What DNSs have API access? [closed]

Question

I saw this over on slashdot and realized if I could program in dns control into some of my apps it would make life a lot easier. Someone over there recommended dynect which apparently had a wonderful api. Unfortunately not a lot else was recomended. I don't know anything about managing dns servers I mostly work with the lamp stack, so on linux I understand bind is the way to go but other then a basic setup I'd be lost. I'd rather outsource the details.

What DNS services have API's and are easy to use without breaking the bank?

Answer 1

I guess in the last 3 years this is a bit of a solved problem. Here are some to check out:

• Amazon has a nice dns service now http://aws.amazon.com/route53/
• Linode has a free api based dns if you're a customer.
• Dynadot has a fee dns with an api if you're a customer.

Answer 2

Hey I haven't used them, but Zerigo looks promising. We will probably wind up going with them if they allow enough hosts. Their API is standard REST stuff... very straightforward.

http://www.zerigo.com/docs/apis/dns/1.1

Thanks,

Eric.

Answer 3

We use DjbDNS and it's backended onto MySQL so we just hit the DB to make changes and periodically rebuild the the config data.

Answer 4

Has anyone seen any of the following DNS providers with APIs:

• http://durabledns.com/
• https://dnsimple.com/ (also supports registration by API)
• http://www.loaddns.com/

Answer 5

We use Zonomi. Its very cheap and never gone down for us. With API

Answer 6

You can try http://customdns.ca. I have a couple of domains with them - no problems so far. They provide RestFul API.

Answer 7

http://www.dns.com

Here's the link to the API documentation:

https://github.com/dnsdotcom/API_DOC/

Have fun!

Answer 8

Haven't used the api, but I have been using the registrar for 10+ years and never had a problem: namecheap.com

Here is the API intro. Here is the API methods list.

Pretty comprehensive. From purchasing to host and e-mail forwarding setup.