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# API How-Tos

The [<mark style="color:blue;">Cloud DNS API</mark>](https://api.ionos.com/docs/dns/v1) lets you manage DNS zones and records programmatically using conventional HTTP requests.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Prerequisite**: To start using the Cloud DNS API, you need a domain name. If you do not have one already, get a domain name and register it with a domain registrar.
{% endhint %}

On successful registration of the domain name, you can now assign more users with the privilege to manage DNS zones and records via the API. By default, only contract owners and administrators have permission to use the Cloud DNS API.

To set user privileges via the API, see [<mark style="color:blue;">Set User Privileges via the API</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/AMiYziCllTKB2y2lmONY/network-services/cloud-dns/api-how-tos/set-user-privileges-api.md).

On assigning user privileges, continue with the following API How-Tos:

* [<mark style="color:blue;">Create a DNS Zone</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/AMiYziCllTKB2y2lmONY/network-services/cloud-dns/api-how-tos/create-dns-zone.md)
* [<mark style="color:blue;">Create a DNS Record</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/AMiYziCllTKB2y2lmONY/network-services/cloud-dns/api-how-tos/create-dns-record.md)
* [<mark style="color:blue;">Connect Domain Name to Cloud DNS</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/AMiYziCllTKB2y2lmONY/network-services/cloud-dns/api-how-tos/connect-domain-name-to-cloud-dns.md)
* [<mark style="color:blue;">Create and manage a Reverse DNS record</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/AMiYziCllTKB2y2lmONY/network-services/cloud-dns/api-how-tos/create-and-manage-reverse-dns.md)

If you already have a primary zone hosted elsewhere, you can [<mark style="color:blue;">Create a Secondary DNS Zone</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/AMiYziCllTKB2y2lmONY/network-services/cloud-dns/api-how-tos/create-secondary-dns-zone.md) to improve reliability, redundancy, load balancing, and performance.

Additionally, try the following features for your primary zones hosted in Cloud DNS:

* [<mark style="color:blue;">Perform PUT Request for Non-Existing Records</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/AMiYziCllTKB2y2lmONY/network-services/cloud-dns/api-how-tos/perform-put-request.md)
* [<mark style="color:blue;">Import a DNS Zone</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/AMiYziCllTKB2y2lmONY/network-services/cloud-dns/api-how-tos/import-dns-zone.md)
* [<mark style="color:blue;">Export a DNS Zone</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/AMiYziCllTKB2y2lmONY/network-services/cloud-dns/api-how-tos/export-dns-zone.md)
* [<mark style="color:blue;">Create a Secondary DNS Zone</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/AMiYziCllTKB2y2lmONY/network-services/cloud-dns/api-how-tos/create-secondary-dns-zone.md)
* [<mark style="color:blue;">Manage DNSSEC Signing Keys</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/AMiYziCllTKB2y2lmONY/network-services/cloud-dns/api-how-tos/manage-dnssec-signing-keys.md)


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