## Scan DNS Records

**post** `/zones/{zone_id}/dns_records/scan`

Scan for common DNS records on your domain and automatically add them to your zone. Useful if you haven't updated your nameservers yet.

### Path Parameters

- `zone_id: string`

  Identifier.

### Body Parameters

- `body: unknown`

### Returns

- `errors: array of  { code, message, documentation_url, source }`

  - `code: number`

  - `message: string`

  - `documentation_url: optional string`

  - `source: optional  { pointer }`

    - `pointer: optional string`

- `messages: array of  { code, message, documentation_url, source }`

  - `code: number`

  - `message: string`

  - `documentation_url: optional string`

  - `source: optional  { pointer }`

    - `pointer: optional string`

- `success: true`

  Whether the API call was successful.

  - `true`

- `result: optional  { recs_added, total_records_parsed }`

  - `recs_added: optional number`

    Number of DNS records added.

  - `total_records_parsed: optional number`

    Total number of DNS records parsed.

### Example

```http
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/dns_records/scan \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{}'
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "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": {
    "recs_added": 5,
    "total_records_parsed": 5
  }
}
```