.berlin

API commandsExtensionsRestrictions

API Commands

Please find in the following a set of the most commonly used standard API commands in order to register, modify, renew, and transfer a domain name.

AddDomainModifyDomainRenewDomainDeleteDomainTransferDomainRestoreDomain

Domain Registration

(API Command reference » AddDomain)

Standard command

command         = AddDomain
domain          = yourdomain.berlin
period          = (INT)
ownercontact0   = (CONTACT)
admincontact0   = (CONTACT)
techcontact0    = (CONTACT)
billingcontact0 = (CONTACT)
nameserver0  = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver1   = (NAMESERVER)

After a successful registration of the domain, it will be transfer locked from the registry for a period of 60 days.

Domain Registration With Trustee Service

Exception

command         = AddDomain
domain          = yourdomain.berlin
period          = (INT)
ownercontact0   = (CONTACT)
admincontact0   = (CONTACT)
techcontact0    = (CONTACT)
billingcontact0 = (CONTACT)
nameserver0  = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver1   = (NAMESERVER)
X-BERLIN-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC = 1

One of the Whois contacts (owner, admin or tech contact) has to have an address in Berlin. Contact modifications that alter the city will cause the loss of rights to the domain name, if the contact is not in line with the registry policy (see Restrictions). We offer a trustee service for .berlin applications and registrations. By using the trustee service, the trustee replaces the tech contact.

Domain Modification

(API Command reference » ModifyDomain)

Command

command = ModifyDomain
domain  = yourdomain.berlin

Domain Renewal

(API Command reference » RenewDomain)

Command

command    = RenewDomain
domain     = yourdomain.berlin
period     = (INT)
expiration = (INT)

Domain Deletion

(API Command reference » DeleteDomain)

Command

COMMAND = DeleteDomain
DOMAIN = yourdomain.berlin

Domain Transfer

(API Command reference » TransferDomain)

Command

command = TransferDomain
domain = yourdomain.berlin
action = REQUEST
auth = (TEXT)

Transfer Procedure

• The transfer is submitted to the registry and the losing registrar is automatically notified by them.
• The losing registrar sends an email to the owner (and optionally admin) contact, informing about the transfer; this may include options to approve and/or deny the transfer. If neither explicitly approved nor denied, the transfer will be automatically finalized after 5 days.

Transfer Notes

• A .berlin domain transfer must be initiated with a so-called authorisation code, (auth-code) which can be obtained from the current registrar through the owner/admin contact of the domain.
• Ensure that your respective domain does not have a lock-status (clientTransferProhibited and/or serverTransferProhibited). This can be seen in WHOIS.
• If the domain has a client-side transfer lock, the owner can ask the current registrar to have the lock removed.

These procedures only apply for domain transfers between registrars. For internal transfers between resellers, please consult our documentation about internal transfers/usertransfers.

Auth-Codes

The format for auth info requires a minimum length of 8 characters and a maximum length of 32 characters.

Additionally, auth info must contain at least one of each of the following three character types:

• Alphabetic characters: a-z; A-Z
• Numeric characters: 0-9
• Special characters: !;<=$%?&@[()]*^+-,’-{.|/}:~

Domain Restore

(API Command reference » RestoreDomain)

Command

command = RestoreDomain
domain  = yourdomain.berlin

Domain Extensions

X-BERLIN-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC	0|1

Domain Restrictions

• One of the Whois contacts (owner, admin or tech contact) has to have an address in Berlin.
• In order to comply with the policy of .berlin we kindly remind you that all Registrants that registered a .berlin domain name need to comply with the .berlin registration requirements.
• Reserved domain names are sold by the registry themselves, wherefore it is only possible to register those domain names with an authcode acquired from the registry. (BERLIN-Reserved-Domain-Names-Policy)
• A CheckDomain will provide the following response:
  • code = 210
    description = Domain name available; Domain name not available publicly, RESERVATION