Tailscale DNS API

The DNS API from Tailscale — 3 operation(s) for dns.

Operations 6

GET /tailnet/{tailnet}/dns/nameservers Get DNS nameservers #
POST /tailnet/{tailnet}/dns/nameservers Set DNS nameservers #
GET /tailnet/{tailnet}/dns/preferences Get DNS preferences #
POST /tailnet/{tailnet}/dns/preferences Set DNS preferences #
GET /tailnet/{tailnet}/dns/searchpaths Get DNS search paths #
POST /tailnet/{tailnet}/dns/searchpaths Set DNS search paths #

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OpenAPI Specification

tailscale-dns-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Tailscale REST Devices DNS API
  description: 'REST API for managing Tailscale tailnets, devices, users, ACL policy, DNS, keys, logging, and user/device invites. Authenticated via HTTP Basic Auth with the API token as the username, Bearer token, or OAuth client credentials with scoped access. Source: https://api.tailscale.com/api/v2 (OpenAPI), https://tailscale.com/api'
  version: '2'
  contact:
    name: Tailscale
    url: https://tailscale.com/api
servers:
- url: https://api.tailscale.com/api/v2
  description: Production
security:
- BearerAuth: []
- BasicAuth: []
tags:
- name: DNS
paths:
  /tailnet/{tailnet}/dns/nameservers:
    parameters:
    - name: tailnet
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      tags:
      - DNS
      summary: Get DNS nameservers
      operationId: getDnsNameservers
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
    post:
      tags:
      - DNS
      summary: Set DNS nameservers
      operationId: setDnsNameservers
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
  /tailnet/{tailnet}/dns/preferences:
    parameters:
    - name: tailnet
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      tags:
      - DNS
      summary: Get DNS preferences
      operationId: getDnsPreferences
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
    post:
      tags:
      - DNS
      summary: Set DNS preferences
      operationId: setDnsPreferences
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
  /tailnet/{tailnet}/dns/searchpaths:
    parameters:
    - name: tailnet
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      tags:
      - DNS
      summary: Get DNS search paths
      operationId: getDnsSearchPaths
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
    post:
      tags:
      - DNS
      summary: Set DNS search paths
      operationId: setDnsSearchPaths
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
components:
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Tailscale API access token (prefixed "tskey-api-") passed in the Authorization header. Tokens are created in the admin console with 1-90 day expiry, or via OAuth client credentials with scopes.
    BasicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic Auth with the access token as the username and an empty password.