DigitalOcean API (unofficial showcase)
POST/v2/domains

Create a New Domain

To create a new domain, send a POST request to /v2/domains. Set the "name" attribute to the domain name you are adding. Optionally, you may set the "ip_address" attribute, and an A record will be automatically created pointing to the apex domain.

  • IdempotentThe SDK sends Idempotency-Key, so a retried request is only applied once.

4 body fields
namestringoptional
The name of the domain itself. This should follow the standard domain format of domain.TLD. For instance, `example.com` is a valid domain name.
ip_addressstringoptional
This optional attribute may contain an IP address. When provided, an A record will be automatically created pointing to the apex domain.
ttlintegeroptional
This value is the time to live for the records on this domain, in seconds. This defines the time frame that clients can cache queried information before a refresh should be requested.
zone_filestringoptional
This attribute contains the complete contents of the zone file for the selected domain. Individual domain record resources should be used to get more granular control over records. However, this attribute can also be used to get information about the SOA record, which is created automatically and is not accessible as an individual record resource.

5 status codes
201The response will be a JSON object with a key called `domain`. The value of this will be an object that contains the standard attributes associated with a domain.
domainobjectoptional
401Authentication failed due to invalid credentials.
idstringrequired
A short identifier corresponding to the HTTP status code returned. For example, the ID for a response returning a 404 status code would be "not_found."
messagestringrequired
A message providing additional information about the error, including details to help resolve it when possible.
request_idstringoptional
Optionally, some endpoints may include a request ID that should be provided when reporting bugs or opening support tickets to help identify the issue.
429The API rate limit has been exceeded.
idstringrequired
A short identifier corresponding to the HTTP status code returned. For example, the ID for a response returning a 404 status code would be "not_found."
messagestringrequired
A message providing additional information about the error, including details to help resolve it when possible.
request_idstringoptional
Optionally, some endpoints may include a request ID that should be provided when reporting bugs or opening support tickets to help identify the issue.
500There was a server error.
idstringrequired
A short identifier corresponding to the HTTP status code returned. For example, the ID for a response returning a 404 status code would be "not_found."
messagestringrequired
A message providing additional information about the error, including details to help resolve it when possible.
request_idstringoptional
Optionally, some endpoints may include a request ID that should be provided when reporting bugs or opening support tickets to help identify the issue.
defaultThere was an unexpected error.
idstringrequired
A short identifier corresponding to the HTTP status code returned. For example, the ID for a response returning a 404 status code would be "not_found."
messagestringrequired
A message providing additional information about the error, including details to help resolve it when possible.
request_idstringoptional
Optionally, some endpoints may include a request ID that should be provided when reporting bugs or opening support tickets to help identify the issue.

Error handling

A 401 is returned: Authentication failed due to invalid credentials. A 429 is returned: The API rate limit has been exceeded. A 500 is returned: There was a server error. Any other status is an error: There was an unexpected error.