Note
It is recommended, that you read TLD and their Contacts specific information, prior to continuing reading further:
Description
Registers a domain name.
Parameters
| Name |
Data Type |
Required / Optional |
Description |
| auth-userid |
Integer |
Required |
Authentication Parameter |
| api-key or auth-password |
String |
Required |
Authentication Parameter |
| domain-name |
String |
Required |
Domain name that you need to Register.
For an Internationalized Domain Name, refer to the supported character set below:
.COM / .NET IDN: The character set depends upon the language chosen for the Internationalized Domain Name. You can refer to supported character sets here.
Note
the character ς (codepoint=962) is not supported on our platform.
.NAME IDN: The character set depends upon the language chosen for the Internationalized Domain Name. You can refer to supported character sets here.
Note
the character ς (codepoint=962) is not supported on our platform.
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.INFO IDN: The character set depends upon the language chosen for the Internationalized Domain Name. You can refer to supported character sets here.
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.ORG IDN: The character set depends upon the language chosen for the Internationalized Domain Name. You can refer to supported character sets below:
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.BIZ IDN: The character set depends upon the language chosen for the Internationalized Domain Name. You can refer to supported character sets below:
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.TEL IDN: The character set depends upon the language chosen for the Internationalized Domain Name. You can refer to supported character sets below:
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.ASIA IDN: The character set depends upon the language chosen for the Internationalized Domain Name. You can refer to supported character sets here.
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.EU IDN: You can refer to supported character sets here.
.DE IDN: Restricted German characters, English alphabets and digits
Note
the character ß (codepoint=223) is not supported on our platform.
.ES IDN: Restricted Spanish characters, English alphabets and digits
.CO IDN: The character set depends upon the language chosen for the Internationalized Domain Name. You can refer to supported character sets below:
.CA IDN: French characters, English alphabets and digits
.PW IDN: The character set depends upon the language chosen for the Internationalized Domain Name. You can refer to supported character sets here.
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| years |
Integer |
Required |
Number of years for which you wish to Register this domain name. |
| ns |
Array of Strings |
Required |
The Name Servers of the domain name. |
| customer-id |
Integer |
Required |
The Customer for whom you wish to Register this domain name. |
| reg-contact-id |
Integer |
Required |
The Registrant Contact of the domain name. |
| admin-contact-id |
Integer |
Required |
The Administrative Contact of the domain name.
Note
Pass -1 for the following TLDs:
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| tech-contact-id |
Integer |
Required |
The Technical Contact of the domain name.
Note
Pass -1 for the following TLDs:
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| billing-contact-id |
Integer |
Required |
The Billing Contact of the domain name.
Note
Pass -1 for the following TLDs:
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| invoice-option |
String |
Required |
This will decide how the Customer Invoice will be handled. Set any of below mentioned Invoice Options for your Customer:
NoInvoice: This will not raise any Invoice. The Order will be executed.
PayInvoice: This will raise an Invoice and:
if there are sufficient funds in the Customer's Debit Account, then the Invoice will be paid and the Order will be executed.
if there are insufficient funds in the Customer's Debit Account, then the Order will remain pending in the system.
KeepInvoice: This will raise an Invoice for the Customer to pay later. The Order will be executed.
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| protect-privacy |
Boolean |
Required |
Enables / Disables the Privacy Protection setting for the domain name.
Privacy Protection is not supported for the following TLDs (extensions):
.US
.IN
.EU
.UK
.ASIA
.TEL
.CN
.NZ
.CO
.CA
.DE
.ES
.AU
.RU
.PRO
.NL
.SX
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| attr-name |
Map[name] |
Optional |
Mapping key of the extra details needed to register a domain name. Refer the description of attr-value. |
| attr-value |
Map[value] |
Optional |
Mapping value of the extra details required to register a domain name. This together with attr-name shall contain the extra details.
