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# Update a reverse DNS record

Updates or creates a reverse DNS record for the provided reverse DNS record ID.

```json
{"openapi":"3.0.3","info":{"title":"IONOS CLOUD - DNS API","version":"1.18.2"},"tags":[{"name":"ReverseRecords","description":"related to reverse DNS records"}],"servers":[{"url":"https://dns.de-fra.ionos.com","description":"Frankfurt"}],"security":[{"tokenAuth":[]}],"components":{"securitySchemes":{"tokenAuth":{"type":"apiKey","description":"Please provide header value as 'Bearer <token>' and don't forget to add 'Bearer' HTTP Authorization Scheme before the token.","name":"Authorization","in":"header"}},"schemas":{"ReverseRecordEnsure":{"type":"object","required":["properties"],"properties":{"properties":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ReverseRecord"}}},"ReverseRecord":{"type":"object","description":"The reverse DNS record.","required":["name","ip"],"properties":{"name":{"type":"string","description":"The reverse DNS record name"},"description":{"type":"string","description":"Description stored along with the reverse DNS record to describe its usage."},"ip":{"type":"string","anyOf":[{"format":"ipv4"},{"format":"ipv6"}],"description":"Specifies for which IP address the reverse record should be created. The IP addresses needs to be owned by the contract. Accepts IPv4 and IPv6 addresses."}}},"ReverseRecordRead":{"type":"object","required":["id","type","href","metadata","properties"],"properties":{"id":{"type":"string","format":"uuid","description":"The reverse DNS record ID (UUID)."},"type":{"type":"string","enum":["reverserecord"]},"href":{"type":"string","format":"uri","readOnly":true},"metadata":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Metadata"},"properties":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ReverseRecord"}}},"Metadata":{"type":"object","description":"Metadata of the resource.","properties":{"createdDate":{"type":"string","readOnly":true,"format":"date-time","description":"The creation date formatted as yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'."},"createdBy":{"type":"string","description":"Unique name of the identity that created the resource.","readOnly":true},"createdByUserId":{"type":"string","description":"The unique ID of the user who created the resource.","readOnly":true},"lastModifiedDate":{"type":"string","readOnly":true,"format":"date-time","description":"The date of the last change formatted as yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'."},"lastModifiedBy":{"type":"string","description":"Unique name of the identity that created the resource.","readOnly":true},"lastModifiedByUserId":{"type":"string","description":"The unique ID of the user who last modified the resource.","readOnly":true},"resourceURN":{"type":"string","description":"Unique name of the resource.","readOnly":true}}},"Error":{"type":"object","additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"httpStatus":{"type":"integer","description":"HTTP status code of the operation as specified by [RFC 7231](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7231#section-6).\n"},"messages":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"object","additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"errorCode":{"type":"string","description":"Internal error code.\n"},"message":{"type":"string","description":"Human readable explanation of the issue.\n"}}}}}}},"responses":{"BadRequest":{"description":"### Bad Request\nThe request send to the API was malformed.\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"Unauthorized":{"description":"### Unauthorized\nThe request is missing authorization information or the authorization information provided are expired.\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"NotAllowed":{"description":"### Not Allowed\nThe user issuing the request does not have the needed permissions.\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"NotFound":{"description":"### Not Found\nThe resource that was requested could not be found.\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"ConflictErrorReverseRecords":{"description":"### Conflict Error\nThis IP is not available to create a reverse DNS record.\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"UnprocessableEntity":{"description":"### Unprocessable Entity\nThe request was well-formed but was unable to be followed due to semantic errors.\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"InternalError":{"description":"### Internal Server Error\nAn internal error occurred. We apologize for the inconvenience!\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}}}},"paths":{"/reverserecords/{reverserecordId}":{"put":{"operationId":"reverserecordsPut","summary":"Update a reverse DNS record","tags":["ReverseRecords"],"description":"Updates or creates a reverse DNS record for the provided reverse DNS record ID.\n","parameters":[{"name":"reverserecordId","in":"path","schema":{"type":"string","format":"uuid"},"required":true,"description":"The ID (UUID) of the reverse DNS record."}],"requestBody":{"required":true,"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ReverseRecordEnsure"}}}},"responses":{"200":{"description":"Successful operation.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ReverseRecordRead"}}}},"400":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/BadRequest"},"401":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/Unauthorized"},"403":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/NotAllowed"},"404":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/NotFound"},"409":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/ConflictErrorReverseRecords"},"422":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity"},"500":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/InternalError"}}}}}}
```


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