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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+#
+#HETZNER_Token="sdfsdfsdfljlbjkljlkjsdfoiwje"
+#
+
+HETZNER_Api="https://dns.hetzner.com/api/v1"
+
+########  Public functions #####################
+
+# Usage: add  _acme-challenge.www.domain.com   "XKrxpRBosdIKFzxW_CT3KLZNf6q0HG9i01zxXp5CPBs"
+# Used to add txt record
+# Ref: https://dns.hetzner.com/api-docs/
+dns_hetzner_add() {
+  full_domain=$1
+  txt_value=$2
+
+  HETZNER_Token="${HETZNER_Token:-$(_readaccountconf_mutable HETZNER_Token)}"
+
+  if [ -z "$HETZNER_Token" ]; then
+    HETZNER_Token=""
+    _err "You didn't specify a Hetzner api token."
+    _err "You can get yours from here https://dns.hetzner.com/settings/api-token."
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  #save the api key and email to the account conf file.
+  _saveaccountconf_mutable HETZNER_Token "$HETZNER_Token"
+
+  _debug "First detect the root zone"
+
+  if ! _get_root "$full_domain"; then
+    _err "Invalid domain"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  _debug _domain_id "$_domain_id"
+  _debug _sub_domain "$_sub_domain"
+  _debug _domain "$_domain"
+
+  _debug "Getting TXT records"
+  if ! _find_record "$_sub_domain" "$txt_value"; then
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  if [ -z "$_record_id" ]; then
+    _info "Adding record"
+    if _hetzner_rest POST "records" "{\"zone_id\":\"${HETZNER_Zone_ID}\",\"type\":\"TXT\",\"name\":\"$_sub_domain\",\"value\":\"$txt_value\",\"ttl\":120}"; then
+      if _contains "$response" "$txt_value"; then
+        _info "Record added, OK"
+        _sleep 2
+        return 0
+      fi
+    fi
+    _err "Add txt record error${_response_error}"
+    return 1
+  else
+    _info "Found record id: $_record_id."
+    _info "Record found, do nothing."
+    return 0;
+#    # we could modify a record, if the names for txt records for *.example.com and example.com would be not the same
+#    if _hetzner_rest PUT "records/${_record_id}" "{\"zone_id\":\"${HETZNER_Zone_ID}\",\"type\":\"TXT\",\"name\":\"$full_domain\",\"value\":\"$txt_value\",\"ttl\":120}"; then
+#      if _contains "$response" "$txt_value"; then
+#        _info "Modified, OK"
+#        return 0
+#      fi
+#    fi
+#    _err "Add txt record error (modify)."
+#    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+# Usage: full_domain txt_value
+# Used to remove the txt record after validation
+dns_hetzner_rm() {
+  full_domain=$1
+  txt_value=$2
+
+  HETZNER_Token="${HETZNER_Token:-$(_readaccountconf_mutable HETZNER_Token)}"
+
+  _debug "First detect the root zone"
+  if ! _get_root "$full_domain"; then
+    _err "Invalid domain"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  _debug _domain_id "$_domain_id"
+  _debug _sub_domain "$_sub_domain"
+  _debug _domain "$_domain"
+
+  _debug "Getting TXT records"
+  if ! _find_record "$_sub_domain" "$txt_value"; then
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  if [ -z "$_record_id" ]; then
+    _info "Remove not needed. Record not found."
+  else
+    if ! _hetzner_rest DELETE "records/$_record_id"; then
+      _err "Delete record error${_response_error}"
+      return 1
+    fi
+    _sleep 2
+    _info "Record deleted"
+  fi
+}
+
+####################  Private functions below ##################################
+#returns
+# _record_id=a8d58f22d6931bf830eaa0ec6464bf81  if found; or 1 if error
+_find_record() {
+  unset _record_id;
+  _record_name=$1
+  _record_value=$2
+
+  if [ -z "$_record_value" ]; then
+    _record_value="[^\"]*"
+  fi
+
+  _debug "Getting all records"
+  _hetzner_rest GET "records?zone_id=${_domain_id}"
+
+  if _response_has_error; then
+    _err "Error${_response_error}"
+    return 1
+  else
+    _record_id=$(
+      echo "$response" \
+        | grep -o "{[^\{\}]*\"name\":\"$_record_name\"[^\}]*}" \
+        | grep "\"value\":\"$_record_value\"" \
+        | while read -r record; do
+          # test for type and
+          if [ -n "$(echo "$record" | _egrep_o '"type":"TXT"')" ]; then
+            echo "$record" | _egrep_o "\"id\":\"[^\"]*\"" | cut -d : -f 2 | tr -d \"
+            break
+          fi
+        done
+      )
+  fi
+}
+
+#_acme-challenge.www.domain.com
+#returns
+# _sub_domain=_acme-challenge.www
+# _domain=domain.com
+# _domain_id=sdjkglgdfewsdfg
+_get_root() {
+  domain=$1
+  i=1
+  p=1
+
+  domain_without_acme=$(echo "$domain" | cut -d . -f 2-)
+  domain_param_name=$(echo "HETZNER_Zone_ID_for_${domain_without_acme}" | sed 's/[\.\-]/_/g')
+
+  _debug "Reading zone_id for '$domain_without_acme' from config..."
