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# DNS
##### [Email Routing - DNS settings](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/email_routing/subresources/dns/methods/get)
GET/zones/{zone\_id}/email/routing/dns
##### [Enable Email Routing](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/email_routing/subresources/dns/methods/create)
POST/zones/{zone\_id}/email/routing/dns
##### [Unlock Email Routing DNS records](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/email_routing/subresources/dns/methods/edit)
PATCH/zones/{zone\_id}/email/routing/dns
##### [Disable Email Routing](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/email_routing/subresources/dns/methods/delete)
DELETE/zones/{zone\_id}/email/routing/dns
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DNSRecord object {content, name, priority, 2 more }
List of records needed to enable an Email Routing zone.
content: optional string
DNS record content.
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name: optional string
DNS record name (or @ for the zone apex).
maxLength255
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priority: optional number
Required for MX, SRV and URI records. Unused by other record types. Records with lower priorities are preferred.
maximum65535
minimum0
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ttl: optional numberor 1
Time to live, in seconds, of the DNS record. Must be between 60 and 86400, or 1 for ‘automatic’.
One of the following:
number
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1
Time to live, in seconds, of the DNS record. Must be between 60 and 86400, or 1 for ‘automatic’.
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type: optional "A"or "AAAA"or "CNAME"or 15 more
DNS record type.
One of the following:
"A"
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"AAAA"
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"CNAME"
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"HTTPS"
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"TXT"
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"SRV"
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"LOC"
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"MX"
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"NS"
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"CERT"
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"DNSKEY"
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"DS"
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"NAPTR"
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"SMIMEA"
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"SSHFP"
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"SVCB"
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"TLSA"
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"URI"
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DNSGetResponse = array of DNSRecord { content, name, priority, 2 more }
content: optional string
DNS record content.
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name: optional string
DNS record name (or @ for the zone apex).
maxLength255
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priority: optional number
Required for MX, SRV and URI records. Unused by other record types. Records with lower priorities are preferred.
maximum65535
minimum0
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ttl: optional numberor 1
Time to live, in seconds, of the DNS record. Must be between 60 and 86400, or 1 for ‘automatic’.
One of the following:
number
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1
Time to live, in seconds, of the DNS record. Must be between 60 and 86400, or 1 for ‘automatic’.
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type: optional "A"or "AAAA"or "CNAME"or 15 more
DNS record type.
One of the following:
"A"
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"AAAA"
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"CNAME"
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"HTTPS"
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"TXT"
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"SRV"
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"LOC"
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"MX"
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"NS"
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"CERT"
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"DNSKEY"
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"DS"
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"NAPTR"
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"SMIMEA"
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"SSHFP"
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"SVCB"
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"TLSA"
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"URI"
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[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20email_routing.dns%20%3E%20(model)%20dns_get_response%20%3E%20(schema)>)