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POST · DNS zones & records

Create a DNS record

Create a DNS record

POST /api/v1/dns/records
W Write
Scope write:dns

Description

Adds an A/aaaa/cname/mx/txt/ns/srv/caa record. Send @ or an empty string for the zone root, not the fqdn; put MX priority in priority, not in value. Returns the stored record with its id for later update_dns_record / delete_dns_record.

Body

Send as application/json.

Name Type Description
input required string A domain, email address, website URL, or Inleed service id — for example example.se, [email protected] or 42976. Resolved to the owning account automatically, and the resolved target is echoed back in the response. Up to 255 characters.
type required enum The record type. One of A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, NS, SRV, CAA.
name required string The record name (left-hand side). Send @ or an empty string for the zone root — not the full fqdn www.example.com.
value required string The record value: an IP for A/AAAA, a hostname for cname/ns (end it with . to stop the zone name being appended), the full text for TXT. Do not put MX priority here.
ttl integer Time-to-live in seconds (60–604800). Omit to use the zone default. Range 60–604800.
priority integer MX preference (0–65535, lower wins). Only for MX; it goes here, never inline in value. Range 0–65535.

Responses

A 200 response returns the shape shown in the rail. Every non-2xx response is an RFC 7807 problem with a stable code.

Commonly returned errors

The codes this operation reaches on its own path: the auth stack, its own validation and ownership checks, and the transport. Not a closed set — a shared code from the full registry can still surface. Each links to the code’s own page, the same URL its type dereferences to.

401 No token was presented, or the token is revoked, expired or unknown.
403 The token lacks a required scope, or this account does not own the resource.
404 No such resource for this account.
422 Validation error
429 The rate limit for this token is exhausted. See `Retry-After`.
500 Something went wrong on our side. The failure is logged against `requestId`.
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