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+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+#Hosttech_Key="abcdefg"
+
+Hosttech_Api="https://api.ns1.hosttech.eu/api/user/v1"
+
+########  Public functions #####################
+
+#Usage: add  _acme-challenge.www.domain.com   "XKrxpRBosdIKFzxW_CT3KLZNf6q0HG9i01zxXp5CPBs"
+dns_hosttech_add() {
+  fulldomain=$1
+  txtvalue=$2
+
+  Hosttech_Key="${Hosttech_Key:-$(_readaccountconf_mutable Hosttech_Key)}"
+  if [ -z "$Hosttech_Key" ]; then
+    Hosttech_Key=""
+    _err "You didn't specify a Hosttech api key."
+    _err "You can get yours from https://www.myhosttech.eu/user/dns/api"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  #save the api key and email to the account conf file.
+  _saveaccountconf_mutable Hosttech_Key "$Hosttech_Key"
+
+  _debug "First detect the root zone"
+  if ! _get_root "$fulldomain"; then
+    _err "invalid domain"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  _debug _sub_domain "$_sub_domain"
+  _debug _domain "$_domain"
+
+  _info "Adding record"  
+  if _hosttech_rest POST "zones/$_domain/records" "{\"type\":\"TXT\",\"name\":\"$_sub_domain\",\"text\":\"$txtvalue\",\"ttl\":600}"; then
+    if _contains "$_response" "$_sub_domain"; then
+      _debug recordID "$(echo "$_response" | grep -o '"id":[^"]*' | grep -Po "\d+")"
+    
+      #save the created recordID to the account conf file, so we can read it back for deleting in dns_hosttech_rm.
+      _saveaccountconf recordID "$(echo "$_response" | grep -o '"id":[^"]*' | grep -Po "\d+")"
+      _info "Added, OK"
+      return 0
+    else
+      _err "Add txt record error."
+      return 1
+    fi
+  fi
+  _err "Add txt record error."
+  return 1
+
+}
+ 
+#fulldomain txtvalue
+dns_hosttech_rm() {
+  fulldomain=$1
+  txtvalue=$2
+
+  Hosttech_Key="${Hosttech_Key:-$(_readaccountconf_mutable Hosttech_Key)}"
+  if [ -z "$Hosttech_Key" ]; then
+    Hosttech_Key=""
+    _err "You didn't specify a Hosttech api key."
+    _err "You can get yours from https://www.hosttech.nl/mijn_hosttech"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  _debug "First detect the root zone"
+  if ! _get_root "$fulldomain"; then
+    _err "invalid domain"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  _debug _sub_domain "$_sub_domain"
+  _debug _domain "$_domain"
+
+  _debug "Removing txt record"
+  delRecordID="$(_readaccountconf "recordID")"
+  _hosttech_rest DELETE "zones/$_domain/records/$delRecordID"
+
+  _clearaccountconf recordID
+}
+
+####################  Private functions below ##################################
+#_acme-challenge.www.domain.com
+#returns
+# _sub_domain=_acme-challenge.www
+# _domain=domain.com
+_get_root() {
+  domain=$1
+  i=2
+  p=1
+  while true; do
+    _domain=$(printf "%s" "$domain" | cut -d . -f $i-100)
+    _sub_domain=$(printf "%s" "$domain" | cut -d . -f 1-$p)
+    _debug _domain "$_domain"
+    if [ -z "$_domain" ]; then
+      #not valid
+      return 1
+    fi
+
+    if _hosttech_rest GET "zones?query=${_domain}"; then
+      if [ "$(echo "$_response" | grep -o '"name":"[^"]*' | cut -d'"' -f4)" = "${_domain}" ]; then
+        return 0
+      fi
+    else
+      return 1
+    fi
+    p=$i
+    i=$(_math "$i" + 1)
+  done
+  return 1
+}
+
+_hosttech_rest() {
+  m=$1
+  ep="$2"
+  data="$3"
+  _debug "$ep"
+
+  export _H1="Authorization: Bearer $Hosttech_Key"
+  export _H2="accept: application/json"
+  export _H3="Content-Type: application/json"
+
+  _debug data "$data"
+  _response="$(_post "$data" "$Hosttech_Api/$ep" "" "$m")"
+
+  _code="$(grep "^HTTP" "$HTTP_HEADER" | _tail_n 1 | cut -d " " -f 2 | tr -d "\\r\\n")"
+  _debug "http response code $_code"
+
+  if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
+    _err "error $ep"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  _debug2 response "$_response"
+  return 0
+}