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podzap
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Subject: API registration and return for credit

Date Posted: Jan 19, 2008 3:01pm

Hi,
Why does the API only allow one registration at a time, while it allows 50 searches at a time?

Why doesn't the API allow return for credit?

thanks

dynadot_staff
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Re: API registration and return for credit (podzap)

Date Posted: Jan 22, 2008 4:52pm

As stated on our Dynadot API (BETA) page:

Only one request can be processed at a time. So please wait for your current request to finish before sending another request.

Sorry, our API does not support grace period deletions at this time. You will need to submit all grace period deletion requests from within your Dynadot account. Please follow these steps to submit a grace period deletion request:

How do I submit a Grace Period Deletion Request?

To submit a Grace Period Deletion Request, please follow these steps:

Log into your Dynadot account.
Look for the "New Domains" box.
Click the checkboxes next to every domain you wish to delete within the grace period.
Click on the "Request Delete for Credit" button to submit your grace period deletion request.

Notes:
- BIZ, UK, and EU domains cannot be deleted for credit.

- There is a $0.20 fee charged for .COM, .NET, .ORG, .INFO, .MOBI, .ASIA, and .NAME grace deletions. This is the fee paid to ICANN. In the past, ICANN used to refund this fee if a domain was grace deleted. Now however, ICANN will no longer refund this fee, so any domains registered in these TLDs will have a $0.20 fee charged when grace deleted. You will receive your registration price minus the $0.20 fee as account credit.

- Further details about grace period deletions can be found on our Grace Deletions page.

From Help Section: Account Management > Domain Settings > How do I submit a Grace Period Deleti...

podzap
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Re: API registration and return for credit (dynadot_staff)

Date Posted: Jan 23, 2008 1:39am

Hi,
Thanks for the response. Yes, I can read the API documentation. My question was "why does it only allow one registration at a time?". More importantly, are you going to implement multiple registrations per request with the API?

A registration API that only handles one request at a time is not very useful based on the reasons that a person would be using the registration API in the first place.

Grace period deletions via the API are not that big of a deal, but certainly would be nice to have.

expron_solutions
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Re: API registration and return for credit (podzap)

Date Posted: Jan 30, 2008 10:38pm

Podzap is right,

Depending on the situation, you may need to order bulk amounts of domains in a short window of time.

If your API allows more requests to process, more domains from a list can be purchased in the same time frame.

Any chance of adding multiple requests to the API or speeding up the current response time?

[This post has been edited by d_r_schaumburg_us on Jan 30, 2008 10:39pm.]

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Re: API registration and return for credit (d_r_schaumburg_us)

Date Posted: Jan 31, 2008 4:02pm

We have multiple registrations per request on our feature request list, but I don't know when/if it will be added. I believe the api allows only 1 registration at time to prevent a backup of waiting registration requests.