Register

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 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 sets mentioned below:

Note

The domain name used in the API call can be in Unicode (the native language) or in Punycode format.

Example: The domain name can be provided as ??111 (Unicode) or xn--111-dkd4l (Punycode).

domain-name=??111 domain-name=xn--111-dkd4l

years Integer Required

Number of years for which you wish to Register this domain name.

Note

.AI Domains can only be registered for 2 years.

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:

  • .EU

  • .RU

  • .UK

tech-contact-id Integer Required

The Technical Contact of the domain name.

Note

Pass -1 for the following TLDs:

  • .EU

  • .FR

  • .RU

  • .UK

billing-contact-id Integer Required

The Billing Contact of the domain name.

Note

Pass -1 for the following TLDs:

  • .CA

  • .EU

  • .FR

  • .RU

  • .UK

  • .LONDON

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.

  • OnlyAdd: This will raise an Invoice for the Customer to pay later. The registration action request will remain pending.

purchase-privacy Boolean optional

Adds the Privacy Protection service for the domain name.

Privacy Protection is not supported for the following TLDs (extensions):

  • .ASIA

  • .CA

  • .CN

  • .ORG.CO, .MIL.CO, .GOV.CO, .EDU.CO

  • .EU

  • .FR

  • .IN

  • .PRO

  • .RU

  • .TEL

  • .UK

  • .US

protect-privacy Boolean Optional

Enables / Disables the Privacy Protection setting for the domain name.

auto-renew Boolean Required

Enables / Disables the Auto Renewal setting for the domain name.

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:

    • .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:

      • Chinese - zh

      • Danish - da

      • Finnish - fi

      • German - de

      • Hungarian - hu

      • Icelandic - is

      • Japanese - jp

      • Korean - ko

      • Lithuanian - lt

      • Latvian - lv

      • Norwegian - no

      • Polish - pl

      • Portuguese - pt

      • Spanish - es

      • Swedish - sv

      attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=ko

    • .CA IDN: The language code needs to be mentioned as fr.

      attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=fr

    • .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:

      • Chinese - zh

      • Danish - da

      • Finnish - fi

      • Icelandic - is

      • Japanese - jp

      • Korean - ko

      • Norwegian - no

      • Spanish - es

      • Swedish - sv

      attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=da

    • .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

    • .EU IDN: The language code needs to be mentioned as latin.

      attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=latin

    • .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

      • Latvian - lv

      • Lithuanian - lt

      • Polish - pl

      • Spanish - es

      • Swedish - sv

      attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=ko

    • .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

    • .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:

      • Chinese - zh-cn (for IDN.org domain name and .?? domain name - the Chinese IDN for .org)

      • Cyrillic - ru (for .??? domain name - the Russian IDN for .org)

      • Danish - da

      • German - de

      • Hindi - hin-deva (for .????? domain name - the Hindi IDN for .org)

      • Hungarian - hu

      • Icelandic - is

      • Korean - ko

      • Latvian - lv

      • Lithuanian - lt

      • Polish - pl

      • Spanish - es

      • Swedish - sv

      attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=ko

    • .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:

      • Arabic - ara

      • Chinese - chi

      • Cyrillic - cyr

      • Greek - gre

      • Hebrew - heb

      • Japanese - jpn

      • Korean - kor

      • Lao - lao

      • Latin - lat

      • Thai - tha

      attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=tha

    • .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:

      • Chinese - zh

      • Danish - da

      • French - fr

      • Finnish - fi

      • German - de

      • Hungarian - hu

      • Icelandic - is

      • Japanese - jp

      • Korean - ko

      • Latvian - lv

      • Lithuanian - lt

      • Norwegian - no

      • Polish - pl

      • Portuguese - pt

      • Russian - ru

      • Spanish - es

      • Swedish - sv

      attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=ko

    • CentralNic IDN: The language code depends upon the language whose characters are used in the domain name. Supported languages and the corresponding language codes are:

      • .EU.COM:

        • Arabic - ara

        • Cyrillic - cyr

        • Greek - gre

        • Hebrew - heb

        • Latin - lat

      • .GB.COM, .QC.COM, .DE.COM, .GB.NET, .NO.COM, .HU.COM, .UY.COM, .ZA.COM, .BR.COM, .SE.COM, .SE.NET, .UK.COM and .UK.NET:

        • Latin - lat

      • .AE.ORG and .SA.COM:

        • Arabic - ara

      • .KR.COM:

        • Korean - kor

      • .US.COM:

        • Arabic - ara

        • Chinese - chi

        • Cyrillic - cyr

        • Greek - gre

        • Hebrew - heb

        • Japanese - jpn

        • Latin - lat

      • .GR.COM:

        • Greek - gre

      • .JPN.COM:

        • Japanese - jpn

      • .CN.COM:

        • Chinese - chi

      • .RU.COM:

        • Cyrillic - cyr

      attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=lat

  • To register a Domain Name in the Sunrise Phase:

    • phase: Mention the phase as sunrise.

