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title: Set Account Custom Nameserver Related Zone Metadata
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# Set Account Custom Nameserver Related Zone Metadata
Deprecated: Use \[DNS settings API](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/dns/subresources/settings/methods/put/) instead.
PUT/zones/{zone\_id}/custom\_ns
Set metadata for account-level custom nameservers on a zone.
If you would like new zones in the account to use account custom nameservers by default, use PUT /accounts/:identifier to set the account setting use\_account\_custom\_ns\_by\_default to true.
Deprecated in favor of [Update DNS Settings](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/operations/dns-settings-for-a-zone-update-dns-settings).
##### Security
API Token
The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.
**Example:**Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY
API Email + API Key
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.
**Example:**X-Auth-Email: user@example.com
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.
**Example:**X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194
##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
`Zone Write`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
zone\_id: string
Identifier.
maxLength32
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20zones.custom_nameservers%20%3E%20(method)%20update%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20zone_id%20%3E%20(schema)>)
##### Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
enabled: optional boolean
Whether zone uses account-level custom nameservers.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20zones.custom_nameservers%20%3E%20(method)%20update%20%3E%20(params)%200%20%3E%20(param)%20enabled%20%3E%20(schema)>)
ns\_set: optional number
The number of the name server set to assign to the zone.
maximum5
minimum1
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20zones.custom_nameservers%20%3E%20(method)%20update%20%3E%20(params)%200%20%3E%20(param)%20ns_set%20%3E%20(schema)>)
##### ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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messages: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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success: true
Whether the API call was successful.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20zones.custom_nameservers%20%3E%20(method)%20update%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20success>)
result: optional array of string
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result\_info: optional object {count, page, per\_page, 2 more }
count: optional number
Total number of results for the requested service.
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page: optional number
Current page within paginated list of results.
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per\_page: optional number
Number of results per page of results.
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total\_count: optional number
Total results available without any search parameters.
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total\_pages: optional number
The number of total pages in the entire result set.
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### Set Account Custom Nameserver Related Zone Metadata
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/custom_ns \
-X PUT \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
-d '{
"enabled": true,
"ns_set": 1
}'
```
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": [],
"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": [],
"result_info": {
"count": 1,
"page": 1,
"per_page": 20,
"total_count": 2000,
"total_pages": 100
}
}
```