--- title: Trigger DNS Record Scan --- [Skip to content](#_top) [API Reference](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python) [DNS](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python/resources/dns) [Records](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python/resources/dns/subresources/records) Copy Markdown Open in **Claude**Open in **ChatGPT**Open in **Cursor** --- **Copy Markdown****View as Markdown** # Trigger DNS Record Scan dns.records.scan\_trigger(RecordScanTriggerParams\*\*kwargs) -> [RecordScanTriggerResponse]() POST/zones/{zone\_id}/dns\_records/scan/trigger Initiates an asynchronous scan for common DNS records on your domain. Note that this **does not** automatically add records to your zone. The scan runs in the background, and results can be reviewed later using the `/scan/review` endpoints. Useful if you haven’t updated your nameservers yet. ##### Security
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##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required) `DNS Write` ##### ParametersExpand Collapse zone\_id: str Identifier. maxLength32 [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20dns.records%20%3E%20(method)%20scan_trigger%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20zone_id%20%3E%20(schema)>) ##### ReturnsExpand Collapse
class RecordScanTriggerResponse: …
errors: List\[Error] code: int minimum1000 Link to this property message: str Link to this property documentation\_url: Optional\[str] Link to this property
source: Optional\[ErrorSource] pointer: Optional\[str] Link to this property
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messages: List\[Message] code: int minimum1000 Link to this property message: str Link to this property documentation\_url: Optional\[str] Link to this property
source: Optional\[MessageSource] pointer: Optional\[str] Link to this property
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Link to this property success: Literal\[true] Whether the API call was successful. Link to this property
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20dns.records%20%3E%20(model)%20record_scan_trigger_response%20%3E%20(schema)>) ### Trigger DNS Record Scan Python HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform ``` import os from cloudflare import Cloudflare client = Cloudflare( api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"), # This is the default and can be omitted ) response = client.dns.records.scan_trigger( zone_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353", ) print(response.errors) ``` 200 example ``` { "errors": [ { "code": 1000, "message": "message", "documentation_url": "documentation_url", "source": { "pointer": "pointer" } } ], "messages": [ { "code": 1000, "message": "message", "documentation_url": "documentation_url", "source": { "pointer": "pointer" } } ], "success": true } ``` ##### Returns Examples 200 example ``` { "errors": [ { "code": 1000, "message": "message", "documentation_url": "documentation_url", "source": { "pointer": "pointer" } } ], "messages": [ { "code": 1000, "message": "message", "documentation_url": "documentation_url", "source": { "pointer": "pointer" } } ], "success": true } ```