namecheap.domains.check

Checks the availability of domains.

Request Parameters

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

Name Type MaxLength Required? Default Description
DomainList String Yes   One or more comma-separated list of domains to check

Example Request

https://api.namecheap.com/xml.response?ApiUser=apiexample&ApiKey=56b4c87ef4fd49cb96d915c0db68194&
UserName=apiexample&Command=namecheap.domains.check&ClientIp=192.168.1.109&
DomainList=domain1.com,availabledomain.com

Example Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ApiResponse Status="OK" xmlns="http://api.namecheap.com/xml.response">
  <Errors />
  <RequestedCommand>namecheap.domains.check</RequestedCommand>
  <CommandResponse Type="namecheap.domains.check">
    <DomainCheckResult Domain="domain1.com" Available="true" />
    <DomainCheckResult Domain="availabledomain.com" Available="false" />
  </CommandResponse>
  <Server>SERVER-NAME</Server>
  <GMTTimeDifference>+5</GMTTimeDifference>
  <ExecutionTime>32.76</ExecutionTime>
</ApiResponse>

Error Codes

Specifies the error codes that might be returned from this method

Number Description
3031510 Error response from Enom when the error count != 0
3011511 UnKnown response from Provider

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