      attr-name1=phase&attr-value1=sunrise

    • smd: Pass the content of the smd file as the value for this attr-name.

      attr-name2=smd&attr-value2=<smd_file_content>

  • To register a Domain Name in the Pre-Registration Phase:

    phase: Mention the phase as

    • prega for regular pre-registration

      attr-name1=phase&attr-value1=prega

    • landrush for priority pre-registration

      attr-name1=phase&attr-value1=landrush

  • To register a domain name that has a Trademark Claim:

    tm-claim: Mention the value for this additional parameter as accepted.

    attr-name1=tm-claim&attr-value1=accepted

  • 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 .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

  • To register a .FR domain name:

    If the Registrant or Admin contact being associated with a .FR domain name belongs to one of the European nations and the contact is of type Organization, a message on the following lines will need to be displayed to the user: "Important information regarding your contact data. We are contractually obligated to share your personal information with the registry for this TLD. This means that your personal information will be transferred to the registry and may be published in the public WHOIS. For details on why we share your personal information, please review our Privacy Policy and the Domain Registration Agreement." This will be validated using a tnc parameter in the API call.

    attr-name1=tnc&attr-value1=Y

  • To register a .SCOT domain name:

    intended-use: This parameter indicates the intended use of the .SCOT domain name. For example, commercial use, statistic website, cultural, blog etc.

    attr-name1=intended-use&attr-value1=commercial use

  • If the Registrant contact being associated with a domain name belongs to one of the European nations, a message on the following lines will need to be displayed to the user:

    "Important information regarding your contact data. We are contractually obligated to share your personal information with the registry for this TLD. This means that your personal information will be transferred to the registry and may be published in the public WHOIS.

    For details on why we share your personal information, please review our Privacy Policy and the Domain Registration Agreement."  This will be validated using a tnc parameter in the API call.attr-name2=tnc&attr-value2=Y

  • To register a .TEL domain name:

    • whois-type: This parameter indicates whether the Registrant is an Individual or an Oragnization. The value needs to be passed as either Natural (for Individual) or Legal (for Oragnization).

      attr-name1=whois-type&attr-value1=Legal

    • publish: This parameter indicates whether the Contact Details associated with a .TEL domain name need to be published or excluded from the publicly available Whois database. The value needs to be passed as either Y or N.

      This parameter is required if whois-type parameter is Natural, otherwise is it Optional.

      attr-name2=publish&attr-value2=Y

    Note

    You may exclude the whois-type parameter itself from the API call, since it is optional. In that case,:

    • whois-type will be automatically set to Legal,

      AND

    • you need not pass the publish parameter.

  • To register a 2nd Level .UK domain name with a non UK Registrant Contact, specify an additional Service Contact: See details:

    service-contact: Mention the Contact ID of the Service Contact.

    attr-name1=service-contact&attr-value1=0

  • To register a .LAWYER, .ATTORNEY domain name:

    REGULATORY BODY: The Regulatory Body information is collected during the registration process. This information is only required if the registrant is offering professional services related to the TLD

    attr-name1=regulatorybody&attr-value1=<regulatory-body-here>

  • To register a .AIRFORCE, .ARMY, .APP, .DEGREE, .DEV, .ENGINEER, .GIVES, .LAW, .MARKET, .MORTGAGE, .NAVY, .PAGE, .REHAB, .SOFTWARE, .VET, .VOTE, .VOTO domain name:

    TNC: stands for Terms and Conditions

    Any other value for attr-value1 except y or Y will result in an error "Please accept the Terms & Conditions".

    attr-name1=tnc&attr-value1=y

  • To register a .DENTIST domain name:

    TNC: stands for Terms and Conditions

    Any other value for attr-value1 except y or Y will result in an error "Please accept the Terms & Conditions".

    REGULATORY BODY: The Regulatory Body information is collected during the registration process. This information is only required if the registrant is offering professional services related to the TLD

    attr-name1=tnc&attr-value1=y&attr-name2=regulatorybody&attr-value2=<regulatory-body>

discount-amount Float Optional Discount amount for the order value.
purchase-premium-dns Boolean Optional Purchase Premium DNS service. 

HTTP Method

POST

Example Test URL Request

https://test.httpapi.com/api/domains/register.xml?auth-userid=0&api-key=key&domain-name=domain.com&years=1&ns=ns1.domain.com&ns=ns2.domain.com&customer-id=0&reg-contact-id=0&admin-contact-id=0&tech-contact-id=0&billing-contact-id=0&invoice-option=KeepInvoice&discount-amount=0.0

Example Test URL Request for Registering a Domain Name with Privacy Protection

https://test.httpapi.com/api/domains/register.xml?auth-userid=0&api-key=key&domain-name=domain.com&years=1&ns=ns1.domain.com&ns=ns2.domain.com&customer-id=0&reg-contact-id=0&admin-contact-id=0&tech-contact-id=0&billing-contact-id=0&invoice-option=KeepInvoice&purchase-privacy=true&discount-amount=0.0

