Manage DNS Records in DNSMadeEasy with REST API

Steps to manage dns records in DNSMadeEasy with REST API

The following Request Headers are required by refering to the API Document

• x-dnsme-apiKey – The API Key for your account
• x-dnsme-requestDate – Standard HTTP-formatted date. This date is used to protect against falsified requests played back at a future time.
• x-dnsme-hmac – HMAC hash of value of the x-dnsme-requestDate field

Login to https://cp.dnsmadeeasy.com to get the API Key

Prepare a PowerShell Function to generate the Authentication Header

function Get-DnsMadeEasyHeader {
    
    #Replace the APIKey & SecretKey with the Value from your account
    $APIKey = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
    $secretKey = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
	$Date = ([DateTime](Get-Date).ToUniversalTime()).ToString("ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'")

	$HMACSHA1 = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA1
	$HMACSHA1.Key = [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes($secretKey)
	$HMACHash = ([System.BitConverter]::ToString($HMACSHA1.ComputeHash([Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes($Date))) -Replace "-", "").ToLower()

	$Headers = @{ 'x-dnsme-apiKey' = $APIKey
	              'x-dnsme-requestDate' = $Date
	              'x-dnsme-hmac' = $HMACHash
                  'ContentType' = "application/json"}

	Return $Headers
}

List all domains registered in our DnsMadeEasy Account

#Get All Domain Registered
$URI = "https://api.dnsmadeeasy.com/V2.0/dns/managed"

$Response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $URI -Headers (Get-DnsMadeEasyHeader)-Method Get 
$Response.data | Select Name, ID

Output

name                   id
----                   --
aventislab.com    xxxxxxx
aventislab.info   xxxxxxx
aventistech.com   xxxxxxx
powershell365.com xxxxxxx
yongkw.com        xxxxxxx

List all records, like A, MX, TXT and others for a particular domain, like yongkw.com

#List Records for 1 Domain
$DomainName = "YongKW.com"
$DomainID = ($Response.data | ? Name -like $DomainNAme).id 

$DNS_Records = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://api.dnsmadeeasy.com/V2.0/dns/managed/$DomainID/records -Headers (Get-DnsMadeEasyHeader) -Method Get
#Output of All Records 
$DNS_Records.data | Select ID,Name, Type, Value

Output

       id name  type value         
       -- ----  ---- -----         
111555619       MX   mail          
107390283       A    146.66.105.253
111643122       TXT  "1234"        
111555587 mail  A    121.121.43.51 
107870636 my    A    121.121.43.52 
108219864 uat   A    47.254.232.92 
108854884 unifi A    121.121.43.52 

Create a new TXT record with value = "1234567890" in yongkw.com

#Create a New Record
$DomainName = "YongKW.com"
$DomainID = ($Response.data | ? Name -like $DomainNAme).id 

#Data Declare here need to be converted to json format later
$Body = @{
    name = ""
    type = "TXT"
    value = "1234567890"
    id = $ID
    gtdLocation = 'DEFAULT'
    ttl = 86400
}

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://api.dnsmadeeasy.com/V2.0/dns/managed/$DomainID/records -Headers (Get-DnsMadeEasyHeader) -Body ($Body | ConvertTo-Json) -Method Post 

#Verify the DNS record is created successfully
$DNS_Records = (Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://api.dnsmadeeasy.com/V2.0/dns/managed/$DomainID/records -Headers (Get-DnsMadeEasyHeader) -Method Get).Data
$DNS_Records | ? Type -Like "TXT" | Select Name, Type, Value

Output

name type value 
---- ---- ----- 
     TXT  "1234"

Update TXT record with new value

$DNS_Records = (Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://api.dnsmadeeasy.com/V2.0/dns/managed/$DomainID/records -Headers (Get-DnsMadeEasyHeader) -Method Get).Data
#Search for the DNS record need to be updated
$ID = ($DNS_Records | Where-Object {($_.type -eq "TXT")}).ID

$New_Value = "12345"

$Body = @{

    name = ""
    type = "TXT"
    value = $New_Value
    id = $ID
    gtdLocation = 'DEFAULT'
    ttl = 86400
}

#Update DNS Record
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://api.dnsmadeeasy.com/V2.0/dns/managed/$DomainID/records/$ID -Headers (Get-DnsMadeEasyHeader) -Body ($Body | ConvertTo-Json) -Method Put

#Verify TXT record is updated
$DNS_Records = (Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://api.dnsmadeeasy.com/V2.0/dns/managed/$DomainID/records -Headers (Get-DnsMadeEasyHeader) -Method Get).Data
$DNS_Records | Where-Object {($_.type -eq "TXT")}

Output

name type value  
---- ---- -----  
     TXT  "12345"

Delete the TXT record

$DNS_Records = (Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://api.dnsmadeeasy.com/V2.0/dns/managed/$DomainID/records -Headers (Get-DnsMadeEasyHeader) -Method Get).Data
#Search for the DNS record need to be deleted 
$ID = ($DNS_Records | Where-Object {($_.type -eq "TXT") -and ($_.value -cmatch "1234")}).ID

#Delete the DNS record
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://api.dnsmadeeasy.com/V2.0/dns/managed/$DomainID/records/$ID -Headers (Get-DnsMadeEasyHeader) -Method Delete