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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# pdns-tools
+# https://git.stack-source.com/msb/pdns-tools
+# MIT License Copyright (c) 2022 Matthew Saunders Brown
+
+# load include file
+source $(dirname $0)/pdns.sh
+
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "$thisfilename"
+  echo "Check if Zone is extant (exits)."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename -z <zone> [-h]"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  echo "  -z <zone>     Zone to get."
+  echo
+  echo "                Echoes 'true' if zone exists, 'false' if zone does not exist, 'error' with exit code 1 on error."
+}
+
+pdns:getoptions "$@"
+
+# check for zone
+if [[ -z $zone ]]; then
+  echo "zone is required"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# export zone and check http status
+zone_status=$(/usr/bin/curl --silent --output /dev/null --write-out "%{http_code}" -H "X-API-Key: $api_key" $api_base_url/zones/$zone?rrsets=false)
+
+if [[ $zone_status = 200 ]]; then
+  # zone exists
+  echo true
+elif [[ $zone_status = 404 ]]; then
+  # zone does not exist
+  echo false
+else
+  # error, unexpected response code
+  echo error
+  exit 1
+fi