To register an Internationalized Domain Name:
idnLanguageCode: While registering an IDN, you need to provide the corresponding language code:
.COM / .NET IDN: The language code depends upon the language whose characters are used in the domain name. You can refer to the list of languages supported and the corresponding language code.
attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=aze
.NAME IDN: The language code depends upon the language whose characters are used in the domain name. You can refer to the list of languages supported and the corresponding language code.
attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=aze
.INFO IDN: The language code depends upon the language whose characters are used in the domain name. Supported languages and the corresponding language codes are:
Danish - da
German - de
Hungarian - hu
Icelandic - is
Korean - ko
Lithuanian - lt
Latvian - lv
Polish - pl
Swedish - sw
Spanish - es
attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=ko
.ORG IDN: The language code depends upon the language whose characters are used in the domain name. Supported languages and the corresponding language codes are:
Danish - da
German - de
Hungarian - hu
Icelandic - is
Korean - ko
Lithuanian - lt
Latvian - lv
Polish - pl
Swedish - sw
Spanish - es
Chinese - zh-cn
attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=ko
.BIZ IDN: The language code depends upon the language whose characters are used in the domain name. Supported languages and the corresponding language codes are:
Danish - da
German - de
Hungarian - hu
Icelandic - is
Korean - ko
Lithuanian - lt
Latvian - lv
Polish - pl
Swedish - sv
Spanish - es
Chinese - zh
Finnish - fi
Portuguese - pt
Norwegian - no
Japanese - jp
attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=ko
.TEL IDN: The language code depends upon the language whose characters are used in the domain name. Supported languages and the corresponding language codes are:
Danish - da
German - de
Hungarian - hu
Icelandic - is
Korean - ko
Lithuanian - lt
Latvian - lv
Polish - pl
Swedish - sv
Spanish - es
Chinese - zh
Finnish - fi
Portuguese - pt
Norwegian - no
Japanese - jp
French - fr
Russian - ru
attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=ko
.ASIA IDN: The language code depends upon the language whose characters are used in the domain name. Supported languages and the corresponding language codes are:
Korean - ko
Chinese - zh
Japanese - ja
attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=ko
.EU IDN: The language code needs to be mentioned as latin.
attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=latin
.DE IDN: The language code needs to be mentioned as de.
attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=de
.ES IDN: The language code needs to be mentioned as es.
attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=es
.CO IDN: The language code depends upon the language whose characters are used in the domain name. Supported languages and the corresponding language codes are:
Danish - da
Icelandic - is
Spanish - es
Swedish - sv
Finnish - fi
Norwegian - no
Chinese - zh
Japanese - jp
Korean - ko
attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=da
.CA IDN: The language code needs to be mentioned as fr.
attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=fr
.PW IDN: The language code depends upon the language whose characters are used in the domain name. Supported languages and the corresponding language codes are:
Korean - kor
Chinese - chi
Japanese - jpn
Greek - gre
Lao - lao
Thai - tha
Hebrew - heb
Cyrillic - cyr
Latin - lat
Arabic - ara
attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=tha
To register a .ASIA domain name:
cedcontactid: While registering a .ASIA domain name, 'Charter Eligibility Declaration Contact ID' is mandatory. This parameter represents the CED
Contact ID. You may select any one of the Admin, Technical, Billing or Registrant Contacts as a value for this parameter.
attr-name1=cedcontactid&attr-value1=0
To register a .AU domain name:
id-type: Mention the appropriate EligibilityID Type as the value for this attr-name. This is
mandatory.
Send either of the following as the attr-value:
ACN: This is the Registrant's Australian Company Number.
ABN: This is the Registrant's Australian Business Number.
VIC BN: This is the Registrant's Victoria Business Number.
NSW BN: This is the Registrant's New South Wales Business Number.
SA BN: This is the Registrant's South Australia Business Number.
NT BN: This is the Registrant's Northern Territory Business Number.
WA BN: This is the Registrant's Western Australia Business Number.
TAS BN: This is the Registrant's Tasmania Business Number.
ACT BN: This is the Registrant's Australian Capital Territory Business Number.
QLD BN: This is the Registrant's Queensland Business Number.
TM: This is the Registrant's Trademark number.
ARBN: This is the Registrant's Registrant's Australian Registered Body Number (ARBN).
