namecheap.domains.ns.update

Updates the IP address of a registered nameserver.

Request Parameters

Global parameters are not shown here for clarity, but should be present in all requests

Name Type MaxLength Required? Default Description
SLD String  70 Yes SLD of the DomainName
TLD String 10 Yes TLD of the DomainName
Nameserver String  150 Yes   Nameserver
OldIP String 15 Yes   Existing IP address
IP String 15 Yes   New IP address

Example Request

https://api.namecheap.com/xml.response?ApiUser=apiexample&ApiKey=56b4c87ef4fd49cb96d915c0db68194&
UserName=apiexample&Command=namecheap.domains.ns.update&ClientIp=192.168.1.109&SLD=domain&
TLD=com&Nameserver=ns1.domain.com&OldIP=192.165.15.103&IP=12.45.63.32

Example Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ApiResponse Status="OK" xmlns="http://api.namecheap.com/xml.response">
  <Errors />
  <RequestedCommand>namecheap.domains.ns.update</RequestedCommand>
  <CommandResponse Type="namecheap.domains.ns.update">
    <DomainNSUpdateResult Domain="domain.com" Nameserver="ns1.domain.com" IsSuccess="true" />
  </CommandResponse>
<Server>SEVER-ONE</Server>
<GMTTimeDifference>+5</GMTTimeDifference>
<ExecutionTime>32.76</ExecutionTime>
</ApiResponse>

Error Codes

Specifies the error codes that might be returned from this method

Number Description
2019166 Domain not found
2016166 Domain is not associated with your account
3031510 Error From Enom when Errorcount <> 0
3050900 Unknown error from Enom

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