com.", "description": "This is an example record set.", "type": "CNAME", "ttl": 3600, "records": [ "server1.example.com" ], "tags": [ { "key": "key1", "value": "value1" } ] }
TXT type
{ "name": "server1.example.com.", "description": "This is an example record set.", "type": "TXT", "ttl": 300, "records": [ "\"This host is used for sale.\"" ], "tags": [ { "key": "key1", "value": "value1" } ] }
NS type
{ "name": "server1.example.com.", "description": "This is an example record set.", "type": "NS", "ttl": 300, "records": [ "node1.example.com.", "node2.example.com." ], "tags": [ { "key": "key1", "value": "value1" } ] }
SRV type
{ "name": "_sip._tcp.example.com.", "description": "This is an example record set.", "type": "SRV", "ttl": 300, "records": [ "3 60 2176 sipserver.example.com.", "10 100 2176 sipserver.example.com." ], "tags": [ { "key": "key1", "value": "value1" } ] }
PTR type
{ "name": "1.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa.", "description": "This is an example record set.", "type": "PTR", "ttl": 300, "records": [ "webserver.example.com." ], "tags": [ { "key": "key1", "value": "value1" } ] }
CAA type
{ "name": "www.example.com.", "description": "This is an example record set.", "type": "CAA", "ttl": 300, "records": [ "0 issue \"example.com\"", "0 issuewild \"www.certinomis.com\"", "0 iodef \"mailto:xx@example.org\"", "0 iodef \"http://iodef.example.com\"" ], "tags": [ { "key": "key1", "value": "value1" } ] }
Response¶
Parameter description
¶ Parameter
Type
Description
id
String
Record set ID
name
String
Record set name
description
String
Record set description
zone_id
String
Zone ID of the record set
zone_name
String
Zone name of the record set
type
String
Record set type
The value can be A, AAAA, MX, CNAME, TXT, NS (only in public zones), SRV, CAA (only in public zones), and PTR (only in private zones).
For details, see Record Set Type.
ttl
Integer
Record set cache duration (in seconds) on a local DNS server. The longer the duration is, the slower the update takes effect.
If your service address is frequently changed, set TTL to a smaller value.
Value range:
Public zone: 1
-
2147483647Private zone: 1
-
2147483647
The default value is 300.
records
Array of strings
Record set value
create_at
String
Time when the record set was created
The value format is yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS.
update_at
String
Time when the record set was updated
The value format is yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS.
status
String
Resource status
For details, see Resource Status.
default
Boolean
Whether the record set is created by default. A default record set cannot be deleted.
project_id
String
Project ID of the record set
links
Object
Link to the current resource or other related resources. When a response is broken into pages, a next link is provided to retrieve all results.
For details, see Table 5.
¶ Parameter
Type
Description
self
String
Link to the current resource
next
String
Link to the next page
Example response
{ "id": "2c9eb155587228570158722b6ac30007", "name": "www.example.com.", "description": "This is an example record set.", "type": "A", "ttl": 300, "records": [ "192.168.10.1", "192.168.10.2" ], "status": "PENDING_CREATE", "links": { "self": "https://Endpoint/v2/zones/2c9eb155587194ec01587224c9f90149/recordsets/2c9eb155587228570158722b6ac30007" }, "zone_id": "2c9eb155587194ec01587224c9f90149", "zone_name": "example.com.", "create_at": "2016-11-17T12:03:17.827", "update_at": null, "default": false, "project_id": "e55c6f3dc4e34c9f86353b664ae0e70c" }
Returned Value¶
If a 2xx status code is returned, for example, 200, 202, or 204, the request is successful.
For details, see Status Code.