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name.com Core API Reference
- GETList Domains
- POSTCreate Domain
- GETGet Domain
- PATCHUpdate a domain
- GETGet Auth Code For Domain
- GETGet Pricing For Domain
- POSTPurchase Privacy
- POSTRenew Domain
- POSTSet Contacts
- POSTSet Nameservers
- POSTCheck Availability
- POSTSearch
- POSTZone Check
- POSTDisable Autorenewdeprecated
- POSTDisable Whois Privacydeprecated
- POSTEnable Autorenewdeprecated
- POSTEnable Whois Privacydeprecated
- POSTLock Domaindeprecated
- POSTUnlock Domaindeprecated
- GET
Resources
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.dev.name.com/core/v1/domains/{domainName}:enableAutorenew \
--header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>' \
--header 'Content-Type: <content-type>'{
"domainName": "example.com",
"createDate": "2023-01-15T14:30:00Z",
"expireDate": "2025-01-15T14:30:00Z",
"autorenewEnabled": true,
"locked": true,
"privacyEnabled": true,
"contacts": {
"admin": {
"firstName": "John",
"lastName": "Doe",
"companyName": "Example Inc.",
"address1": "123 Main Street",
"address2": "Suite 400",
"city": "New York",
"state": "NY",
"zip": "10001",
"country": "US",
"email": "[email protected]",
"phone": "+15551234567",
"fax": "+15557654321",
"isVerified": true
},
"billing": {
"firstName": "John",
"lastName": "Doe",
"companyName": "Example Inc.",
"address1": "123 Main Street",
"address2": "Suite 400",
"city": "New York",
"state": "NY",
"zip": "10001",
"country": "US",
"email": "[email protected]",
"phone": "+15551234567",
"fax": "+15557654321",
"isVerified": true
},
"registrant": {
"firstName": "John",
"lastName": "Doe",
"companyName": "Example Inc.",
"address1": "123 Main Street",
"address2": "Suite 400",
"city": "New York",
"state": "NY",
"zip": "10001",
"country": "US",
"email": "[email protected]",
"phone": "+15551234567",
"fax": "+15557654321",
"isVerified": true
},
"tech": {
"firstName": "John",
"lastName": "Doe",
"companyName": "Example Inc.",
"address1": "123 Main Street",
"address2": "Suite 400",
"city": "New York",
"state": "NY",
"zip": "10001",
"country": "US",
"email": "[email protected]",
"phone": "+15551234567",
"fax": "+15557654321",
"isVerified": true
}
},
"nameservers": [
"ns1.example.com",
"ns2.example.com"
],
"renewalPrice": 12.99
}Enable Autorenew
Turns on automatic renewal for a domain. DEPRECATED This endpoint is deprecated in favor of the new UpdateDomain API. This will be removed in a future release.
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.dev.name.com/core/v1/domains/{domainName}:enableAutorenew \
--header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>' \
--header 'Content-Type: <content-type>'{
"domainName": "example.com",
"createDate": "2023-01-15T14:30:00Z",
"expireDate": "2025-01-15T14:30:00Z",
"autorenewEnabled": true,
"locked": true,
"privacyEnabled": true,
"contacts": {
"admin": {
"firstName": "John",
"lastName": "Doe",
"companyName": "Example Inc.",
"address1": "123 Main Street",
"address2": "Suite 400",
"city": "New York",
"state": "NY",
"zip": "10001",
"country": "US",
"email": "[email protected]",
"phone": "+15551234567",
"fax": "+15557654321",
"isVerified": true
},
"billing": {
"firstName": "John",
"lastName": "Doe",
"companyName": "Example Inc.",
"address1": "123 Main Street",
"address2": "Suite 400",
"city": "New York",
"state": "NY",
"zip": "10001",
"country": "US",
"email": "[email protected]",
"phone": "+15551234567",
"fax": "+15557654321",
"isVerified": true
},
"registrant": {
"firstName": "John",
"lastName": "Doe",
"companyName": "Example Inc.",
"address1": "123 Main Street",
"address2": "Suite 400",
"city": "New York",
"state": "NY",
"zip": "10001",
"country": "US",
"email": "[email protected]",
"phone": "+15551234567",
"fax": "+15557654321",
"isVerified": true
},
"tech": {
"firstName": "John",
"lastName": "Doe",
"companyName": "Example Inc.",
"address1": "123 Main Street",
"address2": "Suite 400",
"city": "New York",
"state": "NY",
"zip": "10001",
"country": "US",
"email": "[email protected]",
"phone": "+15551234567",
"fax": "+15557654321",
"isVerified": true
}
},
"nameservers": [
"ns1.example.com",
"ns2.example.com"
],
"renewalPrice": 12.99
}Authorizations
Authenticate via HTTP Basic with your account username and API token. Examples use an explicit 'Authorization: Basic <base64(username:token)>' header; 'curl -u username:token' is equivalent. For sandbox, append "-test" to your username and use your sandbox token on api.dev.name.com.
Headers
Required Content-Type Header for POST requests.
application/json Path Parameters
DomainName is the domain name to enable autorenew for.
Response
A successful response.
Domain contains all relevant data for a domain.
The punycode-encoded value of the domain name.
"example.com"
The date and time when the domain was created at the registry.
