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Add child name server

Description

Adds child name server (Glue record) to a domain name

Note: For 'de', 'be', 'ch', 'fr', 're', 'tf', 'wf', 'yt', 'sh' or 'eu' domains, you must use the Modify name servers method, 


 Parameters

Name Data Type Status Description
auth-id or sub-auth-id or sub-auth-user Integer Required Authentication parameter
auth-password String Required Authentication parameter
domain-name String Required Name of the domain
host String Required Host of the child name server
ip String Required IP of the child name server

Return: Array with status and status description


Errors

When the authentication of API user is not correct, any API request will fail with the following status and statusDescription:

{"status":"Failed","statusDescription":"Invalid authentication, incorrect auth-id or auth-password."}

If there is not added a domain name or if the requested domain does not exist in your account, the following status will be returned:

{"status":"Failed","statusDescription":"Missing domain-name"}

Note: These are example errors in JSON format, and these are not the only errors that can be displayed.


 Example

URL JSON: https://api.cloudns.net/domains/add-child-nameservers.json
POST/GET: auth-id=0&auth-password=password&domain-name=domain.com&host=ns1&ip=127.0.0.1
POST/GET: sub-auth-id=0&auth-password=password&domain-name=domain.com&host=ns1&ip=127.0.0.1

URL XML: https://api.cloudns.net/domains/add-child-nameservers.xml
POST/GET: auth-id=0&auth-password=password&domain-name=domain.com&host=ns1&ip=127.0.0.1
POST/GET: sub-auth-id=0&auth-password=password&domain-name=domain.com&host=ns1&ip=127.0.0.1


Last modified: 2023-05-30
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