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Amazon Route 53 Hosted Zones API

Operations for managing DNS hosted zones.

Amazon Route 53 Hosted Zones API is one of 3 APIs that Amazon Route 53 publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Hosted Zones. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 4 operations across 2 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2013-04-01.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://route53.amazonaws.com.

4 operations 2 paths 8 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2013-04-01
Server
https://route53.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon Route 53 Hosted Zones API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (aws_sig_v4). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • aws_sig_v4 — AWS Signature Version 4 authentication

Paths & Operations 4

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Hosted Zones 4

Operations for managing DNS hosted zones.

POST
/2013-04-01/hostedzone
Amazon Route 53 Create a hosted zone
CreateHostedZone body → 201400409
GET
/2013-04-01/hostedzone
Amazon Route 53 List hosted zones
ListHostedZones 2 params → 200400
GET
/2013-04-01/hostedzone/{Id}
Amazon Route 53 Get hosted zone details
GetHostedZone 1 param → 200404
DELETE
/2013-04-01/hostedzone/{Id}
Amazon Route 53 Delete a hosted zone
DeleteHostedZone 1 param → 200400404

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are HostedZone (6 properties), CreateHostedZoneRequest (5 properties), ListHostedZonesResponse (5 properties), ChangeInfo (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ListHostedZonesResponse
object
5 properties
CreateHostedZoneRequest
object
5 properties 2 required
HostedZone
object
A complex type that contains general information about the hosted zone.
6 properties 3 required
ChangeInfo
object
Information about the change.
4 properties
DelegationSet
object
A complex type that lists the name servers in a delegation set.
3 properties
CreateHostedZoneResponse
object
3 properties
DeleteHostedZoneResponse
object
1 property
GetHostedZoneResponse
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-route-53-hosted-zones-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon Route 53 publishes across the network.

Amazon Route 53 Health Checks API
Amazon Route 53 Resource Record Sets API
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