How to search with WAPI for hostnames(including canonnical names in cname) regardless the recordtype [ Edited ]

[#1]

Hi,

I'm looking for a solution via the WAPI for the following.
We receive deletion request where there requester only defines the hostname.

With that hostname I need to find all DNS records related to that host, including:
- A records
- HOST records
- PTR records
- CNAMEs having the hostname in the CNAME
- CNAMEs pointing to the given hostname (so the cannonical name in Infoblox), regardless the CNAME-name.

As far as I know the WAPI search function requires the recordtype to be defined, so for example:
curl -k1 -s -u <user> -X GET https://<infobloxgui>/wapi/<apiversion>/record:a?name~=<hostname> for an A record or:
curl -k1 -s -u <user> -X GET https://<infobloxgui>/wapi/<apiversion>/record:cname?name~=<hostname> for a cname.

My questions are:
1) Is it possibile to search with the WAPI  the database for a hostname regardless the recordtype so it will search in any record type? (so one query for all in stead of separate queries for each recordtype)?
2) How to search with the WAPI for a CNAME by Canonnical Name.
    So for example: Lets say a CNAME named 'cname1' points to 'destination1'
                              How to search for 'destination1' using the WAPI so it will find 'cname1'?

Thanks in advance for your help/

[#2]

Hi,

1. You can use "allrecords" to retreive all records for a zone. 

2. Use "canonical"

BR,

Vadim

[#3]

Is there a to expand the search to include all zones in a view?

[#4]

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@ton10291 wrote:

Is there a to expand the search to include all zones in a view?

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By default it search in all zones but if you define name it includes a zone. If you a lloking just for a specific hostname w/o a zone, you can use regex e.g.

/wapi/v2.6/record:a?name~=.*tme.*

[#5]

A more helpful response might be:

https://<servername>/wapi/<version>/record:cname?canonical=<fqdn>