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Infoblox DNS Zones API

Operations for managing authoritative DNS zones, delegated zones, forward zones, and stub zones.

Infoblox DNS Zones API is one of 21 APIs that Infoblox publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2.12.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{grid-master}/wapi/v2.12.

3 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2.12
Base URL
https://{grid-master}/wapi/v2.12
Authentication
HTTP Basic, API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Infoblox DNS Zones API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). An API key is passed in the cookie as ibapauth (cookieAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — HTTP Basic Authentication using NIOS admin credentials.
  • cookieAuth — Session cookie returned after successful authentication. Pass the ibapauth cookie with subsequent requests to maintain an authenticated session.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

DNS Zones 3

Operations for managing authoritative DNS zones, delegated zones, forward zones, and stub zones.

GET
/zone_auth
Infoblox List authoritative DNS zones
listAuthoritativeZones 5 params → 200400401
POST
/zone_auth
Infoblox Create an authoritative DNS zone
createAuthoritativeZone body → 201400401
GET
/zone_forward
Infoblox List forward DNS zones
listForwardZones 4 params → 200400401

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ZoneAuth (6 properties), ZoneForward (5 properties), ZoneAuthCreate (4 properties), Error (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ZoneAuthCreate
object
4 properties 2 required
ZoneAuth
object
6 properties
Error
object
3 properties
ZoneForward
object
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

infoblox-dns-zones-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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