diff --git a/src/models/errors.rs b/src/models/errors.rs
index bfbcd96..688f113 100644
--- a/src/models/errors.rs
+++ b/src/models/errors.rs
@@ -130,6 +130,20 @@ impl From<DnsApiError> for ErrorResponse {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<models::RecordListParseError> for ErrorResponse {
+    fn from(e: models::RecordListParseError) -> Self {
+        models::ErrorResponse::new(
+            Status::BadRequest,
+            "Record list contains records that could not be parsed into DNS records".into()
+        ).with_details(
+            json!({
+                "zone_name": e.zone.to_utf8(),
+                "records": e.bad_records
+            })
+        )
+    }
+}
+
 
 impl<S> From<ErrorResponse> for Outcome<S, ErrorResponse> {
     fn from(e: ErrorResponse) -> Self {
diff --git a/src/models/mod.rs b/src/models/mod.rs
index 0b387b9..32b6a4e 100644
--- a/src/models/mod.rs
+++ b/src/models/mod.rs
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ pub use errors::{UserError, ErrorResponse, make_500};
 pub use name::{AbsoluteName, SerdeName};
 pub use user::{LocalUser, UserInfo, Role, UserZone, User, CreateUserRequest};
 pub use rdata::RData;
-pub use record::Record;
+pub use record::{Record, RecordList, ParseRecordList, RecordListParseError};
 pub use zone::{Zone, AddZoneMemberRequest, CreateZoneRequest};
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diff --git a/src/models/name.rs b/src/models/name.rs
index 0856f11..11438e9 100644
--- a/src/models/name.rs
+++ b/src/models/name.rs
@@ -69,4 +69,10 @@ impl Deref for AbsoluteName {
     fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
         &self.0.0
     }
+}
+
+impl AbsoluteName {
+    pub fn into_inner(self) -> Name {
+        self.0.0
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/models/rdata.rs b/src/models/rdata.rs
index 64c61be..775bce8 100644
--- a/src/models/rdata.rs
+++ b/src/models/rdata.rs
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ impl TryFrom<RData> for dns::RData {
             // TODO: Error out for DNSSEC? Prefer downstream checks?
             RData::DNSSEC(_) => todo!(),
             // TODO: Disallow unknown? (could be used to bypass unsopported types?) Prefer downstream checks?
-            RData::Unknown { code, data } => todo!(),
+            RData::Unknown { code: _code, data: _data } => todo!(),
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/models/record.rs b/src/models/record.rs
index 3c463cd..091a47d 100644
--- a/src/models/record.rs
+++ b/src/models/record.rs
@@ -40,4 +40,41 @@ impl TryFrom<Record> for dns::Record {
         trust_dns_record.set_dns_class(record.dns_class.into());
         Ok(trust_dns_record)
     }
+}
+
+
+pub type RecordList = Vec<Record>;
+
+pub struct RecordListParseError {
+    pub bad_records: Vec<Record>,
+    pub zone: dns::Name,
+}
+
+pub trait ParseRecordList {
+    fn try_into_dns_type(self, zone: dns::Name) -> Result<Vec<dns::Record>, RecordListParseError>;
+}
+
+impl ParseRecordList for RecordList {
+    fn try_into_dns_type(self, zone: dns::Name) -> Result<Vec<dns::Record>, RecordListParseError> {
+        // TODO: What about relative names (also in cnames and stuff)
+        let mut bad_records = Vec::new();
+        let mut records: Vec<dns::Record> = Vec::new();
+
+        for record in self.into_iter() {
+            let this_record = record.clone();
+            if let Ok(record) = record.try_into() {
+                records.push(record);
+            } else {
+                bad_records.push(this_record.clone());
+            }
+        }
+
+        if !bad_records.is_empty() {
+            return Err(RecordListParseError {
+                zone,
+                bad_records,
+            });
+        }
+        return Ok(records)
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/routes/zones.rs b/src/routes/zones.rs
index 91032dd..ca91a21 100644
--- a/src/routes/zones.rs
+++ b/src/routes/zones.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-use std::convert::TryInto;
-use serde_json::json;
 use rocket::Response;
 use rocket::http::Status;
 
 use rocket_contrib::json::Json;
 
 use crate::DbConn;
-use crate::models;
 use crate::dns;
+use crate::models;
 use crate::dns::{RecordApi, ZoneApi};
+use crate::models::{ParseRecordList};
 
 
 #[get("/zones/<zone>/records")]
@@ -58,33 +57,14 @@ pub async fn create_zone_records(
         }
     }).await?;
 
-    // TODO: What about relative names (also in cnames and stuff)
-    let mut bad_records = Vec::new();
-    let mut records: Vec<dns::Record> = Vec::new();
-
-    for record in new_records.into_inner().into_iter() {
-        let this_record = record.clone();
-        if let Ok(record) = record.try_into() {
-            records.push(record);
-        } else {
-            bad_records.push(this_record.clone());
-        }
-    }
-
-    if !bad_records.is_empty() {
-        return models::ErrorResponse::new(
-            Status::BadRequest,
-            "Record list contains records that could not been parsed into DNS records".into()
-        ).with_details(
-            json!({
-                "zone_name": zone.to_utf8(),
-                "records": bad_records
-            })
-        ).err();
-    }
 
     let mut dns_api = dns::DnsApiClient::new(client);
-    dns_api.add_records(zone.clone(), dns::DNSClass::IN, records).await?;
+
+    dns_api.add_records(
+        zone.clone(),
+        models::DNSClass::IN.into(),
+        new_records.into_inner().try_into_dns_type(zone.into_inner())?
+    ).await?;
 
     return Ok(Json(()));
 }