setBaseNameRecord

setBaseNameRecord is a method on the ANT class that adds or updates the base name record for the ANT. This is the top level name of the ANT (e.g. ardrive.ar.io).

setBaseNameRecord requires authentication.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Optional
transactionId	String	Arweave transaction Id to set as record.	false
ttlSeconds	number	Number of seconds for DNS TTL. Defaults to 900	true
tags	array	An array of GQL tag objects to attach to the transfer AO message.	true

TTL

Time-To-Live (TTL) determines how often gateways should check the ANT for an update to the corresponding record. You can have different TTLs for different records within an ANT, depending on their use case. A record that is updated frequently should be set to a lower number to facilitate serving current data, while a record that is updated less often should be set to a higher number to allow cached data to be served more quickly.

ttlSeconds must be set between the minimum of 60 seconds (1 minute) and the maximum of 86400 seconds (1 day)

Examples

setBaseNameRecord

const fs = require("fs");
const { ANT, ArweaveSigner } = require("@ar.io/sdk");

async function main() {
    const jwk = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("KeyFile.json"));
    
    // get the ant for the base name
    const arnsRecord = await ario.getArNSRecord({ name: 'ardrive' });
    const ant = ANT.init({
        signer: new ArweaveSigner(jwk),
        processId: arnsRecord.processId
    });

    const { id: txId } = await ant.setBaseNameRecord({
        transactionId: '432l1cy0aksiL_x9M359faGzM_yjralacHIUo8_nQXM',
        ttlSeconds: 3600
    });

    // ardrive.ar.io will now resolve to the provided transaction id
}

main();