createDnsRecord 401 using personal access token for zone in a Team

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1

Hi,

I am able to call the below completely fine, and get a list of our DNS entries / records against a zone.
HTTP GET - https://api.netlify.com/api/v1/dns_zones/{zoneId}/dns_records

However when calling trying to create a record using the below I get a 401 error, with the message ‘access denied’, using the same auth & personal access token as I do for the above GET which works fine -
HTTP POST - https://api.netlify.com/api/v1/dns_zones/{zoneId}/dns_records
With a body that looks like -
{
“type”: “NETLIFY”,
“hostname”: “abcde-testing.exampledomain.co.uk”,
“value”: “3.9.204.229”,
“ttl”: 3600,
“priority”: null,
“weight”: null,
“port”: null,
“flag”: null,
“tag”: null
}
or
{
“type”: “NETLIFY”,
“hostname”: “abcde-testing.exampledomain.co.uk”,
“value”: “3.9.204.229”,
“ttl”: 3600,
“priority”: 0,
“weight”: 0,
“port”: 0,
“flag”: 0,
“tag”: “”
}

The DNS Zone is in a team I am part of, which I can list the entries of fine.

It has me a bit worried its not supported, as theres a custom endpoint for creating sites in teams createSiteInTeam (Netlify API documentation)

However there’s no such documented equivalent for createDnsRecord Netlify API documentation

Please can anyone see where I am going wrong, or is this not supported?

Zone Id is 5c98ef1be60e8056e2dc54cc

Many Thanks,
Will

3

I think it’s the type NETLIFY that’s causing us to return 401. Have you tried other types?

4

That was it, type of ‘A’ worked great! Thank you!

5

thanks for coming back and sharing your solution!