Added variables for other settings and improved output for logging.

dns_updater.sh

@@ -7,13 +7,22 @@ ZONE_ID="ZONE ID NUMBER HERE"
 #This can only be gotten by using the API to get a list of records for the zone.
 RECORD_ID="<RECORD ID NUMBER HERE"
 RECORD_NAME="example.com"
+RECORD_TYPE="A"
+TTL=1
 
-IP="$(curl http://ipinfo.io/ip 2>/dev/null)"
+IP="$(curl -s http://ipinfo.io/ip 2> /dev/null)"
 
-echo "Current IP Address: $IP"
+DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)
 
-curl -X PUT "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/dns_records/$RECORD_ID" \
+RESPONSE=$(curl -s -X PUT "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/dns_records/$RECORD_ID" \
         -H "X-Auth-Email: $AUTH_EMAIL" \
         -H "X-Auth-Key: $CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY" \
         -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-        --data '{"type":"A","name":"$RECORD_NAME","content":"'$IP'","ttl":1}'
+        --data '{"type":"$RECORD_TYPE","name":"$RECORD_NAME","content":"'$IP'","ttl":$TTL}')
+
+if [ $(echo "$RESPONSE" | grep '"success":true' | wc -l) -eq 1 ]; then
+        echo "$DATE|IP:$IP|CF Update: Success"
+else
+        echo "$DATE|IP:$IP|CF Update: Failure"
+        echo "Response: $RESPONSE"
+fi