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Version 1.24.2

Released: 2005-05-16

API for database quotas and access hosts new

extension of API for databases

list users on the database

CMD_API_DATABASES?action=users&db=user_dbname

list database disk usage for all databases

CMD_API_DATABASES?action=quota

list access hosts.

CMD_API_DATABASES?action=accesshosts&db=user_dbname

create access hosts

CMD_API_DATABASES?action=accesshosts&db=user_dbname&create=yes&host=hostvalue

delete access hosts

CMD_API_DATABASES?action=accesshosts&db=user_dbname&delete=yes&select0=val1&select1=val2&etc...

API for User and Admin Level DNS Administration new

raw dump of the dns zone

CMD_API_DNS_CONTROL?domain=domain.com

Add a record:

CMD_API_DNS_CONTROL?domain=domain.com&action=add&type=A|NS|MX|CNAME|PTR&name=namevalue&value=recordvalue

Delete a record:

CMD_API_DNS_CONTROL?domain=domain.com&action=select&selecttype=encoded

where "selecttype" is one of arecs0, nsrecs0, mxrecs0, cnamerecs0, ptrrecs0 (0 and be any number, generally starting from zero, going up).

and also where "encoded" is the url encoded version of:

name=www&value=1.2.3.4

Basically, just replace the =, and & characters to html encoded charctes so that DA doesnt thing they are url separators. Take a look at the html generated in the CMD_DNS_CONTROL page for examples (the code is the same to handel the API and the CMD_API_DNS_CONTROL, it just uses different output).

CMD_API_DNS_ADMIN

functions work exactly the same as with CMD_API_DNS_CONTROL, except an admin account is required, and he can work on any domain.

Additional functions that come with the CMD_API_DNS_ADMIN command are:

delete zones:

CMD_API_DNS_ADMIN?action=delete&select0=domain.com&select1=domain2.com&etc..

create zone:

CMD_API_DNS_ADMIN?action=create&domain=domain.com&ip=1.2.3.4&ns1=ns1.domain.com&ns2=ns2.domain.com

if you also include &reverse=yes, then DA will add a reverse lookup for 1.2.3.4 pointing to domain.com, instead of the usual domain.com pointint to 1.2.3.4.

These API's are the beginning of multi server DNS. (just the beginning 😉)

UPDATE

Edit a record

To edit a record, it's a combination of first deleting a record, then adding a record.

So to do the edit, pass everything needed for action=delete, plus everything need for action=add, except you'd use action=edit.

Eg:

CMD_API_DNS_ADMIN?action=edit&domain=domain.com&type=A&arecs0=name%3Dmail%26value%3D1.2.3.4&name=mail&value=1.2.3.5

Subdomain deletion with "remove directory contents" fixed

https://forum.directadmin.com/posts/47318

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