+  HETZNER_Zone_ID=$(_readdomainconf "$domain_param_name")
+  if [ "$HETZNER_Zone_ID" ]; then
+    _debug "Found, using: $HETZNER_Zone_ID"
+    if ! _hetzner_rest GET "zones/${HETZNER_Zone_ID}"; then
+      _debug "Zone with id '$HETZNER_Zone_ID' not exists."
+      _cleardomainconf "$domain_param_name"
+      unset HETZNER_Zone_ID
+    else
+      if _contains "$response" "\"id\":\"$HETZNER_Zone_ID\""; then
+        _domain=$(printf "%s\n" "$response" | _egrep_o "\"name\":\"[^\"]*\"" | cut -d : -f 2 | tr -d \" | head -n 1)
+        if [ "$_domain" ]; then
+          _cut_length=$((${#domain} - ${#_domain} - 1))
+          _sub_domain=$(printf "%s" "$domain" | cut -c "1-$_cut_length")
+          _domain_id="$HETZNER_Zone_ID"
+          return 0
+        else
+          return 1
+        fi
+      else
+        return 1
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  _debug "Trying to get zone id by domain name for '$domain_without_acme'."
+  while true; do
+    h=$(printf "%s" "$domain" | cut -d . -f $i-100)
+    if [ -z "$h" ]; then
+      #not valid
+      return 1
+    fi
+    _debug h "$h"
+
+    _hetzner_rest GET "zones?name=$h"
+
+    if _contains "$response" "\"name\":\"$h\"" || _contains "$response" '"total_entries":1'; then
+      _domain_id=$(echo "$response" | _egrep_o "\[.\"id\":\"[^\"]*\"" | _head_n 1 | cut -d : -f 2 | tr -d \")
+      if [ "$_domain_id" ]; then
+        _sub_domain=$(printf "%s" "$domain" | cut -d . -f 1-$p)
+        _domain=$h
+        HETZNER_Zone_ID=$_domain_id
+        _savedomainconf "$domain_param_name" "$HETZNER_Zone_ID"
+        return 0
+      fi
+      return 1
+    fi
+    p=$i
+    i=$(_math "$i" + 1)
+  done
+  return 1
+}
+
+#returns
+# _response_error
+_response_has_error() {
+   unset _response_error
+
+   err_part="$(echo "$response" | _egrep_o '"error":{[^}]*}')"
+
+   if [ -n "$err_part" ]; then
+     err_code=$(echo "$err_part" | _egrep_o '"code":[0-9]+' | cut -d : -f 2)
+     err_message=$(echo "$err_part" | _egrep_o '"message":"[^"]+"' | cut -d : -f 2 | tr -d \")
+
+     if [ -n "$err_code" ] && [ -n "$err_message" ]; then
+       _response_error=" - message: ${err_message}, code: ${err_code}"
+       return 0
+     fi
+   fi
+
+   return 1
+}
+
+#returns
+# response
+_hetzner_rest() {
+  m=$1
+  ep="$2"
+  data="$3"
+  _debug "$ep"
+
+  key_trimmed=$(echo "$HETZNER_Token" | tr -d \")
+
+  export _H1="Content-TType: application/json"
+  export _H2="Auth-API-Token: $key_trimmed"
+
+  if [ "$m" != "GET" ]; then
+    _debug data "$data"
+    response="$(_post "$data" "$HETZNER_Api/$ep" "" "$m")"
+  else
+    response="$(_get "$HETZNER_Api/$ep")"
+  fi
+
+  if [ "$?" != "0" ] || _response_has_error; then
+    _debug "Error$_response_error"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  _debug2 response "$response"
+  return 0
+}