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Hetzner Zones API

A Zone represents a [Domain Name System (DNS) zone](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_zone) managed by Hetzner authoritative nameservers.Please see [Hetzner Docs](https://docs.hetzner.com/dns-console/dns/general/dns-overview#the-difference-between-domain-and-zone) for the difference between zones and domains.This API supports all zone names with [well-known public suffixes](https://publicsuffix.org/) (e.g. `.de`, `.com`, `.co.uk`).Subdomains are not supported.Zone ModesThis API supports two types of zone modes.- In _primary_ mode, resource record sets ([RRSets](#tag/zone-rrsets)) and resource records (RRs) are managed via the Cloud API or Hetzner Console.- In _secondary_ mode, Hetzner's nameservers query [RRSets](#tag/zone-rrsets) and RRs from given primary nameservers via [AXFR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_zone_transfer).The zone mode cannot be changed, the zone must be deleted and re-created with a new mode.### SOA SerialFor zones in primary mode, Hetzner automatically increases the `SOA` record serial number.As convention, a `YYYYMMDDnn` format with incrementing `nn` is used.Zone file importThis API supports importing a zone file in BIND (RFC [1034](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1034)/[1035](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1035)) format.Importing a zone file is only applicable for [Zones](#tag/zones) in primary mode.During an import:- An `$ORIGIN` directive may be present, it must match the [Zone](#tag/zones)'s name with an ending dot- A `$TTL` directive may be present, it is used as new default [Zone](#tag/zones) Time To Live (TTL)- Only `IN` (internet) class records are allowed- The assigned authoritative Hetzner nameservers must be present as `NS` records- A `SOA` record must be present- Comments for individual records are imported, comments on their own lines are discardedZone file example:```dns$ORIGIN example.com.$TTL 3600@ IN SOA hydrogen.ns.hetzner.com. dns.hetzner.com. 2024010100 86400 10800 3600000 3600@ IN 10800 NS hydrogen.ns.hetzner.com. ; Some comment.@ IN 10800 NS oxygen.ns.hetzner.com.@ IN 10800 NS helium.ns.hetzner.de.```

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Hetzner Zones API is one of 32 APIs that Hetzner publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Zones. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 6 operations across 3 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.hetzner.cloud/v1.

6 operations 3 paths 0 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.hetzner.cloud/v1
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Hetzner Zones API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (APIToken). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 6

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Zones 6

A Zone represents a [Domain Name System (DNS) zone](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSzone) managed by Hetzner authoritative nameservers. Please see [Hetzner Docs](https://docs.hetzne…

GET
/zones
List Zones
list_zones 6 params → 2004xx5xx
POST
/zones
Create a Zone
create_zone body → 2014xx5xx
GET
/zones/{id_or_name}
Get a Zone
get_zone 1 param → 2004xx5xx
PUT
/zones/{id_or_name}
Update a Zone
update_zone 1 param body → 2004xx5xx
DELETE
/zones/{id_or_name}
Delete a Zone
delete_zone 1 param → 2014xx5xx
GET
/zones/{id_or_name}/zonefile
Export a Zone file
get_zone_zonefile 1 param → 2004xx5xx

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

hetzner-zones-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
hetzner:hetzner-zones-api
Base URL
https://api.hetzner.cloud/v1
Docs
https://docs.hetzner.cloud/
Provider
Hetzner
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