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domain_record

Generated on 13 Feb 2026 from digitalocean.cloud version v1.2.1

Synopsis

Domain record resources are used to set or retrieve information about the individual DNS records configured for a domain. This allows you to build and manage DNS zone files by adding and modifying individual records for a domain. View the API documentation at https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/api-reference/#tag/Domain-Records.

Requirements

pydo >= 0.1.3
azure-core >= 1.26.1

Parameters

Parameter	Choices / Default	Description
`client_override_options` dict		Client override options (developer use). For example, can be used to override the DigitalOcean API endpoint for an internal test suite. If provided, these options will knock out existing options.
`data` str / required		Variable data depending on record type. For example, the “data” value for an A record would be the IPv4 address to which the domain will be mapped. For a CAA record, it would contain the domain name of the CA being granted permission to issue certificates.
`domain_name` str / required		The domain name.
`flags` int		An unsigned integer between 0-255 used for CAA records.
`module_override_options` dict		Module override options (developer use). Can be used to override module options to support experimental or future options. If provided, these options will knock out existing options.
`name` str / required		The host name, alias, or service being defined by the record.
`port` int		The port for SRV records.
`priority` int		The priority for SRV and MX records.
`state` str	Choices: `present` (default) `absent`	State of the resource, `present` to create, `absent` to destroy.
`tag` str	Choices: `issue` `issuewild` `iodef`	The parameter tag for CAA records.
`timeout` int	Default: `300`	Polling timeout in seconds.
`token` str		DigitalOcean API token. There are several environment variables which can be used to provide this value. `DIGITALOCEAN_ACCESS_TOKEN`, `DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN`, `DO_API_TOKEN`, `DO_API_KEY`, `DO_OAUTH_TOKEN` and `OAUTH_TOKEN`
`ttl` int		This value is the time to live for the record, in seconds. This defines the time frame that clients can cache queried information before a refresh kshould be requested.
`type` str / required	Choices: `A` `AAAA` `CAA` `CNAME` `MX` `NS` `SOA` `SRV` `TXT`	The type of the DNS record.
`weight` int		The weight for SRV records.

Examples

- name: Create domain A record
  digitalocean.cloud.domain_record:
    token: "{{ token }}"
    domain_name: example.com
    type: A
    name: www
    data: 192.168.100.50

Return Values

Key Returned Description

Key	Returned	Description
`domain_record` dict	always	Domain record. Sample: `{ "domain_record": { "data": "192.168.100.50", "flags": null, "id": 28448433, "name": "www.example.com", "port": null, "priority": null, "tag": null, "ttl": 1800, "type": "A", "weight": null } }`
`error` dict	failure	DigitalOcean API error. Sample: `{ "Message": "Informational error message.", "Reason": "Unauthorized", "Status Code": 401 }`
`msg` str	always	Domain record result information. Sample: `[ "Created domain record www A in example.com", "Deleted domain record www A in example.com", "Domain record www A exists in example.com", "Domain record www A would be created in example.com", "Domain record www A would be deleted from example.com", "Domain record www A does not exist in example.com" ]`

domain_record
dict

always

Domain record.
Sample:

{
  "domain_record": {
    "data": "192.168.100.50",
    "flags": null,
    "id": 28448433,
    "name": "www.example.com",
    "port": null,
    "priority": null,
    "tag": null,
    "ttl": 1800,
    "type": "A",
    "weight": null
  }
}

error
dict

failure

DigitalOcean API error.
Sample:

{
  "Message": "Informational error message.",
  "Reason": "Unauthorized",
  "Status Code": 401
}

msg
str