Creating a PTR Record for an EIP

Function

This API is used to create a PTR record for an EIP.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

POST /v2.1/ptrs

Request Parameters

**Table 1** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	Definition The user token. The token can be obtained by calling an IAM API. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token. For details about how to obtain a user token, seeObtaining a User Token. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

**Table 2** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
publicip	No	PublicIpReq object	EIP
ptrdnames	Yes	Array of strings	List of domain names of the PTR record. A maximum of 10 domain names are allowed.
description	No	String	Descriptions about the PTR record
ttl	No	Integer	PTR record caching duration (in seconds) on a local DNS server. The longer the duration is, the slower the update takes effect. The value ranges from 1 to 2147483647.
tags	No	Array of tag objects	Resource tag
enterprise_project_id	No	String	ID of the enterprise project associated with the PTR record. The value can contain a maximum of 36 characters. The default value is 0.

**Table 3** PublicIpReq
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
region	No	String	Region to which the EIP belongs
id	No	String	EIP ID

**Table 4** tag
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
key	Yes	String	Definition The tag key. Range Cannot be left blank. Must be unique for each resource. Contains up to 128 characters. Cannot start or end with a space, or start with *sys*. Only letters, digits, spaces, and the following special characters are allowed: _.:=+-@
value	No	String	Definition The tag value. Range Can be left blank. Can contain a maximum of 255 characters. Only letters, digits, spaces, and the following special characters are allowed: _.:/=+-@

Response Parameters

Status code: 202

**Table 5** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
publicip	PublicIpRes object	EIP
ptrdnames	Array of strings	List of domain names of the PTR record. A maximum of 10 domain names are allowed.
id	String	PTR record ID
description	String	Descriptions about the PTR record
ttl	Integer	PTR record caching duration (in seconds) on a local DNS server. The longer the duration is, the slower the update takes effect.
status	String	Resource status
links	pageLink object	Definition The link to the current page or other pages. When a response is broken into pages, a next link is provided to point to the next page. Range N/A
enterprise_project_id	String	ID of the enterprise project associated with the PTR record. The value can contain a maximum of 36 characters.

**Table 6** PublicIpRes
Parameter	Type	Description
region	String	Region to which the EIP belongs
id	String	EIP ID
address	String	EIP

**Table 7** pageLink
Parameter	Type	Description
self	String	Definition The link to the current page. Range N/A
next	String	Definition The link to the next page. Range N/A

Example Requests

Creating a PTR record for an EIP and setting its TTL to 300s

POST https://{endpoint}/v2.1/ptrs

{
  "publicip" : {
    "region" : "xxx",
    "id" : "a1645603-9814-44f9-ba19-1c565af9eb81"
  },
  "ptrdnames" : [ "www.example.com", "mail.example.com" ],
  "description" : "Description for this PTR records",
  "ttl" : 300,
  "tags" : [ {
    "key" : "key1",
    "value" : "value1"
  } ],
  "enterprise_project_id" : "0"
}

Example Responses

Status code: 202

Request accepted

{
  "publicip" : {
    "region" : "xxx",
    "id" : "a1645603-9814-44f9-ba19-1c565af9eb81",
    "address" : "215.255.1.80"
  },
  "ptrdnames" : [ "www.example.com.", "mail.example.com." ],
  "id" : "9a175b97889f2f3501889fa3a8a66ed0",
  "ttl" : 300,
  "status" : "PENDING_CREATE",
  "links" : {
    "self" : "https://Endpoint/v2.1/ptrs/9a175b97889f2f3501889fa3a8a66ed0"
  },
  "enterprise_project_id" : 0
}