Updated on 2026-09-28 GMT+08:00

Querying a Record Set

Function

This API is used to query information about all record sets in a specified zone. The information includes the name, ID, status, domain name, record value, tag, TTL, creation time, modification time, and description.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

Authorization Information

Each account has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the required permissions.

  • If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions for details on the required permissions.
  • If you are using identity policy-based authorization, the following identity policy-based permissions are required.

    Action

    Access Level

    Resource Type (*: required)

    Condition Key

    Alias

    Dependencies

    dns:recordset:get

    Read

    zone *

    • g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>

    • g:EnterpriseProjectId

    -

    -

URI

GET /v2/zones/{zone_id}/recordsets/{recordset_id}

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

zone_id

Yes

String

Definition

Zone ID. You can obtain the ID by calling the API for querying public zones (ListPublicZones) or for querying private zones (ListPrivateZones).

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

recordset_id

Yes

String

Definition

Record set ID. You can obtain the IDs by calling the API (ListRecordSetsByZone) for querying the record sets of a zone.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Request Parameters

None

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 2 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Definition

Record set ID

Range

N/A

name

String

Definition

Record set name

Range

N/A

description

String

Definition

The description of the record set.

Range

The value can contain a maximum of 255 characters.

zone_id

String

Definition

Zone ID of the record set

Range

N/A

zone_name

String

Definition

Zone name of the record set

Range

N/A

type

String

Definition

Record set type.

Range

  • A: maps a domain name to specified IPv4 addresses.

  • AAAA: maps a domain name to specified IPv6 addresses.

  • MX: maps domain names to email servers.

  • CNAME: maps one domain name to another domain name or multiple domain names to one domain name.

  • TXT: stores text-based information associated with a domain name.

  • SRV: records the services provided by servers.

  • NS: specifies the authoritative DNS server of a domain name.

  • SOA: provides basic information about domain names and details about authoritative servers.

  • CAA: specifies the CA that issues HTTPS certificates for a domain name to prevent incorrect certificate issuing. It only applies to public domain name resolution.

  • PTR: maps an IP address back to a domain name. It only applies to private domain name resolution.

ttl

Integer

Definition

Record set caching duration (in seconds) on a local DNS server. The longer the duration is, the slower the update will be applied.

Range

1 to 2147483647

records

Array of strings

Definition

Record set value. This field is a string array. Each element is the value of a record set.

create_at

String

Definition

The time when the record set was created.

The value must be a UTC+0 time in format of yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS, for example, 2023-01-01T12:00:00.000.

Range

N/A

update_at

String

Definition

The time when the record set was last modified.

The value must be a UTC+0 time in format of yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS, for example, 2023-01-01T12:00:00.000.

Range

N/A

status

String

Definition

The status of the record set.

Range

  • ACTIVE: The zone is normal.

  • PENDING_CREATE: The zone is being created.

  • PENDING_UPDATE: The zone is being updated.

  • PENDING_DELETE: The zone is being deleted.

  • PENDING_FREEZE: The zone is being frozen.

  • FREEZE: The zone is frozen.

  • ILLEGAL: The zone is frozen due to abuse.

  • POLICE: The zone is frozen due to security reasons.

  • PENDING_DISABLE: The zone is being disabled.

  • DISABLE: The zone is disabled.

  • ERROR: The zone failed to be created.

default

Boolean

Definition

Whether the record set is created by default. A default record set cannot be deleted.

Range

  • true: The record set is generated by the system by default and cannot be deleted.

  • false: The record set is not generated by the system by default and can be deleted.

project_id

String

Definition

ID of the project to which the record set belongs

Range

N/A

links

pageLink object

Definition

Links to the current page and the next page. If pagination is required for querying resources, a next field is required to point to the next page.

bundle

String

Definition

Specification, which is the default specification. This field is reserved.

Range

N/A

Example Requests

None

Example Responses

Status code: 200

{
  "id" : "2c9eb155587228570158722b6ac30007",
  "name" : "www.example.com.",
  "description" : "This is an example record set.",
  "type" : "A",
  "ttl" : 300,
  "records" : [ "192.168.10.2", "192.168.10.1" ],
  "status" : "PENDING_CREATE",
  "links" : {
    "self" : "https://{Endpoint}/v2/zones/2c9eb155587194ec01587224c9f90149/recordsets/2c9eb155587228570158722b6ac30007"
  },
  "zone_id" : "2c9eb155587194ec01587224c9f90149",
  "zone_name" : "example.com.",
  "create_at" : "2016-11-17T12:03:17.827",
  "update_at" : "2016-11-17T12:03:18.827",
  "default" : false,
  "project_id" : "e55c6f3dc4e34c9f86353b664ae0e70c",
  "bundle" : "free"
}

SDK Sample Code

The SDK sample code is as follows.

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package com.huaweicloud.sdk.test;

import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.ICredential;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.BasicCredentials;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ConnectionException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.RequestTimeoutException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ServiceResponseException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.dns.v2.region.DnsRegion;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.dns.v2.*;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.dns.v2.model.*;


public class ShowRecordSetSolution {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
        // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
        String ak = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK");
        String sk = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK");

        ICredential auth = new BasicCredentials()
                .withAk(ak)
                .withSk(sk);

        DnsClient client = DnsClient.newBuilder()
                .withCredential(auth)
                .withRegion(DnsRegion.valueOf("<YOUR REGION>"))
                .build();
        ShowRecordSetRequest request = new ShowRecordSetRequest();
        request.withZoneId("{zone_id}");
        request.withRecordsetId("{recordset_id}");
        try {
            ShowRecordSetResponse response = client.showRecordSet(request);
            System.out.println(response.toString());
        } catch (ConnectionException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (RequestTimeoutException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ServiceResponseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println(e.getHttpStatusCode());
            System.out.println(e.getRequestId());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorMsg());
        }
    }
}
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# coding: utf-8

import os
from huaweicloudsdkcore.auth.credentials import BasicCredentials
from huaweicloudsdkdns.v2.region.dns_region import DnsRegion
from huaweicloudsdkcore.exceptions import exceptions
from huaweicloudsdkdns.v2 import *

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    # In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_AK"]
    sk = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_SK"]

    credentials = BasicCredentials(ak, sk)

    client = DnsClient.new_builder() \
        .with_credentials(credentials) \
        .with_region(DnsRegion.value_of("<YOUR REGION>")) \
        .build()

    try:
        request = ShowRecordSetRequest()
        request.zone_id = "{zone_id}"
        request.recordset_id = "{recordset_id}"
        response = client.show_record_set(request)
        print(response)
    except exceptions.ClientRequestException as e:
        print(e.status_code)
        print(e.request_id)
        print(e.error_code)
        print(e.error_msg)
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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/core/auth/basic"
    dns "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/dns/v2"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/dns/v2/model"
    region "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/dns/v2/region"
)

func main() {
    // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK")
    sk := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK")

    auth, err := basic.NewCredentialsBuilder().
        WithAk(ak).
        WithSk(sk).
        SafeBuild()

    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println(err)
        return
    }

    hcClient, err := dns.DnsClientBuilder().
         WithRegion(region.ValueOf("<YOUR REGION>")).
         WithCredential(auth).
         SafeBuild()


    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println(err)
        return
    }

    client := dns.NewDnsClient(hcClient)

    request := &model.ShowRecordSetRequest{}
	request.ZoneId = "{zone_id}"
	request.RecordsetId = "{recordset_id}"
	response, err := client.ShowRecordSet(request)
	if err == nil {
        fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response)
    } else {
        fmt.Println(err)
    }
}

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Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Successful request

Error Codes

See Error Codes.