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Set Account Custom Nameserver Related Zone Metadata

Deprecated
zones.custom_nameservers.update(CustomNameserverUpdateParams**kwargs) -> SyncSinglePage[CustomNameserverUpdateResponse]
PUT/zones/{zone_id}/custom_ns

Set metadata for account-level custom nameservers on a zone.

If you would like new zones in the account to use account custom nameservers by default, use PUT /accounts/:identifier to set the account setting use_account_custom_ns_by_default to true.

Deprecated in favor of Update DNS Settings.

Security
API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY
API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194
Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
Zone Write
ParametersExpand Collapse
zone_id: str

Identifier.

maxLength32
enabled: Optional[bool]

Whether zone uses account-level custom nameservers.

ns_set: Optional[float]

The number of the name server set to assign to the zone.

maximum5
minimum1
ReturnsExpand Collapse
str

Unused

Set Account Custom Nameserver Related Zone Metadata

import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
page = client.zones.custom_nameservers.update(
    zone_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
)
page = page.result[0]
print(page)
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": [],
  "result_info": {
    "count": 1,
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total_count": 2000
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": [],
  "result_info": {
    "count": 1,
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total_count": 2000
  }
}