---
title: "Create a template record"
method: POST
path: "/{account}/templates/{template}/records"
tags: ["templates"]
---

# Create a template record

`POST /{account}/templates/{template}/records`

Creates a new template record.

## Path parameters

- `account` integer, required
- `template` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required
  - `type` string, required
  - `content` string, required
  - `ttl` integer
  - `priority` integer

## Response `201`

Successfully create a template record.

- object
  - `data` TemplateRecord, required
    - `id` integer, required
    - `template_id` integer, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `content` string, required
    - `ttl` integer, required — The Time To Live (TTL) value for the entry, in seconds.
    - `priority` string, nullable, required
    - `type` 'A' | 'AAAA' | 'ALIAS' | 'CAA' | 'CNAME' | 'DNSKEY' | 'DS' | 'HINFO' | 'MX' | 'NAPTR' | 'NS' | 'POOL' | 'PTR' | 'SOA' | 'SPF' | 'SRV' | 'SSHFP' | 'TXT' | 'URL', required — Supported DNS record types for templates.
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required — A date-time value, representing when the entry was created, formatted as ISO 8601.
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required — A date-time value, representing when the entry was last updated, formatted as ISO 8601.

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