Skip to content
Start here

Get Account Custom Nameserver Related Zone Metadata

Deprecated
GET/zones/{zone_id}/custom_ns

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

Deprecated in favor of Show 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)
Trust and Safety WriteTrust and Safety ReadZero Trust: PII ReadZaraz EditZaraz ReadZaraz AdminAccess: Apps and Policies RevokeAccess: Apps and Policies WriteAccess: Apps and Policies ReadAccess: Apps and Policies RevokeAccess: Mutual TLS Certificates WriteAccess: Organizations, Identity Providers, and Groups WriteZone Settings WriteZone Settings ReadZone ReadDNS ReadWorkers Scripts WriteWorkers Scripts ReadZone WriteWorkers Routes WriteWorkers Routes ReadStream WriteStream ReadSSL and Certificates WriteSSL and Certificates ReadLogs WriteLogs ReadCache PurgePage Rules WritePage Rules ReadLoad Balancers WriteLoad Balancers ReadFirewall Services WriteFirewall Services ReadDNS WriteApps WriteAnalytics ReadAccess: Apps and Policies WriteAccess: Apps and Policies Read
Path ParametersExpand Collapse
zone_id: string

Identifier.

maxLength32
ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
message: string
documentation_url: optional string
source: optional object { pointer }
pointer: optional string
messages: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
message: string
documentation_url: optional string
source: optional object { pointer }
pointer: optional string
success: true

Whether the API call was successful.

enabled: optional boolean

Whether zone uses account-level custom nameservers.

ns_set: optional number

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

maximum5
minimum1
result_info: optional object { count, page, per_page, total_count }
count: optional number

Total number of results for the requested service.

page: optional number

Current page within paginated list of results.

per_page: optional number

Number of results per page of results.

total_count: optional number

Total results available without any search parameters.

Get Account Custom Nameserver Related Zone Metadata

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/custom_ns \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
{
  "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,
  "enabled": true,
  "ns_set": 1,
  "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,
  "enabled": true,
  "ns_set": 1,
  "result_info": {
    "count": 1,
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total_count": 2000
  }
}