Ask HN: What is the best domain registrar with a solid api?

#1

Post by DoubleMalt » Wed, Sep 23, 2015, 3:36 PM UTC

We are looking into domain registrars for our project https://cloudfleet.io.

As we expect to register many domains, we need a registrar with a solid API and reseller friendly prices.

What are your experiences? Who would you recommend?

Re: Ask HN: What is the best domain registrar with a solid api?

#2

Post by kermit666 » Wed, Sep 23, 2015, 3:47 PM UTC

NameCheap seems to have an XML-based API:

https://www.namecheap.com/support/api/intro.aspx

Not something that fills me up with joy :/ There's an unofficial Ruby wrapper that hasn't been touched in a year... https://github.com/parasquid/namecheap

Does anyone have any other recommendations?

Re: Ask HN: What is the best domain registrar with a solid api?

#3

Post by euan_torano » Wed, Sep 23, 2015, 3:57 PM UTC

Name.com have a JSON API for resellers that you must apply to use: https://www.name.com/reseller

Gandi have an XML-RPC based API too (and has some decent code examples): http://doc.rpc.gandi.net/

Re: Ask HN: What is the best domain registrar with a solid api?

#4

Post by kermit666 » Wed, Sep 23, 2015, 4:04 PM UTC

euan_torano wrote: post #3

Name.com have a JSON API for resellers that you must apply to use: https://www.name.com/reseller Gandi have an XML-RPC based API too (and has some decent code examples): http://doc.rpc.gandi.net/

Have you used Name.com, perhaps?

Re: Ask HN: What is the best domain registrar with a solid api?

#5

Post by euan_torano » Wed, Sep 23, 2015, 4:20 PM UTC

kermit666 wrote: post #4

euan_torano wrote: post #3

Name.com have a JSON API for resellers that you must apply to use: https://www.name.com/reseller Gandi have an XML-RPC based API too (and has some decent code examples): http://doc.rpc.gandi.net/

Have you used Name.com, perhaps?

I haven't used their API, but I have used their domain registration and SSL services in the past.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best domain registrar with a solid api?

#6

Post by kermit666 » Thu, Sep 24, 2015, 10:28 AM UTC

euan_torano wrote: post #5

kermit666 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you used Name.com, perhaps?

I haven't used their API, but I have used their domain registration and SSL services in the past.

OK, thanks. Yeah, we'll look into the Name.com API if we don't get some more prompt responses from DomainBox (with whose customer service we're chatting for the past two weeks to get even the most basic API calls working).

Re: Ask HN: What is the best domain registrar with a solid api?

#7

Post by fatima007 » Wed, Sep 30, 2015, 8:40 PM UTC

Hi,

OpenSRS has a solid and reliable API with huge up-time and capacity, and offers a fully automated domain registration system for resellers. It's a feature rich API with a large number of tools for developers, for easy integration. We manage over 14,000,000 Domain names and offer competitive pricing. What features are you looking for in a new provider?

Send me your details, and I would gladly answer any questions you may have.

Cheers,

Fatima fandrade@tucows.com

Re: Ask HN: What is the best domain registrar with a solid api?

#8

Post by fatima007 » Wed, Sep 30, 2015, 8:41 PM UTC

Hi,

OpenSRS has a solid and reliable API with huge up-time and capacity, and offers a fully automated domain registration system for resellers. Also, it is feature rich and has a large number of tools for developers, for easy integration. We manage over 14,000,000 Domain names and offer competitive pricing. What features are you looking for in a new provider?

Send me your details, and I would gladly answer any questions you may have.

Cheers,

Fatima fandrade@tucows.com