n8n-nodes-cloudflare-dns

This is an n8n community node that allows you to interact with the Cloudflare DNS API to manage DNS records programmatically within your n8n workflows.

Features

• List DNS Records: Retrieve all DNS records for a zone with optional filtering
• Create DNS Record: Add new DNS records to your zone
• Update DNS Record: Modify existing DNS records
• Delete DNS Record: Remove DNS records from your zone

Supported DNS record types: A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, NS, SRV, PTR

Prerequisites

You need:

1. A Cloudflare account
2. A domain managed by Cloudflare
3. A Cloudflare API Token with DNS permissions

Installation

Follow the installation guide in the n8n community nodes documentation.

Community nodes are installed in n8n by adding the package name n8n-nodes-cloudflare-dns in n8n's community nodes settings.

Credentials

This node uses the Cloudflare DNS API credentials. You need to configure:

• API Token: Your Cloudflare API Token with DNS permissions

Getting a Cloudflare API Token

1. Go to the Cloudflare dashboard
2. Click "Create Token"
3. Use the "Custom token" template
4. Set the permissions:
   • Zone:Zone:Read
   • Zone:DNS:Edit
5. Choose the zones you want to manage
6. Copy the generated token

Operations

List DNS Records

• Retrieves all DNS records for a specified zone
• Optional filtering by record type, name, or content
• Supports pagination

Create DNS Record

• Creates a new DNS record in the specified zone
• Supports all common DNS record types
• Optional fields: TTL, proxied status, comment, tags, priority

Update DNS Record

• Updates an existing DNS record
• Requires the DNS record ID
• Supports all fields available in create operation

Delete DNS Record

• Removes a DNS record from the zone
• Requires the DNS record ID

Usage Examples

List all A records for a domain

1. Select "Get All" operation
2. Enter your Zone ID
3. In options, set Record Type to "A"

Create a new A record

1. Select "Create" operation
2. Enter Zone ID
3. Set Record Type to "A"
4. Set Record Name (e.g., "www")
5. Set Record Content (e.g., "192.0.2.1")

Update an existing record

1. Select "Update" operation
2. Enter Zone ID and DNS Record ID
3. Modify the required fields

Finding Zone and Record IDs

• Zone ID: Found in your Cloudflare dashboard under the domain overview
• DNS Record ID: Obtained from the "List DNS Records" operation

Version history

0.1.0

• Initial release
• Support for basic DNS operations: list, create, update, delete
• Support for common DNS record types

Resources

• Cloudflare DNS API Documentation
• n8n community nodes documentation

License

MIT