Domain API v2 | Powerful Integration Tools

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API access is free for every active NiceNIC user. No reseller upgrade is required. Configure your API credentials, make a safe test request, then add the domain, DNS, billing, compliance or WHMCS workflows your application needs.

Create DNS Record

Add a new DNS record for a specific domain

Content-Type application/json

category dns

action create_record

Request parameters

Parameter Name	Type	Describe	Example
domain	String (3-60)	Domain name	example.com
type	String	DNS record type (A, MX, CNAME, TXT, etc.)	A
host	String	Host name for the DNS record	www
value	String	DNS record value	192.168.1.1
pri	Integer (Optional)	Priority value (used for MX and SRV records)	20

Response parameters

Parameter Name	Type	Describe
id	Integer	DNS record ID
type	String	DNS record type (A, MX, CNAME, TXT, etc.)
host	String	Host name
value	String	DNS record value
ttl	Integer	Time to live in seconds
pri	Integer	Priority (for MX records)

Request Example

                                    
{
    curl https://api.nicenic.net/v2/?category=dns&action=create_record&domain={domain}&type={type}&host={host}&value={value}&pri={pri} 
      -H "Authorization: username:api_secret" 
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" 
}

Return result

0 OK Successful response

                                        
{
    "code": 0,
    "msg" : "success",
    "data" : {
        {
            "id": 12345,
            "type": "A",
            "host": "@",
            "value": "192.168.1.1",
            "ttl": 3600,
            "pri": 0
        }        
    }
}

400 Bad Request

                                        
{
    "code": 400,
    "msg" : "Request parameter error",
}