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DNS

Settings

Account

Views

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Create Internal DNS View

POST/accounts/{account_id}/dns_settings/views

Create Internal DNS View for an account

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)

DNS View Write

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: string

Identifier.

maxLength32

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

name: string

The name of the view.

maxLength255

minLength1

zones: array of string

The list of zones linked to this view.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

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

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional { pointer }

pointer: optional string

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

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional { pointer }

pointer: optional string

success: true

Whether the API call was successful.

result: optional { 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.

Create Internal DNS View

HTTP

HTTP

TypeScript

Python

Go

Terraform

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/dns_settings/views \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{
          "name": "my view",
          "zones": [
            "372e67954025e0ba6aaa6d586b9e0b59"
          ]
        }'

200 example

{
  "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": {
    "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    "created_time": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
    "modified_time": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
    "name": "my view",
    "zones": [
      "372e67954025e0ba6aaa6d586b9e0b59"
    ]
  }
}

Returns Examples

200 example

{
  "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": {
    "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    "created_time": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
    "modified_time": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
    "name": "my view",
    "zones": [
      "372e67954025e0ba6aaa6d586b9e0b59"
    ]
  }
}