Other
attr-name1=id-type&attr-value1=ACN
id: Mention the appropriate ID as the value for this attr-name, depending upon the EligibilityID Type selected. This is
mandatory. This may be
either a number or string.
attr-name2=id&attr-value2=079 009 340
policyReason: Mention the appropriate Eligibility Reason as the value for this attr-name. This is mandatory.
attr-name3=policyReason&attr-value3=1
Note
Mention the attr-value3 as 1 to indicate Domain Name is an Exact Match OR Abbreviation OR Acronym of your Entity or Trading Name. and send
2 to indicate Close and substantial connection between the domain name and the operations of your Entity.
isAUWarranty: You need to display and accept a warranty from the Registrant. When sending this attribute, it's value needs to be
true.
attr-name4=isAUWarranty&attr-value4=true
eligibilityType: This is mandatory for only the id-type values Trademark and Other. Mention the appropriate value as below.
| id-type |
eligibilityType |
| Trademark |
Trademark Owner or Pending TM Owner |
| Other |
Other |
attr-name5=eligibilityType&attr-value5=Trademark
eligibilityName: This is mandatory for only the id-type value Trademark. Mention the appropriate Eligibility Name (company name) as the value for this attr-name.
attr-name6=eligibilityName&attr-value6=.AU DOMAIN ADMINISTRATION LIMITED
registrantName: This is mandatory for only the id-type values VIC BN, NSW BN, SA BN, NT BN, WA BN, TAS BN, ACT BN, QLD BN, Trademark and Other. Mention the appropriate Registrant Name as the value for this attr-name. This value needs to be the proprietor's name and the proprietor should be an individual.
attr-name7=registrantName&attr-value7=RICHARD MARK
To register a .CN domain name:
If the Registrant plans on hosting the domain name in China, he/she needs to ensure that he/she has a valid MIIT ICP Number and include the below parameters:
cnhosting: This parameter indicates that the domain name will be hosted in China. The value needs to be passed as true.
attr-name1=cnhosting&attr-value1=true
cnhostingclause: Through this parameter, the Registrant agrees to the terms and conditions for hosting the domain name in China. The value needs to be passed as yes.
attr-name2=cnhostingclause&attr-value2=yes
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HTTP Method
POST
Example Test URL Request
https://test.httpapi.com/api/domains/register.xml?auth-userid=0&api-key=key&domain-name=domain.asia&years=1&ns=ns1.domain.com&ns=ns2.domain.com&customer-id=0®-contact-id=0&admin-contact-id=0&tech-contact-id=0&billing-contact-id=0&invoice-option=KeepInvoice&protect-privacy=true
Example Test URL Request for Registering a .COM IDN
https://test.httpapi.com/api/domains/register.xml?auth-userid=0&api-key=key&domain-name=ѯҋ112.com&years=1&ns=ns1.domain.com&ns=ns2.domain.com&customer-id=0®-contact-id=0&admin-contact-id=0&tech-contact-id=0&billing-contact-id=0&invoice-option=KeepInvoice&protect-privacy=false&attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=aze
Example Test URL Request for Registering a .AU Domain Name
https://test.httpapi.com/api/domains/register.xml?auth-userid=0&api-key=key&domain-name=domain.net.au&years=2&ns=ns1.domain.com&ns=ns2.domain.com&customer-id=0®-contact-id=0&admin-contact-id=0&tech-contact-id=0&billing-contact-id=0&invoice-option=KeepInvoice&protect-privacy=false&attr-name1=id-type&attr-value1=ACN&attr-name2=id&attr-value2=079 009 340&attr-name3=policyReason&attr-value3=1&attr-name4=isAUWarranty&attr-value4=true
Example Test URL Request for Registering a .CN Domain Name
https://test.httpapi.com/api/domains/register.xml?auth-userid=0&api-key=key&domain-name=domain.cn&years=1&ns=ns1.domain.com&ns=ns2.domain.com&customer-id=0®-contact-id=0&admin-contact-id=0&tech-contact-id=0&billing-contact-id=0&invoice-option=KeepInvoice&protect-privacy=false&attr-name1=cnhosting&attr-value1=true&attr-name2=cnhostingclause&attr-value2=yes
Response
Returns a hash map containing the below details:
Domain Name (description)
Order ID of the Domain Registration Order (entityid)
Action Type (actiontype)
Description of the Domain Registration Action (actiontypedesc)
Action ID of the Domain Registration Action (eaqid)
Domain Registration Action Status (actionstatus)
Description of the Domain Registration Action Status (actionstatusdesc)
Invoice ID of the Domain Registration Invoice (invoiceid)
Selling Currency of the Reseller (sellingcurrencysymbol)
Selling Price for Customers (sellingamount)
Customer ID associated with the Domain Registration Order (customerid)
Note
invoiceid, sellingcurrencysymbol, sellingamount and customerid will not be returned if invoice-option is set to NoInvoice.
In case of any errors, a status key with value as ERROR alongwith an error message will be returned.