Example Test URL Request for Registering a Domain Name in the Sunrise Phase

https://test.httpapi.com/api/domains/register.xml?auth-userid=0&api-key=key&domain-name=domains1.bike&years=1&ns=ns1.domain.com&ns=ns2.domain.com&customerid=0&reg-contact-id=0&admin-contact-id=0&tech-contact-id=0&billing-contact-id=0&invoice-option=KeepInvoice&discount-amount=0.0&attr-name1=phase&attr-value1=sunrise&attr-name2=smd&attr-value2=<smd_file_content>

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&reg-contact-id=0&admin-contact-id=0&tech-contact-id=0&billing-contact-id=0&invoice-option=KeepInvoice&discount-amount=0.0&attr-name1=cnhosting&attr-value1=true&attr-name2=cnhostingclause&attr-value2=yes

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=??112.com&years=1&ns=ns1.domain.com&ns=ns2.domain.com&customer-id=0&reg-contact-id=0&admin-contact-id=0&tech-contact-id=0&billing-contact-id=0&invoice-option=KeepInvoice&discount-amount=0.0&attr-name1=idnLanguageCode&attr-value1=aze

Example Test URL Request for Registering a .TEL Domain Name

https://test.httpapi.com/api/domains/register.xml?auth-userid=0&api-key=key&domain-name=domain.tel&years=1&ns=ns1.domain.com&ns=ns2.domain.com&customer-id=0&reg-contact-id=0&admin-contact-id=0&tech-contact-id=0&billing-contact-id=0&invoice-option=KeepInvoice&discount-amount=0.0&attr-name1=whois-type&attr-value1=Natural&attr-name2=publish&attr-value2=N

Example Test URL Request for Registry Premium domain registration

https://test.httpapi.com/api/domains/register.xml?auth-userid=0&api-key=key&domain-name=domain.com&years=1&ns=ns1.domain.com&ns=ns2.domain.com&customer-id=0&reg-contact-id=0&admin-contact-id=0&tech-contact-id=0&billing-contact-id=0&invoice-option=KeepInvoice&discount-amount=0.0&attr-name1=premium&attr-value1=true

Example Test URL Request for domain registration in EAP

https://test.httpapi.com/api/domains/register.xml?auth-userid=0&api-key=key&domain-name=domain.com&years=1&ns=ns1.domain.com&ns=ns2.domain.com&customer-id=0&reg-contact-id=0&admin-contact-id=0&tech-contact-id=0&billing-contact-id=0&invoice-option=KeepInvoice&discount-amount=0.0&attr-name1=eap&attr-value1=true

Example Test URL Request for Registry Premium domain registration in EAP

https://test.httpapi.com/api/domains/register.xml?auth-userid=0&api-key=key&domain-name=domain.com&years=1&ns=ns1.domain.com&ns=ns2.domain.com&customer-id=0&reg-contact-id=0&admin-contact-id=0&tech-contact-id=0&billing-contact-id=0&invoice-option=KeepInvoice&discount-amount=0.0&attr-name1=premium&attr-value1=true&attr-name2=eap&attr-value2=true

Example Test URL Request for Registering a .LAT Domain Name

https://test.httpapi.com/api/domains/register.xml?auth-userid=0&api-key=key&domain-name=domain.com&years=1&ns=ns1.domain.com&ns=ns2.domain.com&customer-id=0&reg-contact-id=0&admin-contact-id=0&tech-contact-id=0&billing-contact-id=0&invoice-option=KeepInvoice&discount-amount=0.0

Note

For a .lat domain name it is recommended, that you create a contact with the contact type as MXContact. Click here for more information on creating a contact.

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)

  • Transaction Amount in the Selling Currency (sellingamount)

  • Unutilized Transaction Amount in the Selling Currency (unutilisedsellingamount)

  • Customer ID associated with the Domain Registration Order (customerid)

  • Discount Amount (discount-amount)

  • Privacy Protection Details (privacydetails)

    • Domain Name (description)

    • Order ID of the Domain Registration Order (entityid)

    • Action Type (actiontype)

    • Description of the Privacy Protection Purchase Action (actiontypedesc)

    • Action ID of the Privacy Protection Purchase Action (eaqid)

    • Privacy Protection Purchase Action Status (actionstatus)

    • Description of the Privacy Protection Purchase Action Status (actionstatusdesc)

    • Invoice ID of the Privacy Protection Purchase Invoice (invoiceid)

    • Selling Currency of the Reseller (sellingcurrencysymbol)

    • Transaction Amount in the Selling Currency (sellingamount)

    • Unutilized Transaction Amount in the Selling Currency (unutilisedsellingamount)

    • Customer ID associated with the Domain Registration Order (customerid)

Note
  • invoiceid, sellingcurrencysymbol, sellingamount, unutilisedsellingamount and customerid will not be returned if invoice-option is set to NoInvoice.

  • Details under privacydetails will be returned only if purchase-privacy is set to true in the Domain Registration API call

In case of any errors, a status key with value as ERROR alongwith an error message will be returned.