Updated on 2025-08-07 GMT+08:00

Modifying a Record Set

Function

This API is used to modify the information of a record set, including the domain name, type, value, TTL, and description.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

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

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

zone_id

Yes

String

Definition

Zone ID

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

recordset_id

Yes

String

Definition

Record set ID

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Request Parameters

Table 2 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 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

Yes

String

Definition

The domain name, which is a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) suffixed with a zone name, that is, a complete host name ended with a period (.).

Example: www.example.com

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

description

No

String

Definition

The description of the record set.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value can contain a maximum of 255 characters.

Default Value

This parameter is left blank by default, indicating that the original value is retained.

type

Yes

String

Definition

Record set type

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • Public zones: The value can be A, AAAA, MX, CNAME, TXT, SRV, NS, SOA or CAA.

  • Private zones: The value can be A, AAAA, MX, CNAME, TXT, PTR, SRV, NS or SOA.

Default Value

N/A

ttl

No

Integer

Definition

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

Constraints

N/A

Range

1 to 2147483647

Default Value

This parameter is left blank by default, indicating that the original value is retained.

records

No

Array of strings

Definition

Value of the record set. The value rules vary depending on the record set type.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

This parameter is left blank by default, indicating that the original value is retained.

weight

No

Integer

Definition

Weight of the record set

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value ranges from 0 to 1000.

  • If weight is not specified, the original weight of the record set is retained.

  • If weight is set to 0, the record set is a secondary one.

  • If the weight is larger than 0, the record set is a primary one.

Default Value

This parameter is left blank by default, indicating that the original value is retained.

Response Parameters

Status code: 202

Table 4 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

  • Public zones: The value can be A, AAAA, MX, CNAME, TXT, SRV, NS, SOA or CAA.

  • Private zones: The value can be A, AAAA, MX, CNAME, TXT, PTR, SRV, NS or SOA.

ttl

Integer

Definition

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

Range

1 to 2147483647

records

Array of strings

Definition

Record set value

Range

N/A

created_at

String

Definition

The time when the record set was created.

Format: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS

Range

N/A

updated_at

String

Definition

The time when the record set was last modified.

Format: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS

Range

N/A

status

String

Definition

The status of the record set.

Range

  • PENDING_UPDATE: The zone is being updated.

  • PENDING_DISABLE: The zone is being disabled.

default

Boolean

Definition

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

Range

N/A

project_id

String

Definition

ID of the project to which the record set belongs

Range

N/A

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

line

String

Definition

Resolution line ID

Range

N/A

weight

Integer

Definition

Weight of the record set

Range

0 to 1000

health_check_id

String

Definition

Health check ID

Range

N/A

alias_target

alias_target object

Definition

Domain name alias

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Table 6 alias_target

Parameter

Type

Description

resource_type

String

Definition

Services that support domain name aliases

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • cloudsite: Enterprise Web Portal (EWP)

  • waf: Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Default Value

N/A

resource_domain_name

String

Definition

Domain name of the target service

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Example Requests

Modifying a record set, with the type set to A, TTL to 3600 seconds, and value to 192.168.10.1 and 192.168.10.2, and weight to 1

PUT https://{endpoint}/v2/zones/{zone_id}/recordsets/{recordset_id}

{
  "name" : "www.example.com.",
  "description" : "This is an example record set.",
  "type" : "A",
  "ttl" : 3600,
  "records" : [ "192.168.10.1", "192.168.10.2" ],
  "weight" : 1
}

Example Responses

Status code: 202

Request accepted

{
  "id" : "2c9eb155587228570158722b6ac30007",
  "name" : "www.example.com.",
  "description" : "This is an example record set.",
  "type" : "A",
  "ttl" : 3600,
  "records" : [ "192.168.10.1", "192.168.10.2" ],
  "status" : "PENDING_UPDATE",
  "links" : {
    "self" : "https://Endpoint/v2.1/zones/2c9eb155587194ec01587224c9f90149/recordsets/2c9eb155587228570158722b6ac30007"
  },
  "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
}

SDK Sample Code

The SDK sample code is as follows.

Modifying a record set, with the type set to A, TTL to 3600 seconds, and value to 192.168.10.1 and 192.168.10.2, and weight to 1

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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.*;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;

public class UpdateRecordSetsSolution {

    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();
        UpdateRecordSetsRequest request = new UpdateRecordSetsRequest();
        request.withZoneId("{zone_id}");
        request.withRecordsetId("{recordset_id}");
        UpdateRecordSetsReq body = new UpdateRecordSetsReq();
        List<String> listbodyRecords = new ArrayList<>();
        listbodyRecords.add("192.168.10.1");
        listbodyRecords.add("192.168.10.2");
        body.withWeight(1);
        body.withRecords(listbodyRecords);
        body.withTtl(3600);
        body.withType("A");
        body.withDescription("This is an example record set.");
        body.withName("www.example.com.");
        request.withBody(body);
        try {
            UpdateRecordSetsResponse response = client.updateRecordSets(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());
        }
    }
}

Modifying a record set, with the type set to A, TTL to 3600 seconds, and value to 192.168.10.1 and 192.168.10.2, and weight to 1

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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 = UpdateRecordSetsRequest()
        request.zone_id = "{zone_id}"
        request.recordset_id = "{recordset_id}"
        listRecordsbody = [
            "192.168.10.1",
            "192.168.10.2"
        ]
        request.body = UpdateRecordSetsReq(
            weight=1,
            records=listRecordsbody,
            ttl=3600,
            type="A",
            description="This is an example record set.",
            name="www.example.com."
        )
        response = client.update_record_sets(request)
        print(response)
    except exceptions.ClientRequestException as e:
        print(e.status_code)
        print(e.request_id)
        print(e.error_code)
        print(e.error_msg)

Modifying a record set, with the type set to A, TTL to 3600 seconds, and value to 192.168.10.1 and 192.168.10.2, and weight to 1

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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 := basic.NewCredentialsBuilder().
        WithAk(ak).
        WithSk(sk).
        Build()

    client := dns.NewDnsClient(
        dns.DnsClientBuilder().
            WithRegion(region.ValueOf("<YOUR REGION>")).
            WithCredential(auth).
            Build())

    request := &model.UpdateRecordSetsRequest{}
	request.ZoneId = "{zone_id}"
	request.RecordsetId = "{recordset_id}"
	var listRecordsbody = []string{
        "192.168.10.1",
	    "192.168.10.2",
    }
	weightUpdateRecordSetsReq:= int32(1)
	ttlUpdateRecordSetsReq:= int32(3600)
	descriptionUpdateRecordSetsReq:= "This is an example record set."
	request.Body = &model.UpdateRecordSetsReq{
		Weight: &weightUpdateRecordSetsReq,
		Records: &listRecordsbody,
		Ttl: &ttlUpdateRecordSetsReq,
		Type: "A",
		Description: &descriptionUpdateRecordSetsReq,
		Name: "www.example.com.",
	}
	response, err := client.UpdateRecordSets(request)
	if err == nil {
        fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response)
    } else {
        fmt.Println(err)
    }
}

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Status Codes

Status Code

Description

202

Request accepted

Error Codes

See Error Codes.