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Update domain nameservers

Deferred

PUT https://api.lws.net/v1/domain/{domain}/dns

operationIdputDomainDns

Update the nameservers (NS1-NS4) for the specified domain. Invalid or duplicated NS will not be taken into account and all 4 must be added, even if they are the same as before.

This request is processed in the background: it answers immediately while the work continues. Follow it with the task or request endpoints.

Path parameters

domain string required

Domain name whose DNS to change

Request body

application/json
  • ns1 string

    Primary nameserver

    Example: ns1.lwsdns.com

    required
  • ns2 string

    Secondary nameserver

    Example: ns2.lwsdns.com

    required
  • ns3 string

    Tertiary nameserver

    Example: ns3.lwsdns.com

    required
  • ns4 string

    Quaternary nameserver

    Example: ns4.lwsdns.com

    required
Example request 
{
  "ns1": "ns1.lwsdns.com",
  "ns2": "ns2.lwsdns.com",
  "ns3": "ns3.lwsdns.com",
  "ns4": "ns4.lwsdns.com"
}

Responses

200

DNS nameservers update request pending

 
{
  "code": 200,
  "info": "Your request to change the DNS of the domain is currently pending. If no changes are made after a few minutes, please make sure the nameservers are valid.",
  "data": "pending"
}
Response fields 3 Extends ApiEnvelope
  • code integer

    Application-level status/error code (not always equal to the HTTP status code)

    Example: 200

  • info string

    Human-readable message describing the result of the request

    Example: Your request to change the DNS of the domain is currently pending. If no changes are made after a few minutes, please make sure the nameservers are valid.

  • data string

    Example: pending

314

Domain not found on the account

314 is not a registered HTTP status code. It is specific to this API.

{
  "code": 314,
  "info": "Provided domain has not been found on your account. You must own this domain to manage it."
}
Response fields 2 Extends ApiEnvelope
  • code integer

    Application-level status/error code (not always equal to the HTTP status code)

    Example: 314

  • info string

    Human-readable message describing the result of the request

    Example: Provided domain has not been found on your account. You must own this domain to manage it.

400

Invalid input

 
{
  "code": 400,
  "info": "At least 2 nameservers are required",
  "data": [
    "string"
  ]
}
Response fields 3 Extends ApiEnvelope
  • code integer

    Application-level status/error code (not always equal to the HTTP status code)

    Example: 400

  • info string

    Human-readable message describing the result of the request

    Example: At least 2 nameservers are required

  • data string[]
500

Internal Server Error

 
{
  "code": 500,
  "info": "Internal Server Error",
  "data": "string"
}
Response fields 3 Extends ApiEnvelope
  • code integer

    Application-level status/error code (not always equal to the HTTP status code)

    Example: 500

  • info string

    Human-readable message describing the result of the request

    Example: Internal Server Error

  • data string

    Error message

502

Bad Gateway

 
{
  "code": 502,
  "info": "Invalid response from upstream server",
  "data": []
}
Response fields 3 Extends ApiEnvelope
  • code integer

    Application-level status/error code (not always equal to the HTTP status code)

    Example: 502

  • info string

    Human-readable message describing the result of the request

    Example: Invalid response from upstream server

  • data object

    Invalid response returned by the server

503

Unexpected status

 
{
  "code": 503,
  "info": "Unexpected status: {status}",
  "data": [
    "string"
  ]
}
Response fields 3 Extends ApiEnvelope
  • code integer

    Application-level status/error code (not always equal to the HTTP status code)

    Example: 503

  • info string

    Human-readable message describing the result of the request

    Example: Unexpected status: {status}

  • data string[]
401

Unauthorized - Missing authentication headers

 
{
  "code": 401,
  "info": "Unauthorized access to the API. Please specify X-Auth-Pass and X-Auth-Login to proceed."
}
Response fields 2
  • code integer

    Example: 401

  • info string

    Example: Unauthorized access to the API. Please specify X-Auth-Pass and X-Auth-Login to proceed.

429

Rate limit exceeded

 
{
  "code": 429,
  "info": "Rate limit exceeded. Please try again later."
}
Response fields 2
  • code integer

    Example: 429

  • info string

    Example: Rate limit exceeded. Please try again later.

PUT /domain/{domain}/dns 
LWS_AUTH_LOGIN='…'LWS_AUTH_PASS='…'curl -X PUT \  "https://api.lws.net/v1/domain/{domain}/dns" \  -H "X-Auth-Login: $LWS_AUTH_LOGIN" \  -H "X-Auth-Pass: $LWS_AUTH_PASS" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{"ns1":"ns1.lwsdns.com","ns2":"ns2.lwsdns.com","ns3":"ns3.lwsdns.com","ns4":"ns4.lwsdns.com"}'
$lwsAuthLogin = '…';$lwsAuthPass = '…';$ch = curl_init("https://api.lws.net/v1/domain/{domain}/dns");curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "PUT");curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [    "X-Auth-Login: " . $lwsAuthLogin,    "X-Auth-Pass: " . $lwsAuthPass,    "Content-Type: application/json",]);curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, '{"ns1":"ns1.lwsdns.com","ns2":"ns2.lwsdns.com","ns3":"ns3.lwsdns.com","ns4":"ns4.lwsdns.com"}');$res = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
import requestsLWS_AUTH_LOGIN = "…"LWS_AUTH_PASS = "…"res = requests.put(    "https://api.lws.net/v1/domain/{domain}/dns",    headers={        "X-Auth-Login": LWS_AUTH_LOGIN,        "X-Auth-Pass": LWS_AUTH_PASS,    },    json={"ns1": "ns1.lwsdns.com", "ns2": "ns2.lwsdns.com", "ns3": "ns3.lwsdns.com", "ns4": "ns4.lwsdns.com"},)print(res.json())
const LWS_AUTH_LOGIN = "…";const LWS_AUTH_PASS = "…";const res = await fetch("https://api.lws.net/v1/domain/{domain}/dns", {  method: "PUT",  headers: {    "X-Auth-Login": LWS_AUTH_LOGIN,    "X-Auth-Pass": LWS_AUTH_PASS,    "Content-Type": "application/json",  },  body: JSON.stringify({"ns1":"ns1.lwsdns.com","ns2":"ns2.lwsdns.com","ns3":"ns3.lwsdns.com","ns4":"ns4.lwsdns.com"}),});const data = await res.json();
lwsAuthLogin := "…"lwsAuthPass := "…"body := strings.NewReader(`{"ns1":"ns1.lwsdns.com","ns2":"ns2.lwsdns.com","ns3":"ns3.lwsdns.com","ns4":"ns4.lwsdns.com"}`)req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT",    "https://api.lws.net/v1/domain/{domain}/dns", body)req.Header.Set("X-Auth-Login", lwsAuthLogin)req.Header.Set("X-Auth-Pass", lwsAuthPass)req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)