Export_DNS/Cloudflare

Cloudflare DNS Export Script

This script automates exporting DNS records for all zones in a Cloudflare account.
It uses the Cloudflare API Token authentication method (recommended for security).

Each run saves the DNS export of every zone into an export/ folder, with filenames containing the zone name and a timestamp.

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📦 Requirements

• bash (any modern Linux/macOS environment will work)
• curl
• jq (for parsing JSON)

Install jq if you don’t already have it:

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt install jq -y

# macOS (Homebrew)
brew install jq

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⚙️ Setup

1. Clone or copy these files:

   • import_dns_records.sh
   • config.conf

2. Edit the config.conf file and add your Cloudflare API Token:

# config.conf
CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN=your_api_token_here

🔑 When creating your API Token in Cloudflare Dashboard, give it at least:

• Zone: Read
• DNS: Read

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▶️ Usage

Make the script executable:

chmod +x import_dns_records.sh

Run the script:

./import_dns_records.sh

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📂 Output

• All exports are saved into the export/ folder.
• Each export is a plain text file containing the zone’s DNS records in BIND format.
• Filenames follow the format:

export/<zone_name>_<YYYYMMDD>_<HHMMSS>.txt

Example:

export/example.com_20250825_153012.txt
export/testdomain.net_20250825_153015.txt

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🔒 Security Notes

• Never commit config.conf (it contains your API token).
• Limit API token permissions to the minimum required (Zone:Read, DNS:Read).
• Rotate API tokens periodically for best security practices.

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✅ Example Workflow

# 1. Configure your token
echo 'CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN=abc123xyz...' > config.conf

# 2. Run the export
./import_dns_records.sh

# 3. Check the export folder
ls export/

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🛠 Troubleshooting

• Empty export files?
  Ensure your API Token has the correct permissions (Zone:Read, DNS:Read).

• Script fails with jq: command not found?
  Install jq as shown above.

• Only some zones exported?
  Check the API Token’s scope. If it was created for a specific zone, it won’t return all zones.
  Create a token scoped for “All zones - Read” to export everything.