DomainRelease

Sends the Release command to the registrar for the domain to a new tag

Connects to the registrar and attempts to release the domain.

Request Parameters

Parameter Type Description Required
action string “DomainRelease” Required
domainid int The id of the domain to be released recommended Optional
domain string The domain name to be released. This or $domainid is required Optional
newtag string The receiving tag for the domain 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' => 'DomainRelease',
            // See https://developers.whmcs.com/api/authentication
            'username' => 'IDENTIFIER_OR_ADMIN_USERNAME',
            'password' => 'SECRET_OR_HASHED_PASSWORD',
            'domainid' => '1',
            'newtag' => 'ENOM',
            'responsetype' => 'json',
        )
    )
);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

Example Request (Local API)

$command = 'DomainRelease';
$postData = array(
    'domainid' => '1',
    'newtag' => 'ENOM',
);
$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 Not Found
  • Registrar Error Message

Version History

Version Changelog
1.0 Initial Version