Revision as of 18:04, 18 February 2013

GET /dns/{zone}

Returns the details of a DNS zone.

Request

GET /dns/{zone}

Parameters

zone - string

The name of the DNS zone.

Request Headers

Authorization

Base64-encoded username:password string

Response

Status Code

200 OK

Success

401 Unauthorized

The server could not verify the credentials from the authorization header.

404 Not Found

The specified zone does not exist.

Response Body

{
  "minimumTTL": {minimumTTL},
  "retry": {retry},
  "name": "{zone}",
  "primaryNS": "{primaryNS}",
  "refresh": {refresh},
  "expire": {expire},
  "emailAddress": "{emailAddress}",
  "ttl": {ttl},
  "serial": {serial},
  "links": [
    {"href": "https://api.hostway.com/dns/{zone}", "rel": "self"},
    {"href": "https://api.hostway.com/dns/{zone}/records", "rel": "related"}
  ]
}

Examples

Request:

GET /dns/test.com
 

Response:

401 Unauthorized 
 

Request:

GET /dns/unknown-zone.com
Authorization: Basic {base64_encoded(username:password)}
 

Response:

403 Forbidden

{
  "forbidden": {"message": "Unauthorized: Dns failed permission check", "code": 403, "details": ""}
}
 

Request:

GET /dns/test.com
Authorization: Basic {base64_encoded(username:password)}
 

Response:

200 OK

{
  "minimumTTL": 300,
  "retry": 7200,
  "name": "test.com.",
  "links": [
    {"href": "http://127.0.0.1/dns/test.com/", "rel": "self"},
    {"href": "http://127.0.0.1/dns/test.com/records", "rel": "related"}
  ],
  "primaryNS": "a.dns.hostway.net.",
  "refresh": 28800,
  "expire": 604800,
  "emailAddress": "hostmaster.siteprotect.com.",
  "ttl": 14400,
  "serial": 1359151749
}
 

See also

• DNS API
• Common Features