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# Get the custom domain target

> Returns the hostname to point your DNS at before registering a custom domain. It is the same for every domain in your organization, so read it once and reuse it.

Registering a hostname needs its DNS to resolve to this target already, so this is the first call to make.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /sailbox-openapi.json get /custom-domains
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Sail Sailbox API
  version: '2026-07-26'
  description: >-
    Create and operate Sailboxes over HTTP. Sailboxes are fast-booting virtual
    machines that you can pause, resume, checkpoint, and fork.


    Three things need an SDK or the CLI: running commands and moving files,
    turning on SSH, and building an image. Once SSH is on you can use `ssh` and
    `scp` for the first of those. See the [HTTP API guide](/sailboxes-http-api).
servers:
  - url: https://sailbox-api.sailresearch.com/v1
security:
  - BearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Apps
    description: Groups that own Sailboxes. One app per workload.
  - name: Lifecycle
    description: >-
      A Sailbox's whole life: create it, watch it, stop and start it, terminate
      it.
  - name: Checkpoints
    description: Save a Sailbox to start from later, and copy a running one.
  - name: Networking
    description: >-
      Publish ports, serve them on hostnames you own, and identify a Sailbox to
      other Sailboxes.
  - name: Volumes
    description: >-
      Shared storage that outlives any one Sailbox. Alpha: these endpoints can
      still change.
  - name: SSH access
    description: Certificates for connecting to a Sailbox with `ssh`.
  - name: Usage
    description: Resource usage and spend.
  - name: Identity
    description: Who your API key belongs to.
paths:
  /custom-domains:
    get:
      tags:
        - Networking
      summary: Get the custom domain target
      description: >-
        Returns the hostname to point your DNS at before registering a custom
        domain. It is the same for every domain in your organization, so read it
        once and reuse it.


        Registering a hostname needs its DNS to resolve to this target already,
        so this is the first call to make.
      operationId: getCustomDomainDNSConfig
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The target for your organization.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomDomainDNSConfig'
              example:
                cname_target: 1a2b3c4d5e6f7890.sailboxes.sailresearch.com
        '401':
          description: The API key is missing or invalid.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error:
                  message: Invalid API key
                  type: authentication_error
                  param: null
                  code: invalid_api_key
        '402':
          description: >-
            The organization is out of credits. The error carries a
            `billing_url` pointing at the page where you add them. Retry once
            you have.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error:
                  message: >-
                    Your API key has been disabled due to insufficient credits.
                    Visit https://app.sailresearch.com/billing to add credits.
                  type: billing_error
                  param: null
                  code: credits_exhausted
                  billing_url: https://app.sailresearch.com/billing
        '403':
          description: >-
            The API key is not allowed to perform this operation, or it is not
            scoped to an organization, which a custom domain target belongs to.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error:
                  message: sailboxes require an organization-scoped API key
                  type: permission_error
                  param: null
                  code: null
        '429':
          description: >-
            For its first ten minutes a new organization is capped on how many
            requests it can have in flight at once, and yours is over that cap.
            The request never started, so retry it unchanged after the delay in
            the `Retry-After` header. The limit clears as those requests finish.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error:
                  message: >-
                    Too many concurrent requests. Please retry after some of
                    your organization's in-flight requests complete.
                  type: rate_limit_error
                  param: null
                  code: rate_limited
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RetryAfter'
        '500':
          description: Server error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error:
                  message: failed to fetch sailbox
                  type: server_error
                  param: null
                  code: null
        '503':
          description: >-
            Sail is momentarily unavailable. Retry after the delay in the
            `Retry-After` header when one is present, and with backoff
            otherwise.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error:
                  message: Authentication service unavailable
                  type: server_error
                  param: null
                  code: null
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RetryAfter'
components:
  schemas:
    CustomDomainDNSConfig:
      type: object
      required:
        - cname_target
      properties:
        cname_target:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Hostname to point your DNS at with a CNAME record. It is the same
            for every domain in your organization, so you can read it once and
            reuse it.
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorObject'
    ErrorObject:
      type: object
      required:
        - message
        - type
        - param
        - code
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable description of what went wrong.
        type:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Error category: `invalid_request_error`, `authentication_error`,
            `permission_error`, `billing_error`, `not_found_error`,
            `conflict_error`, `rate_limit_error`, or `server_error`.
        param:
          oneOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: >-
            The request field the error refers to, when the error is about one
            field.
        code:
          oneOf:
            - type: string
            - type: integer
            - type: 'null'
          description: Stable short code for the error, when one applies.
        billing_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Page where you add credits. Sent with a 402.
      additionalProperties: true
  headers:
    RetryAfter:
      description: >-
        How many seconds to wait before retrying. On a 429 it also means the
        request never started, so the retry can reuse the same
        `Idempotency-Key`.
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 0
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API Key

````