DomainUpdateWhoisInfo

Sends the Save Whois command to the registrar for the domain

Connects to the registrar and attempts to update the WHOIS Information

Request Parameters

Parameter Type Description Required
action string “DomainUpdateWhoisInfo” Required
domainid int The id of the domain to update the whois information for Required
xml string The xml of the details to update. See DomainGetWhoisInfo Required

Response Parameters

Parameter Type Description
result string The result of the operation: success or error

Example Request (CURL)

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://www.example.com/includes/api.php');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,
    http_build_query(
        array(
            'action' => 'DomainUpdateWhoisInfo',
            // See https://developers.whmcs.com/api/authentication
            'username' => 'IDENTIFIER_OR_ADMIN_USERNAME',
            'password' => 'SECRET_OR_HASHED_PASSWORD',
            'domainid' => '1',
            'xml' => '<contactdetails><Registrant><Name>Test Client</Name><Email>[email protected]</Email><Company>WHMCS</Company><Address1>123 Test Street</Address1><Address2></Address2><Address3></Address3><City>Test</City><State>Test</State><Zip>TE5 5ST</Zip><Country>GB</Country><Tel_Country_Code>44</Tel_Country_Code><Telephone>1234567890</Telephone></Registrant></contactdetails>',
            'responsetype' => 'json',
        )
    )
);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

Example Request (Local API)

$command = 'DomainUpdateWhoisInfo';
$postData = array(
    'domainid' => '1',
    'xml' => '<contactdetails><Registrant><Name>Test Client</Name><Email>[email protected]</Email><Company>WHMCS</Company><Address1>123 Test Street</Address1><Address2></Address2><Address3></Address3><City>Test</City><State>Test</State><Zip>TE5 5ST</Zip><Country>GB</Country><Tel_Country_Code>44</Tel_Country_Code><Telephone>1234567890</Telephone></Registrant></contactdetails>',
);
$adminUsername = 'ADMIN_USERNAME'; // Optional for WHMCS 7.2 and later

$results = localAPI($command, $postData, $adminUsername);
print_r($results);

Example Response JSON

{
    "result": "success"
}

Error Responses

Possible error condition responses include:

  • Domain ID Not Found
  • XML Required
  • Registrar Error Message

Version History

Version Changelog
1.0 Initial Version