Create a DNS Record

Similar to creating a DNS zone, you need to provide the UUID of the DNS zone to host the new record.

Note: DNS records are further categorized into various record types, each with unique specifications. For more information, see FAQs.

Prerequisite: You need an IONOS Cloud account with API credentials configured with the appropriate permissions.

To create a DNS zone of Type A, follow this step:

• Perform a POST request with these details:

  • corresponding UUID of the DNS zone,

  • name of the subdomain; example: www

  • record type; in this case: A,

  • content or destination of the A record in the form of an IPv4 address; example: 1.1.1.1

  • TTL you need (minimum 60 seconds and maximum 86.400 seconds), and

  • status of the DNS record (enable), true or false.

Result: On a successful POST request, you receive a response with the DNS record having the UUID assigned.

Info: If you want to create a Wildcard DNS record, you need to provide “*” as the name of your DNS record to match the requests for all non-existent names under your DNS zone name.

Request

curl --location \  
--request POST 'https://dns.de-fra.ionos.com/zones/2a4428b3-dbe0-4357-9c02-609025b3a40f/records' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
   "properties": {
    "name": "*",
    "type": "A",
    "content": "172.30.40.50,
    "ttl": 3600,
    "enabled": true
  }

}'

Response

202 Successful operation

{
  "id": "90d81ac0-3a30-44d4-95a5-12959effa6ee",
  "metadata": {
    "lastModifiedDate": "2022-08-21T15:52:53Z",
    "createdDate": "2022-08-21T15:52:53Z",
    "state": "CREATED",
    "fqdn": "*.example.com",
    "zoneId": "2a4428b3-dbe0-4357-9c02-609025b3a40f"
  },
  "properties": {
    "name": "*",
    "type": "A",
    "content": "192.0.2.2",
    "ttl": 3600,
    "enabled": true
  }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description	Example
id	string	UUID of the newly created DNS record	90d81ac0-3a30-44d4-95a5-12959effa6ee
createdDate	string	DNS record creation timestamp	2023-03-15T09:58:59.147746133Z
lastModifiedDate	string	DNS record update timestamp	2023-03-15T09:58:59.147746133Z
zoneId	string	UUID of the DNS zone of the DNS record	2a4428b3-dbe0-4357-9c02-609025b3a40f
fqdn	string	Fully qualified domain name resulting from the record name and the zoneName	*.example.com
state	string	State of the request	CREATED

Quota

To retrieve the quota of DNS records, perform a GET request to the /quota endpoint.

Result: On a successful GET request, you receive a response containing the quota limits and quota usage for your contract.

Request

curl --location 'https://dns.de-fra.ionos.com/quota' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'

Response

200 OK

{
  "quotaLimits": {
    "records": 100000,
    "reverseRecords": 5000,
    "secondaryZones": 100000,
    "zones": 50000
  },
  "quotaUsage": {
    "records": 9,
    "reverseRecords": 1,
    "secondaryZones": 6,
    "zones": 5
  }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description	Example
records	string	Number of DNS records	100000
reverseRecords	string	Number of reverse DNS records	5000
secondaryZones	string	Number of secondary DNS zones	100000
zones	string	Number of DNS zones	50000
records	string	Number of DNS records used	9
reverseRecords	string	Number of reverse DNS records used	1
secondaryZones	string	Number of secondary DNS zones used	6
zones	string	Number of DNS zones used	5