Deleting a Record Set

Function

Delete a record set.

URI

DELETE /v2.1/zones/{zone_id}/recordsets/{recordset_id}

For details, see Table 1.

**Table 1** Parameters in the URI
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
zone_id	Yes	String	Zone ID. Only public zones are supported. You can obtain the value by calling the API in Querying Public Zones.
recordset_id	Yes	String	ID of the record set to be deleted You can obtain the value by calling the API in Querying Record Sets in a Zone.

Request

Request parameters
None
Example request
Delete the record set whose ID is 2c9eb155587228570158722b6ac30007 in the zone whose ID is 2c9eb155587194ec01587224c9f90149:
```
DELETE https://{DNS_Endpoint}/v2.1/zones/2c9eb155587194ec01587224c9f90149/recordsets/2c9eb155587228570158722b6ac30007
```

Response

Parameter description

**Table 2** Parameters in the response
Parameter	Type	Description
id	String	Record set ID
name	String	Record set name
description	String	Record set description
zone_id	String	Zone ID of the record set
zone_name	String	Zone name of the record set
type	String	Record set type The value can be A, AAAA, MX, CNAME, TXT, NS, SRV, or CAA. For details, see Record Set Type.
ttl	Integer	Record set cache duration (in seconds) on a local DNS server. The longer the duration is, the slower the update takes effect. If your service address is frequently changed, set TTL to a smaller value.
records	Array of strings	Record set value
created_at	String	Time when the record set was created The UTC time format is used: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.
updated_at	String	Time when the record set was updated The UTC time format is used: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.
status	String	Resource status For details, see Resource Status.
default	Boolean	Whether the record set is created by default. A default record set cannot be deleted.
project_id	String	Project ID of the record set
links	Object	Link to the current resource or other related resources. When a response is broken into pages, a next link is provided to retrieve all results. For details, see Table 3.
line	String	Resolution line ID.
weight	Integer	Weight of the record set
health_check_id	String	Health check ID
alias_target	Object	Domain name alias. For details, see Table 4.

**Table 3** Parameters in the **links** field
Parameter	Type	Description
self	String	Link to the current resource
next	String	Link to the next page

**Table 4** Description of the **alias_target** field
Parameter	Type	Description
resource_type	String	Service that support domain name aliases The value can be cloudsite or waf (Web Application Firewall).
resource_domain_name	String	Domain name of the target service

Example response

{
    "id": "2c9eb155587228570158722b6ac30007",
    "name": "www.example.com.",
    "description": "This is an example record set.",
    "type": "A",
    "ttl": 300,
    "status": "PENDING_DELETE",
    "links": {
        "self": "https://Endpoint/v2.1/zones/2c9eb155587194ec01587224c9f90149/recordsets/2c9eb155587228570158722b6ac30007"
    },
    "alias_target": null,
    "zone_id": "2c9eb155587194ec01587224c9f90149",
    "zone_name": "example.com.",
    "created_at": "2016-11-17T12:03:17.827",
    "updated_at": "2016-11-17T12:56:06.439",
    "default": false,
    "project_id": "e55c6f3dc4e34c9f86353b664ae0e70c",
    "line": "default_view",
    "weight": 1,
    "health_check_id":null
}