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 1. cyon.ch
 1. Domain-Offensive/Resellerinterface/Domainrobot API
 1. Gandi LiveDNS API
+1. DigitalOcean API (native)
 
 **More APIs coming soon...**
 
diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_digitalocean.sh b/dnsapi/dns_digitalocean.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+
+## Will be called by acme.sh to add the txt record to your api system.
+## returns 0 means success, otherwise error.
+
+## Author: thewer <github at thewer.com>
+
+##
+## Environment Variables Required:
+##
+## DO_API_KEY="75310dc4ca779ac39a19f6355db573b49ce92ae126553ebd61ac3a3ae34834cc"
+##
+## DO_DOMAIN_START="3"
+## start of the digital ocean dns base domain from the LEFT
+## (EG: one.two.three.four.five.com -> one.two & three.four.five.com)
+##
+
+
+#####################  Public functions  #####################
+
+
+## Create the text record for validation.
+## Usage: fulldomain txtvalue
+## EG: "_acme-challenge.www.other.domain.com" "XKrxpRBosdq0HG9i01zxXp5CPBs"
+dns_digitalocean_add() {
+	fulldomain=$1
+	txtvalue=$2
+	_info "Using digitalocean dns validation - add record"
+	_debug fulldomain "$fulldomain"
+	_debug txtvalue "$txtvalue"
+	_debug DO_DOMAIN_START "$DO_DOMAIN_START"
+
+	## split the domain for DO API
+	if ! _get_base_domain "$fulldomain" "$DO_DOMAIN_START"; then
+		_err "invalid domain or split"
+		return 1
+	fi
+	_debug _sub_domain "$_sub_domain"
+	_debug _domain "$_domain"
+	
+	## Set the header with our post type and key auth key
+	_H1="Content-Type: application/json"
+	_H2="Authorization: Bearer $DO_API_KEY"
+	PURL='https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/domains/'$_domain'/records'
+	PBODY='{"type":"TXT","name":"'$_sub_domain'","data":"'$txtvalue'"}'
+
+	_debug PURL "$PURL"
+	_debug PBODY "$PBODY"
+
+	## the create request - post
+	## args: BODY, URL, [need64, httpmethod]
+	response="$(_post "$PBODY" "$PURL")"
+	
+	## check response (sort of)
+	if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
+		_err "error in response: $response"
+		return 1
+	fi
+	_debug response "$response"
+	
+	## check for result and get the ID so we can delete it later
+	#response="$(echo "$response" | tr -d "\n" | sed 's/{/\n&/g')"
+	#do_id="$(echo "$response" | _egrep_o "id\"\s*\:\s*\d+" | _egrep_o "\d+" )"
+	#if [ -z "$do_id" ]; then
+	#	_err "error getting ID from response: $response"
+	#	return 1;
+	#fi
+	#_debug do_id "$do_id"
+	
+	## finished correctly
+	return 0
+}
+
+
+## Remove the txt record after validation.
+## Usage: fulldomain txtvalue
+## EG: "_acme-challenge.www.other.domain.com" "XKrxpRBosdq0HG9i01zxXp5CPBs"
+dns_digitalocean_rm() {
+	fulldomain=$1
+	txtvalue=$2
+	_info "Using digitalocean dns validation - remove record"
+	_debug fulldomain "$fulldomain"
+	_debug txtvalue "$txtvalue"
+	_debug DO_DOMAIN_START "$DO_DOMAIN_START"
+
+	## split the domain for DO API
+	if ! _get_base_domain "$fulldomain" "$DO_DOMAIN_START"; then
+		_err "invalid domain or split in remove"
+		return 1
+	fi
+	_debug _sub_domain "$_sub_domain"
+	_debug _domain "$_domain"
+	
+	## Set the header with our post type and key auth key
+	_H1="Content-Type: application/json"
+	_H2="Authorization: Bearer $DO_API_KEY"
+	## get URL for the list of domains
+	## may get: "links":{"pages":{"last":".../v2/domains/DOM/records?page=2","next":".../v2/domains/DOM/records?page=2"}}
+	GURL="https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/domains/$_domain/records"
+
+	## while we dont have a record ID we keep going
+	while [ -z "$record" ]; do
+		## 1) get the URL
+		## the create request - get
+		## args: URL, [onlyheader, timeout]
+		domain_list="$(_get "$GURL")"
+		## 2) find record
+		## check for what we are looing for: "type":"A","name":"$_sub_domain"
+		record="$(echo "$domain_list" | _egrep_o "\"id\"\s*\:\s*\"*\d+\"*[^}]*\"name\"\s*\:\s*\"$_sub_domain\"[^}]*\"data\"\s*\:\s*\"$txtvalue\"" )"
+		## 3) check record and get next page
+		if [ -z "$record" ]; then
+			## find the next page if we dont have a match
+			nextpage="$(echo "$domain_list" | _egrep_o "\"links\".*" | _egrep_o "\"next\".*" | _egrep_o "http.*page\=\d+" )"
+			if [ -z "$nextpage" ]; then
+				_err "no record and no nextpage in digital ocean DNS removal"
+				return 1
+			fi
+			_debug nextpage "$nextpage"
+			GURL="$nextpage"
+		fi
+		## we break out of the loop when we have a record
+	done
+
+	## we found the record
+	rec_id="$(echo "$record" | _egrep_o "id\"\s*\:\s*\"*\d+" | _egrep_o "\d+" )"
+	_debug rec_id "$rec_id"
+	
+	## delete the record
+	## delete URL for removing the one we dont want
+	DURL="https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/domains/$_domain/records/$rec_id"
+	
+	## the create request - delete
+	## args: BODY, URL, [need64, httpmethod]
+	response="$(_post "" "$DURL" "" "DELETE")"
+	
+	## check response (sort of)
+	if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
+		_err "error in remove response: $response"
+		return 1
+	fi
+	_debug response "$response"
+	
+	## finished correctly
+	return 0
+}
+
+
+#####################  Private functions below  #####################
+
+
+## Split the domain provided at "base_domain_start_position" from the FRONT
+## USAGE: fulldomain base_domain_start_position
+## EG: "_acme-challenge.two.three.four.domain.com" "3"
+## returns
+## _sub_domain="_acme-challenge.two"
+## _domain="three.four.domain.com"
+_get_base_domain() {
+	# args
+	domain=$1
+	dom_point=$2
+	sub_point=$(_math $dom_point - 1)
+	_debug "split domain" "$domain"
+	_debug "split dom_point" "$dom_point"
+	_debug "split sub_point" "$sub_point"
+	
+	# domain max length - 253
+	MAX_DOM=255
+
+	## cut in half and check
+	_domain=$(printf "%s" "$domain" | cut -d . -f $dom_point-$MAX_DOM)
+	_sub_domain=$(printf "%s" "$domain" | cut -d . -f 1-$sub_point)
+	if [ -z "$_domain" ]; then
+		## not valid
+		_err "invalid split location"
+		return 1
+	fi
+	if [ -z "$_sub_domain" ]; then
+		## not valid
+		_err "invalid split location"
+		return 1
+	fi
+	
+	_debug "split _domain" "$_domain"
+	_debug "split _sub_domain" "$_sub_domain"
+	
+	## all ok
+	return 0
+}
+