Transfer

Description

Transfers a domain name.

Note

You need to ensure that the domain name is not Locked.

Parameters

Name Data Type Required / Optional Description
auth-userid Integer Required Authentication Parameter
auth-key String Required Authentication Parameter
domain-name String Required Specify the domain name that you want to transfer.
auth-code String Optional

Authorization Code (a.k.a. Domain Secret) of the domain name that you want to transfer.

The Authorization Code would be required to transfer a domain name of any of the following TLDs (extensions):

  • .AU

  • .BIZ

  • .BZ

  • .CA

  • .CO

  • .COM

  • .COOP

  • .DE

  • .EU

  • .IN (including only these Third Level .IN Domains: .CO.IN, .NET.IN, .ORG.IN, .GEN.IN, .FIRM.IN, .IND.IN)

  • .INFO

  • .MN

  • .MOBI

  • .NAME

  • .NET

  • .NL

  • .NZ

  • .ORG

  • .US

  • .WS

  • .XXX

You may fetch the auth-code from your customer and provide it while placing the Transfer Order. Alternatively, you may initially place the Transfer Order without the auth-code. The Administrative Contact can provide it at the time of approving the Transfer Authorization email received from qcc91.

It is recommended that you adopt the second option since it leaves out the requirement for an auth-code at the time of placing the Transfer Order and the customer would be more willing to submit it at a later stage.

Domain Name Extensions for which the Authorization Code needs to be compulsorily provided at this stage:

  • .AU

  • .CA

  • .DE

  • .EU

  • .NZ
customer-id Integer Required The Customer for whom the Order should be added.
reg-contact-id Integer Required

The Registrant Contact of the domain name.

The Identity of the Registrant Contact of a .UK domain name must not be changed during the Transfer process. You may modify the Identity once the domain name has been transferred to qcc91, by referring to the process listed at https://www.nominet.org.uk/registrants/maintain/transfer/chargeable/.
admin-contact-id Integer Required

The Administrative Contact of the domain name.

.EU, .NZ, .RU and .UK domain names do not have an Administrative Contact associated with them. You need to pass the value of admin-contact-id as -1 for these domain names.
tech-contact-id Integer Required

The Technical Contact of the domain name.

The Technical Contact associated with a .EU domain name cannot be modified while .NZ, .RU and .UK domain names do not have a Technical Contact associated with them. You need to pass the value of tech-contact-id as -1 for these domain names.
billing-contact-id Integer Required

The Billing Contact of the domain name.

The Billing Contact associated with a .EU domain name cannot be modified while .AT, .BERLIN, .CA, .NL, .NZ, .RU and .UK domain names do not have a Billing Contact associated with them. You need to pass the value of billing-contact-id as -1 for these domain names.
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 domain name will be transfered.

    • 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 transfer 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

  • .AU

  • .CA

  • .CN

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

  • .DE

  • .ES

  • .EU

  • .IN

  • .NL

  • .NZ

  • .PRO

  • .SX

  • .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.

Note

Auto-Renewal
ns Array of Strings Optional List of Name Servers to be associated with the domain name. A maximum of 13 Name Servers can be specified.
attr-name Map[name] Optional Mapping key of the extra details needed to transfer a domain name. Refer the description of attr-value.
attr-value Map[value] Optional

Mapping value of the extra details required to transfer a domain name. This together with attr-name shall contain the extra details.

  • To transfer a .ASIA domain name:

    cedcontactid: For 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 transfer a Premium domain name:

    type: For transferring a Premium domain name, you need to pass an additional paramater type. The value for this parameter will be premium for Registry Premium Domain names attr-name1=type&attr-value1=premium and premiumft for Aftermarket Premium Domain Names. attr-name1=type&attr-value1=premiumft 

    To transfer a .FR, .AIRFORCE, .ARMY, .DEGREE, .ENGINEER, .GIVES, .MARKET, .MORTGAGE, .NAVY, .REHAB, .SOFTWARE, .VET 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
purchase-premium-dns Boolean Optional Purchase Premium DNS Service

HTTP Method

POST

Example Test URL Request

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

https://test.httpapi.com/api/domains/transfer.json?auth-userid=0&api-key=key&domain-name=domain.com&auth-code=auth-code&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

Example Test URL Request for Transferring a .ASIA Domain Name

https://test.httpapi.com/api/domains/transfer.json?auth-userid=0&api-key=key&domain-name=domain.asia&auth-code=auth-code&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&attr-name1=cedcontactid&attr-value1=0

Example Test URL Request for Transferring a .SCOT or .NZ Domain Name using an EEA contact

https://test.httpapi.com/api/domains/transfer.json?auth-userid=0&api-key=key&domain-name=domain.com&auth-code=auth-code&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&attr-name1=tnc&attr-value1=Y

Example Test URL Request for Transferring a Registry Premium Domain Name

https://test.httpapi.com/api/domains/transfer.json?auth-userid=0&api-key=key&domain-name=domain.com&auth-code=auth-code&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&attr-name1=premium&attr-value1=true

Example Test URL Request for Transferring an Aftermarket Premium Domain Name

https://test.httpapi.com/api/domains/transfer.json?auth-userid=0&api-key=key&domain-name=domain.com&auth-code=auth-code&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&purchase-privacy=true&attr-name1=type&attr-value1=premiumft&attr-name2=premiumprice&attr-value2=0

Response

Returns a hash map containing the below details:

  • Domain Name (description)

  • Order ID of the Domain Name Order (entityid)

  • Action Type (actiontype)

  • Description of the Domain Transfer Action (actiontypedesc)

  • Action ID of the Domain Transfer Action (eaqid)

  • Domain Transfer Action Status (actionstatus)

  • Description of the Domain Transfer Action Status (actionstatusdesc)

  • Invoice ID of the Domain Transfer Invoice (invoiceid)

  • Selling Currency of the Reseller (sellingcurrencysymbol)

  • Selling Curreny Amount (sellingamount)

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

  • 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 and customerid will not be returned if invoice-option is set to NoInvoice.

In case of an error, a status key with value as ERROR alongwith an error message will be returned. However, if the transfer action is waiting on user input or registry response, the value NoError will be returned.