A bash script to update a Cloudflare DNS A record with the external IP of the source machine

cloudflare-ddns-update.sh

#!/bin/bash

# A bash script to update a Cloudflare DNS A record with the external IP of the source machine
# Used to provide DDNS service for my home
# Needs the DNS record pre-creating on Cloudflare

# Proxy - uncomment and provide details if using a proxy
#export https_proxy=http://<proxyuser>:<proxypassword>@<proxyip>:<proxyport>

# Cloudflare zone is the zone which holds the record
zone=example.com
# dnsrecord is the A record which will be updated
dnsrecord=www.example.com

## Cloudflare authentication details
## keep these private
[email protected]
cloudflare_auth_key=1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef


# Get the current external IP address
ip=$(curl -s -X GET https://checkip.amazonaws.com)

echo "Current IP is $ip"

if host $dnsrecord 1.1.1.1 | grep "has address" | grep "$ip"; then
  echo "$dnsrecord is currently set to $ip; no changes needed"
  exit
fi

# if here, the dns record needs updating

# get the zone id for the requested zone
zoneid=$(curl -s -X GET "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones?name=$zone&status=active" \
  -H "X-Auth-Email: $cloudflare_auth_email" \
  -H "X-Auth-Key: $cloudflare_auth_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" | jq -r '{"result"}[] | .[0] | .id')

echo "Zoneid for $zone is $zoneid"

# get the dns record id
dnsrecordid=$(curl -s -X GET "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$zoneid/dns_records?type=A&name=$dnsrecord" \
  -H "X-Auth-Email: $cloudflare_auth_email" \
  -H "X-Auth-Key: $cloudflare_auth_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" | jq -r '{"result"}[] | .[0] | .id')

echo "DNSrecordid for $dnsrecord is $dnsrecordid"

# update the record
curl -s -X PUT "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$zoneid/dns_records/$dnsrecordid" \
  -H "X-Auth-Email: $cloudflare_auth_email" \
  -H "X-Auth-Key: $cloudflare_auth_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data "{\"type\":\"A\",\"name\":\"$dnsrecord\",\"content\":\"$ip\",\"ttl\":1,\"proxied\":false}" | jq

Stripped down IPv4 version based on previous scripts. You'll need jq and curl.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
api_token=<CF token>
email=<CF account email>
zone_name=<DNS zone>
dns_record=<A record FQDN>

set -e

user_id=$(curl -s \
	-X GET "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/user/tokens/verify" \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer $api_token" \
	-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
	| jq -r '{"result"}[] | .id')

zone_id=$(curl -s \
	-X GET "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones?name=$zone_name&status=active" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	-H "X-Auth-Email: $email" \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer $api_token" \
	| jq -r '{"result"}[] | .[0] | .id')

record_data=$(curl -s \
	-X GET "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$zone_id/dns_records?type=A&name=$dns_record"  \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	-H "X-Auth-Email: $email" \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer $api_token")

record_id=$(jq -r '{"result"}[] | .[0] | .id' <<< $record_data)
cf_ip=$(jq -r '{"result"}[] | .[0] | .content' <<< $record_data)
ext_ip=$(curl -s -X GET -4 https://ifconfig.co)

if [[ $cf_ip != $ext_ip ]]; then
	result=$(curl -s \
		-X PUT "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$zone_id/dns_records/$record_id" \
		-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
		-H "X-Auth-Email: $email" \
		-H "Authorization: Bearer $api_token" \
		--data "{\"type\":\"A\",\"name\":\"$dns_record\",\"content\":\"$ext_ip\",\"ttl\":1,\"proxied\":false}" \
		| jq .success)
	if [[ $result == "true" ]]; then
		echo "$dns_record updated to: $ext_ip"
		exit 0
	else
		echo "$dns_record update failed"
		exit 1
	fi
else
	echo "$dns_record already up do date"
	exit 0
fi

Liked your stripped down version. Added IPV6, config in separate file, logging and many subdomains.

https://github.com/pilang/cloudflare_ddns/