Revision as of 22:29, 17 February 2013

Domain Name Registration API

Public API to manage domain name registration records including domain availability check, domain registration, renewal, transfer, whois editing, name server changes, host record creation, locking, additional features, special; registration attributes, domain security, supported TLDs and more.

• todo
  • document lock / unlock
  • document name server updates
  • document whois updates

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Domain Name Availability Check

• GET /domains/{domainName} - Check a domain name for availability
• GET /domains/{domainName}/namespinner - Get availability results for suggested names

Domain Name Management

Get domain details

• GET /domains/{domainName}/details - Get information about the given domain name such as creation date, name servers, lock status and whois info.

Lock / Unlock

• PUT /domains/{domainName}/lock - Place a lock on a domain name that prevents unauthorized transfer or changes
• DELETE /domains/{domainName}/lock - Remove a lock on a domain

Change Name Servers

• PUT /domains/{domainName}/nameservers - Change the name servers used to serve the DNS of the domain

Edit Whois contacts

• PUT /domains/{domainName}/{contactType} - Changes the contact info of a domain name

See also

• Common Features