SiteHost API

/dns/add_record

Adds a record to a DNS zone.

Form Parameters

Code Samples

var xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlHttp.open("POST", "https://api.sitehost.nz/1.0/dns/add_record.json", false);

var data = new FormData(); 
data.append("apikey", "your_key_here");
data.append("client_id", "1");
data.append("domain", "example.nz");
data.append("type", "A");
data.append("name", "subdomain.example.nz");
data.append("content", "1.1.1.1");
data.append("prio", "0");

xmlHttp.send(data);

var response = xmlHttp.responseText;

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.sitehost.nz/1.0/dns/add_record.json");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
$body = array(
    'apikey' => 'your_key_here',
    'client_id' => 1,
    'domain' => 'example.nz',
    'type' => 'A',
    'name' => 'subdomain.example.nz',
    'content' => '1.1.1.1',
    'prio' => 0,
);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $body);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
$status = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://api.sitehost.nz/1.0/dns/add_record.json")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)

body = {"apikey" => "your_key_here", 
    "client_id" => 1,
    "domain" => "example.nz",
    "type" => "A",
    "name" => "subdomain.example.nz",
    "content" => "1.1.1.1",
    "prio" => 0,
}
request.set_form_data(body)

response = http.request(request)

import requests
from collections import OrderedDict

uri = 'https://api.sitehost.nz/1.0/dns/add_record.json'

# We need ordered dictionary because parameters have to be in the right order.
# Refer to Developer Notes for more information.
body = OrderedDict()

body['apikey'] = 'your_key_here'
body['client_id'] = 1
body['domain'] = 'example.nz'
body['type'] = 'A'
body['name'] = 'subdomain.example.nz'
body['content'] = '1.1.1.1'
body['prio'] = 0

response = requests.post(uri, data=body)

Response