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DNS

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Account

Show DNS Settings

GET/accounts/{account_id}/dns_settings

Update DNS Settings

PATCH/accounts/{account_id}/dns_settings

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AccountGetResponse { zone_defaults }

zone_defaults: { flatten_all_cnames, foundation_dns, internal_dns, 6 more }

flatten_all_cnames: boolean

Whether to flatten all CNAME records in the zone. Note that, due to DNS limitations, a CNAME record at the zone apex will always be flattened.

foundation_dns: boolean

Whether to enable Foundation DNS Advanced Nameservers on the zone.

internal_dns: { reference_zone_id }

Settings for this internal zone.

reference_zone_id: optional string

The ID of the zone to fallback to.

multi_provider: boolean

Whether to enable multi-provider DNS, which causes Cloudflare to activate the zone even when non-Cloudflare NS records exist, and to respect NS records at the zone apex during outbound zone transfers.

nameservers: { type }

Settings determining the nameservers through which the zone should be available.

type: "cloudflare.standard" or "cloudflare.standard.random" or "custom.account" or "custom.tenant"

Nameserver type

One of the following:

"cloudflare.standard"

"cloudflare.standard.random"

"custom.account"

"custom.tenant"

ns_ttl: number

The time to live (TTL) of the zone’s nameserver (NS) records.

maximum86400

minimum30

secondary_overrides: boolean

Allows a Secondary DNS zone to use (proxied) override records and CNAME flattening at the zone apex.

soa: { expire, min_ttl, mname, 4 more }

Components of the zone’s SOA record.

expire: optional number

Time in seconds of being unable to query the primary server after which secondary servers should stop serving the zone.

maximum2419200

minimum86400

min_ttl: optional number

The time to live (TTL) for negative caching of records within the zone.

maximum86400

minimum60

mname: optional string

The primary nameserver, which may be used for outbound zone transfers. If null, a Cloudflare-assigned value will be used.

refresh: optional number

Time in seconds after which secondary servers should re-check the SOA record to see if the zone has been updated.

maximum86400

minimum600

retry: optional number

Time in seconds after which secondary servers should retry queries after the primary server was unresponsive.

maximum86400

minimum600

rname: optional string

The email address of the zone administrator, with the first label representing the local part of the email address.

ttl: optional number

The time to live (TTL) of the SOA record itself.

maximum86400

minimum300

zone_mode: "standard" or "cdn_only" or "dns_only"

Whether the zone mode is a regular or CDN/DNS only zone.

One of the following:

"standard"

"cdn_only"

"dns_only"

AccountEditResponse { zone_defaults }

zone_defaults: { flatten_all_cnames, foundation_dns, internal_dns, 6 more }

flatten_all_cnames: boolean

Whether to flatten all CNAME records in the zone. Note that, due to DNS limitations, a CNAME record at the zone apex will always be flattened.

foundation_dns: boolean

Whether to enable Foundation DNS Advanced Nameservers on the zone.

internal_dns: { reference_zone_id }

Settings for this internal zone.

reference_zone_id: optional string

The ID of the zone to fallback to.

multi_provider: boolean

Whether to enable multi-provider DNS, which causes Cloudflare to activate the zone even when non-Cloudflare NS records exist, and to respect NS records at the zone apex during outbound zone transfers.

nameservers: { type }

Settings determining the nameservers through which the zone should be available.

type: "cloudflare.standard" or "cloudflare.standard.random" or "custom.account" or "custom.tenant"

Nameserver type

One of the following:

"cloudflare.standard"

"cloudflare.standard.random"

"custom.account"

"custom.tenant"

ns_ttl: number

The time to live (TTL) of the zone’s nameserver (NS) records.

maximum86400

minimum30

secondary_overrides: boolean

Allows a Secondary DNS zone to use (proxied) override records and CNAME flattening at the zone apex.

soa: { expire, min_ttl, mname, 4 more }

Components of the zone’s SOA record.

expire: optional number

Time in seconds of being unable to query the primary server after which secondary servers should stop serving the zone.

maximum2419200

minimum86400

min_ttl: optional number

The time to live (TTL) for negative caching of records within the zone.

maximum86400

minimum60

mname: optional string

The primary nameserver, which may be used for outbound zone transfers. If null, a Cloudflare-assigned value will be used.

refresh: optional number

Time in seconds after which secondary servers should re-check the SOA record to see if the zone has been updated.

maximum86400

minimum600

retry: optional number

Time in seconds after which secondary servers should retry queries after the primary server was unresponsive.

maximum86400

minimum600

rname: optional string

The email address of the zone administrator, with the first label representing the local part of the email address.

ttl: optional number

The time to live (TTL) of the SOA record itself.

maximum86400

minimum300

zone_mode: "standard" or "cdn_only" or "dns_only"

Whether the zone mode is a regular or CDN/DNS only zone.

One of the following:

"standard"

"cdn_only"

"dns_only"

AccountViews

List Internal DNS Views

GET/accounts/{account_id}/dns_settings/views

DNS Internal View Details

GET/accounts/{account_id}/dns_settings/views/{view_id}

Create Internal DNS View

POST/accounts/{account_id}/dns_settings/views

Update Internal DNS View

PATCH/accounts/{account_id}/dns_settings/views/{view_id}

Delete Internal DNS View

DELETE/accounts/{account_id}/dns_settings/views/{view_id}

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ViewListResponse { id, created_time, modified_time, 2 more }

id: string

Identifier.

maxLength32

created_time: string

When the view was created.

formatdate-time

modified_time: string

When the view was last modified.

formatdate-time

name: string

The name of the view.

maxLength255

minLength1

zones: array of string

The list of zones linked to this view.

ViewGetResponse { id, created_time, modified_time, 2 more }

id: string

Identifier.

maxLength32

created_time: string

When the view was created.

formatdate-time

modified_time: string

When the view was last modified.

formatdate-time

name: string

The name of the view.

maxLength255

minLength1

zones: array of string

The list of zones linked to this view.

ViewCreateResponse { id, created_time, modified_time, 2 more }

id: string

Identifier.

maxLength32

created_time: string

When the view was created.

formatdate-time

modified_time: string

When the view was last modified.

formatdate-time

name: string

The name of the view.

maxLength255

minLength1

zones: array of string

The list of zones linked to this view.

ViewEditResponse { id, created_time, modified_time, 2 more }

id: string

Identifier.

maxLength32

created_time: string

When the view was created.

formatdate-time

modified_time: string

When the view was last modified.

formatdate-time

name: string

The name of the view.

maxLength255

minLength1

zones: array of string

The list of zones linked to this view.

ViewDeleteResponse { id }

id: optional string

Identifier.

maxLength32