# Records

A DNS record belongs to a particular domain and is used to specify information about the domain.

There are several types of DNS records. Examples include mail exchange (MX) records, which specify the mail server for a particular domain, and name server (NS) records, which specify the authoritative name servers for a domain.

It is represented by the `OpenCloud\DNS\Resource\Record` class. Records belong to a Domain.

## Get record

In order to retrieve details for a specific DNS record, you will need its id:

    $record = $domain->record('NS-1234567');

If you do not have this ID at your disposal, you can traverse the record collection and do a string comparison (detailed below).

## List records

This call lists all records configured for the specified domain.

    $records = $domain->recordList();

    foreach ($records as $record) {
        printf("Record name: %s, ID: %s, TTL: %s\n", $record->name, $record->id, $record->ttl);
    }

Please consult the iterator documentation for more information about iterators.

### Query parameters

You can pass in an array of query parameters for greater control over your search:

### Find a record ID from its name

For example:

    $records = $domain->recordList(array(
        'name' => 'imap.example.com',
        'type' => 'MX'
    ));

    foreach ($records as $record) {
        $recordId = $record->id;
    }

## Add record

This call adds a new record to the specified domain:

    $record = $domain->record(array(
        'type' => 'A',
        'name' => 'example.com',
        'data' => '192.0.2.17',
        'ttl'  => 3600
    ));

    $record->create();

Please be aware that records that are added with a different hostname than the parent domain might fail silently.

## Modify record

    $record = $domain->record(123456);
    $record->ttl -= 100;
    $record->update();

## Delete record

    $record->delete();