"2023-01-15T14:30:00Z"
The date and time when the domain will expire.
"2025-01-15T14:30:00Z"
Indicates whether the domain is set to renew automatically before expiration.
true
Indicates if the domain is locked, preventing transfers to another registrar.
true
Indicates if Whois Privacy is enabled for this domain.
true
Contacts stores the contact information for the roles related to domains.
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Contact contains all relevant contact data for a domain registrant. This schema is used for API responses and may contain null values for legacy data. For creating or updating contacts, use ContactRequest which enforces all validation requirements.
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First name of the contact.
"John"
Last name of the contact.
"Doe"
Company name of the contact. Leave blank if the contact is an individual, as some registries may assume it is a corporate entity otherwise.
"Example Inc."
The first line of the contact's address.
"123 Main Street"
The second line of the contact's address (optional).
"Suite 400"
City of the contact's address.
"New York"
State or Province of the contact's address.
"NY"
ZIP or Postal Code of the contact's address.
"10001"
Country code for the contact's address. Must be an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
"US"
Email address of the contact. Must be a valid email format. The validation is performed against the addr-spec syntax in RFC 822
Phone number of the contact. Should follow the E.164 international format: "+[country code][number]".
"+15551234567"
Fax number of the contact. Should follow the E.164 international format: "+[country code][number]".
"+15557654321"
Indicates if the contact has been verified as per ICANN requirements. If the value is false it indicates that the contact has not completed the required verification process. This property is read-only and will be included in responses but should not be included in requests.
true
Contact contains all relevant contact data for a domain registrant. This schema is used for API responses and may contain null values for legacy data. For creating or updating contacts, use ContactRequest which enforces all validation requirements.
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First name of the contact.
"John"
Last name of the contact.
"Doe"
Company name of the contact. Leave blank if the contact is an individual, as some registries may assume it is a corporate entity otherwise.
"Example Inc."
The first line of the contact's address.
"123 Main Street"
The second line of the contact's address (optional).
"Suite 400"
City of the contact's address.
"New York"
State or Province of the contact's address.
"NY"
ZIP or Postal Code of the contact's address.
"10001"
Country code for the contact's address. Must be an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
"US"
Email address of the contact. Must be a valid email format. The validation is performed against the addr-spec syntax in RFC 822
Phone number of the contact. Should follow the E.164 international format: "+[country code][number]".
"+15551234567"
Fax number of the contact. Should follow the E.164 international format: "+[country code][number]".
"+15557654321"
Indicates if the contact has been verified as per ICANN requirements. If the value is false it indicates that the contact has not completed the required verification process. This property is read-only and will be included in responses but should not be included in requests.
true
Contact contains all relevant contact data for a domain registrant. This schema is used for API responses and may contain null values for legacy data. For creating or updating contacts, use RegistrantContactRequest which enforces all validation requirements.
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First name of the contact.
"John"
Last name of the contact.
"Doe"
Company name of the contact. Leave blank if the contact is an individual. Please be advised that ICANN policy links the "Company Name" field (Organization) in your domain's contact details to its legal ownership. If this field contains information, the listed organization is considered the legal "Registered Name Holder" (domain owner).
"Example Inc."
The first line of the contact's address.
"123 Main Street"
The second line of the contact's address (optional).
"Suite 400"
City of the contact's address.
"New York"
State or Province of the contact's address.
"NY"
ZIP or Postal Code of the contact's address.
"10001"
Country code for the contact's address. Must be an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
"US"
Email address of the contact. Must be a valid email format. The validation is performed against the addr-spec syntax in RFC 822
Phone number of the contact. Should follow the E.164 international format: "+[country code][number]".
"+15551234567"
Fax number of the contact. Should follow the E.164 international format: "+[country code][number]".
"+15557654321"
Indicates if the contact has been verified as per ICANN requirements. If the value is false it indicates that the contact has not completed the required verification process. This property is read-only and will be included in responses but should not be included in requests.
true
Contact contains all relevant contact data for a domain registrant. This schema is used for API responses and may contain null values for legacy data. For creating or updating contacts, use ContactRequest which enforces all validation requirements.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
First name of the contact.
"John"
Last name of the contact.
"Doe"
Company name of the contact. Leave blank if the contact is an individual, as some registries may assume it is a corporate entity otherwise.
"Example Inc."
The first line of the contact's address.
"123 Main Street"
The second line of the contact's address (optional).
"Suite 400"
City of the contact's address.
"New York"
State or Province of the contact's address.
"NY"
ZIP or Postal Code of the contact's address.
"10001"
Country code for the contact's address. Must be an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
"US"
Email address of the contact. Must be a valid email format. The validation is performed against the addr-spec syntax in RFC 822
Phone number of the contact. Should follow the E.164 international format: "+[country code][number]".
"+15551234567"
Fax number of the contact. Should follow the E.164 international format: "+[country code][number]".
"+15557654321"
Indicates if the contact has been verified as per ICANN requirements. If the value is false it indicates that the contact has not completed the required verification process. This property is read-only and will be included in responses but should not be included in requests.
true
The list of nameservers assigned to this domain. If unspecified, it defaults to the account's default nameservers.
["ns1.example.com", "ns2.example.com"]The cost to renew the domain. This may be required for the RenewDomain operation.
12.99
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