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

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

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
}

SDK Sample Code

The SDK sample code is as follows.

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

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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 CreatePtrSolution {

    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();
        CreatePtrRequest request = new CreatePtrRequest();
        CreatePtrRequestBody body = new CreatePtrRequestBody();
        List<Tag> listbodyTags = new ArrayList<>();
        listbodyTags.add(
            new Tag()
                .withKey("key1")
                .withValue("value1")
        );
        List<String> listbodyPtrdnames = new ArrayList<>();
        listbodyPtrdnames.add("www.example.com");
        listbodyPtrdnames.add("mail.example.com");
        PublicIpReq publicipbody = new PublicIpReq();
        publicipbody.withRegion("xxx")
            .withId("a1645603-9814-44f9-ba19-1c565af9eb81");
        body.withEnterpriseProjectId("0");
        body.withTags(listbodyTags);
        body.withTtl(300);
        body.withDescription("Description for this PTR records");
        body.withPtrdnames(listbodyPtrdnames);
        body.withPublicip(publicipbody);
        request.withBody(body);
        try {
            CreatePtrResponse response = client.createPtr(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());
        }
    }
}

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

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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 = CreatePtrRequest()
        listTagsbody = [
            Tag(
                key="key1",
                value="value1"
            )
        ]
        listPtrdnamesbody = [
            "www.example.com",
            "mail.example.com"
        ]
        publicipbody = PublicIpReq(
            region="xxx",
            id="a1645603-9814-44f9-ba19-1c565af9eb81"
        )
        request.body = CreatePtrRequestBody(
            enterprise_project_id="0",
            tags=listTagsbody,
            ttl=300,
            description="Description for this PTR records",
            ptrdnames=listPtrdnamesbody,
            publicip=publicipbody
        )
        response = client.create_ptr(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 := basic.NewCredentialsBuilder().
        WithAk(ak).
        WithSk(sk).
        Build()

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

    request := &model.CreatePtrRequest{}
	valueTags:= "value1"
	var listTagsbody = []model.Tag{
        {
            Key: "key1",
            Value: &valueTags,
        },
    }
	var listPtrdnamesbody = []string{
        "www.example.com",
	    "mail.example.com",
    }
	regionPublicip:= "xxx"
	idPublicip:= "a1645603-9814-44f9-ba19-1c565af9eb81"
	publicipbody := &model.PublicIpReq{
		Region: &regionPublicip,
		Id: &idPublicip,
	}
	enterpriseProjectIdCreatePtrRequestBody:= "0"
	ttlCreatePtrRequestBody:= int32(300)
	descriptionCreatePtrRequestBody:= "Description for this PTR records"
	request.Body = &model.CreatePtrRequestBody{
		EnterpriseProjectId: &enterpriseProjectIdCreatePtrRequestBody,
		Tags: &listTagsbody,
		Ttl: &ttlCreatePtrRequestBody,
		Description: &descriptionCreatePtrRequestBody,
		Ptrdnames: listPtrdnamesbody,
		Publicip: publicipbody,
	}
	response, err := client.CreatePtr(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.