Set Account Custom Nameserver Related Zone Metadata

Deprecated

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

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

zone_id: string

Identifier.

maxLength32

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

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

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.

result: optional array of string

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.

Set Account Custom Nameserver Related Zone Metadata

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/custom_ns \
    -X PUT \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{
          "enabled": true,
          "ns_set": 1
        }'

{
  "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
  }
}