# Perform PUT Request for Non-Existing Records

If you have an infrastructure that uses public DNS records and manage it by defining the required state, you can use Cloud DNS as follows:

1. [<mark style="color:blue;">Create a Primary Zone</mark>](/cloud/network-services/cloud-dns/api-how-tos/create-primary-zone.md) with Cloud DNS.
2. Generate a UUID (v3, v4, and v5 supported) for your DNS record.
3. Add to your infrastructure a PUT call for the desired record configuration with your UUID and assign it to the corresponding primary zone ID.

{% hint style="success" %}
**Result:** On a successful PUT request:

* If the record does not exist, Cloud DNS creates the record with the specified configuration.
* If a record already exists but with a different configuration, the record is updated.
  {% endhint %}

## Request

```bash
curl --location  --request PUT 'https://dns.de-fra.ionos.com/zones/2a4428b3-dbe0-4357-9c02-609025b3a40f/records/90d81ac0-3a30-44d4-95a5-12959effa6ee' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
   "properties": {
    "name": "app",
    "type": "A",
    "content": "192.0.2.2",
    "ttl": 3600,
    "enabled": true
  }
}
```

## Response

**202 Successful operation**

```json
{
  "id": "90d81ac0-3a30-44d4-95a5-12959effa6ee",
  "type": "record",
  "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
  "metadata": {
    "createdDate": "2022-08-21T15:52:53Z",
    "createdBy": "ionos:iam:cloud:31960002:users/87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
    "createdByUserId": "87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
    "lastModifiedDate": "2022-08-21T15:52:53Z",
    "lastModifiedBy": "ionos:iam:cloud:31960002:users/87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
    "lastModifiedByUserId": "63cef532-26fe-4a64-a4e0-de7c8a506c90",
    "resourceURN": "ionos:<product>:<location>:<contract>:<resource-path>",
    "state": "AVAILABLE",
    "fqdn": "app.example.com",
    "zoneId": "a363f30c-4c0c-4552-9a07-298d87f219bf"
},
  },
  "properties": {
    "name": "app",
    "type": "A",
    "content": "192.0.2.2",
    "ttl": 3600,
    "priority": 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   | Record creation timestamp                                                   | 2022-08-21T15:52:53Z                                                |
| **createdBy**            | string   | Unique name of the identity that created the record                         | ionos:iam:cloud:31960002:users/87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3 |
| **createdByUserId**      | string   | The unique ID of the user who created the record                            | 87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3                                |
| **lastModifiedDate**     | string   | Record update timestamp                                                     | 2022-08-21T15:52:53Z                                                |
| **lastModifiedBy**       | string   | Unique name of the identity that created the record                         | ionos:iam:cloud:31960002:users/87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3 |
| **lastModifiedByUserId** | string   | Unique ID of the user who last modified the record                          | 63cef532-26fe-4a64-a4e0-de7c8a506c90                                |
| **resourceURN**          | string   | Unique name of the resource                                                 | `ionos:<product>:<location>:<contract>:<resource-path>`             |
| **zoneId**               | string   | UUID of the primary zone of the DNS record                                  | 2a4428b3-dbe0-4357-9c02-609025b3a40f                                |
| **fqdn**                 | string   | Fully qualified domain name resulting from the record name and the zoneName | app.example.com                                                     |
| **state**                | string   | State of the record                                                         | AVAILABLE                                                           |


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