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title: Email Routing - DNS settings
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# Email Routing - DNS settings

email\_routing.dns.get(DNSGetParams\*\*kwargs) -> [DNSGetResponse](<https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python/resources/email_routing#(resource)%20email_routing.dns%20%3E%20(model)%20dns_get_response%20%3E%20(schema)>)

GET/zones/{zone\_id}/email/routing/dns

Show the DNS records needed to configure your Email Routing zone.

##### Security

<details>

<summary>API Token</summary>



The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/">Create a token</a>.

**Example:**<code>Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY</code>

</details>

<details>

<summary>API Email + API Key</summary>



The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

**Example:**<code>X-Auth-Email: user@example.com</code>

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

**Example:**<code>X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194</code>

</details>

##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

`Zone Settings Write``Zone Settings Read`

##### ParametersExpand Collapse

zone\_id: str

Identifier.

maxLength32

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subdomain: Optional\[str]

Deprecated. When supplied, the response shape differs from the documented default and is not modeled in generated SDKs. Do not rely on this parameter.

[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20email_routing.dns%20%3E%20(method)%20get%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20subdomain%20%3E%20(schema)>)

##### ReturnsExpand Collapse

<details>

<summary>

List\[<a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python/resources/email_routing#(resource)%20email_routing.dns%20%3E%20(model)%20dns_record%20%3E%20(schema)">DNSRecord</a>]

</summary>

content: Optional\[str]

DNS record content.

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name: Optional\[str]

DNS record name (or @ for the zone apex).

maxLength255

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priority: Optional\[float]

Required for MX, SRV and URI records. Unused by other record types. Records with lower priorities are preferred.

maximum65535

minimum0

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<details>

<summary>

ttl: Optional\[Union\[float, Literal\[1], null]]

Time to live, in seconds, of the DNS record. Must be between 60 and 86400, or 1 for ‘automatic’.

</summary>

One of the following:

float

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Literal\[1]

Time to live, in seconds, of the DNS record. Must be between 60 and 86400, or 1 for ‘automatic’.

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</details>

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<details>

<summary>

type: Optional\[Literal\["A", "AAAA", "CNAME", 15 more]]

DNS record type.

</summary>

One of the following:

"A"

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"AAAA"

<a href="#(resource)%20email_routing.dns%20%3E%20(model)%20dns_record%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20type%20%3E%20(member)%201">Link to this property</a>

"CNAME"

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"HTTPS"

<a href="#(resource)%20email_routing.dns%20%3E%20(model)%20dns_record%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20type%20%3E%20(member)%203">Link to this property</a>

"TXT"

<a href="#(resource)%20email_routing.dns%20%3E%20(model)%20dns_record%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20type%20%3E%20(member)%204">Link to this property</a>

"SRV"

<a href="#(resource)%20email_routing.dns%20%3E%20(model)%20dns_record%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20type%20%3E%20(member)%205">Link to this property</a>

"LOC"

<a href="#(resource)%20email_routing.dns%20%3E%20(model)%20dns_record%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20type%20%3E%20(member)%206">Link to this property</a>

"MX"

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"NS"

<a href="#(resource)%20email_routing.dns%20%3E%20(model)%20dns_record%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20type%20%3E%20(member)%208">Link to this property</a>

"CERT"

<a href="#(resource)%20email_routing.dns%20%3E%20(model)%20dns_record%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20type%20%3E%20(member)%209">Link to this property</a>

"DNSKEY"

<a href="#(resource)%20email_routing.dns%20%3E%20(model)%20dns_record%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20type%20%3E%20(member)%2010">Link to this property</a>

"DS"

<a href="#(resource)%20email_routing.dns%20%3E%20(model)%20dns_record%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20type%20%3E%20(member)%2011">Link to this property</a>

"NAPTR"

<a href="#(resource)%20email_routing.dns%20%3E%20(model)%20dns_record%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20type%20%3E%20(member)%2012">Link to this property</a>

"SMIMEA"

<a href="#(resource)%20email_routing.dns%20%3E%20(model)%20dns_record%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20type%20%3E%20(member)%2013">Link to this property</a>

"SSHFP"

<a href="#(resource)%20email_routing.dns%20%3E%20(model)%20dns_record%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20type%20%3E%20(member)%2014">Link to this property</a>

"SVCB"

<a href="#(resource)%20email_routing.dns%20%3E%20(model)%20dns_record%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20type%20%3E%20(member)%2015">Link to this property</a>

"TLSA"

<a href="#(resource)%20email_routing.dns%20%3E%20(model)%20dns_record%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20type%20%3E%20(member)%2016">Link to this property</a>

"URI"

<a href="#(resource)%20email_routing.dns%20%3E%20(model)%20dns_record%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20type%20%3E%20(member)%2017">Link to this property</a>

</details>

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</details>

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### Email Routing - DNS settings

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
)
dns_records = client.email_routing.dns.get(
    zone_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
)
print(dns_records)
```

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,
  "result": [
    {
      "content": "route1.mx.cloudflare.net",
      "name": "example.com",
      "priority": 12,
      "ttl": 1,
      "type": "NS"
    }
  ],
  "result_info": {
    "count": 1,
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total_count": 2000,
    "total_pages": 100
  }
}
```

##### 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,
  "result": [
    {
      "content": "route1.mx.cloudflare.net",
      "name": "example.com",
      "priority": 12,
      "ttl": 1,
      "type": "NS"
    }
  ],
  "result_info": {
    "count": 1,
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total_count": 2000,
    "total_pages": 100
  }
}
```