I can't update DNS records using CF update DNS record API

Website, Application, Performance DNS & Network
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Hello all, my name is Kevin, I have difficulty in updating my CF DNS record using the patch API but it always return “Invalid Property (code: 1086)”

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Please kindly advise with this issue

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Hi Kevin. I see it requires at least content, name, and type in your body. Have you tried adding those?

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Thanks for the response Sir

I have tried that before and it gave me another error:

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Try switching to “Text” located on the top right there.

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Still can’t Sir

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I have to admit I cannot reproduce the same error :thinking:

I’ve tested via Postman too, works fine for me.

I’ve created a test.domain.com DNS record pointed to the 192.0.2.1 and proxied :orange: via Cloudflare dashboard.

Furthermore, using Cloudflare API → List DNS Records, I’ve listed the DNS records for the particular zone, found it, got the ID.

Later, I’ve made sure the URL parameters for the Cloudflare API → Update DNS Record are changed and correct with the coresponding ones (Zone_ID, DNS_Record_ID), added the Headers (Content-Type, X-Auth-Email and X-Auth-Key) with the required values for my CF account, and for the RAW Body I’ve used only the content:

{
  "content": "192.0.2.2"
}

I see a “yellow warning at your screenshot”. As I mentioned, I am using JSON (for content-type) as far as reciving and sending JSON content → could be you should change this to the JSON too:

slika

Other thing which I’ve noticed, when copy-pasting the URL from Cloudflare API Docs, I got it copy-pasted as 2 lines of the code (new line), which I made into a single line.

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So, after the Postman request the test.domain.com DNS record should point from 192.0.2.1 to 192.0.2.2. Was success, later confirmed by double-checking it via CF dashboard.

Are you sure you copy-pasted the correct ID of the particular DNS record you want to change? :thinking:
Are you trying to do a batch update of multiple DNS records at the same time or using a script one-by-one?

Furthremore, you cannot have 192.168.1.1 proxied :orange: , was that for the purpose written or you really want it? :thinking:

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That’s it! it is the problem, the unseen new-line when copying and pasting from the CF API Docs, thank you so much for the great help Sir!

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