Digital Ocean

Digital Ocean Domain Records API

Domain record resources are used to set or retrieve information about the individual DNS records configured for a domain. This allows you to build and manage DNS zone files by adding and modifying individual records for a domain. The [DigitalOcean DNS management interface](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/networking/dns/) allows you to configure the following DNS records: Name | Description | ------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A | This record type is used to map an IPv4 address to a hostname. | AAAA | This record type is used to map an IPv6 address to a hostname. | CAA | As specified in RFC-6844, this record type can be used to restrict which certificate authorities are permitted to issue certificates for a domain. | CNAME | This record type defines an alias for your canonical hostname (the one defined by an A or AAAA record). | MX | This record type is used to define the mail exchanges used for the domain. | NS | This record type defines the name servers that are used for this zone. | TXT | This record type is used to associate a string of text with a hostname, primarily used for verification. | SRV | This record type specifies the location (hostname and port number) of servers for specific services. | SOA | This record type defines administrative information about the zone. Can only have ttl changed, cannot be deleted |

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Operations 6

GET /v2/domains/{domain_name}/records List All Domain Records #
POST /v2/domains/{domain_name}/records Create a New Domain Record #
GET /v2/domains/{domain_name}/records/{domain_record_id} Retrieve an Existing Domain Record #
PATCH /v2/domains/{domain_name}/records/{domain_record_id} Update a Domain Record #
PUT /v2/domains/{domain_name}/records/{domain_record_id} Update a Domain Record #
DELETE /v2/domains/{domain_name}/records/{domain_record_id} Delete a Domain Record #

Documentation

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https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/api-reference/

Specifications

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/digital-ocean/refs/heads/main/openapi/digital-ocean-domain-records-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

digital-ocean-domain-records-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: DigitalOcean Domain Records API
  version: '2.0'
  description: '# Introduction


    The DigitalOcean API allows you to manage Droplets and resources within the

    DigitalOcean cloud in a simple, programmatic way using conventional HTTP requests.'
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  contact:
    name: DigitalOcean API Team
    email: api-engineering@digitalocean.com
  termsOfService: https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/terms-of-service-agreement/
servers:
- url: https://api.digitalocean.com
  description: production
security:
- bearer_auth: []
tags:


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# Full source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/digital-ocean/refs/heads/main/openapi/digital-ocean-domain-records-api-openapi.yml