Function

Create a record set.

URI

POST /v2/zones/{zone_id}/recordsets

For details, see Table 1.

**Table 1** Parameters in the URI
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

**Table 2** Parameters in the request
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: 1–2147483647 Private 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.

**Table 3** Description of the **tags** field
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

**Table 4** Parameters in the response
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: 1–2147483647 Private 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.

**Table 5** Parameters in the **links** field
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.

Creating a Record Set

Function

URI

Request

Response

Returned Value