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namecheap.domains.setContacts

Sets contact information for the requested domain.

Request Parameters

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

Name Type MaxLength Required? Default Description
DomainName String 70 Yes   The domain name to register
RegistrantOrganizationName
String
 255 No
  Organization of the Registrant user
RegistrantJobTitle String 255 No
Job title of the Registrant user
RegistrantFirstName String
 255 Yes   First name of the Registrant user
RegistrantLastName String 255 Yes
  Second name of the Registrant user
RegistrantAddress1 String 255 Yes Address1 of the Registrant user
RegistrantAddress2
 String 255 Yes   Address2 of the Registrant user
RegistrantCity String 50 Yes   City of the Registrant user
RegistrantStateProvince String  50 Yes State/Province of the Registrant user
RegistrantStateProvinceChoice String 50 No StateProvinceChoice of the Registrant user
RegistrantPostalCode String  50 Yes PostalCode of the Registrant user
RegistrantCountry String  50 Yes Country of the Registrant user
RegistrantPhone String  50 Yes Phone number in the format +NNN.NNNNNNNNNN
RegistrantPhoneExt String  50 No PhoneExt of the Registrant user
RegistrantFax String  50 No Fax number in the format +NNN.NNNNNNNNNN
RegistrantEmailAddress String 255 Yes Email address of the Registrant user
TechOrganizationName
String
  255 No
  Organization of the Tech user
TechJobTitle String  255 No
Job title of the Tech user
TechFirstName String
 255 Yes   First name of the Tech user
TechLastName String 255 Yes
  Second name of the Tech user
TechAddress1 String 255 Yes Address1 of the Tech user
TechAddress2
 String 255 Yes   Address2 of the Tech user
TechCity String 50 Yes   City of the Tech user
TechStateProvince String  50 Yes State/Province of the Tech user
TechStateProvinceChoice String 50 No StateProvinceChoice of the Tech user
TechPostalCode String  50 Yes PostalCode of the Tech user
TechCountry String  50 Yes Country of the Tech user
TechPhone String  50  Yes Phone number in the format +NNN.NNNNNNNNNN
TechPhoneExt String  50 No PhoneExt of the Tech user
TechFax String  50 No Fax number in the format +NNN.NNNNNNNNNN
TechEmailAddress String 255 Yes Email address of the Tech user
AdminOrganizationName
String
  255 No
  Organization of the Admin user
AdminJobTitle String  255 No
Job title of the Admin user
AdminFirstName String
 255 Yes   First name of the Admin user
AdminLastName String 255 Yes
  Second name of the Admin user
AdminAddress1 String 255 Yes Address1 of the Admin user
AdminAddress2
 String 255 Yes   Address2 of the Admin user
AdminCity String 50 Yes   City of the Admin user
AdminStateProvince String  50  Yes State/Province of the Admin user
AdminStateProvinceChoice String 50  No StateProvinceChoice of the Admin user
AdminPostalCode String  50 Yes PostalCode of the Admin user
AdminCountry String  50 Yes Country of the Admin user
AdminPhone String  50 Yes Phone number in the format +NNN.NNNNNNNNNN
AdminPhoneExt String  50 No PhoneExt of the Admin user
AdminFax String  50 No Fax number in the format +NNN.NNNNNNNNNN
AdminEmailAddress String 255 Yes Email address of the Admin user
AuxBillingOrganizationName
String
 255 No
  Organization of the AuxBilling user
 AuxBillingJobTitle String 255 No
Job title of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingFirstName String
 255 Yes   First name of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingLastName String 255 Yes
   Second name of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingAddress1 String 255 Yes Address1 of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingAddress2
 String 255 Yes   Address2 of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingCity String 50 Yes   City of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingStateProvince String  50 Yes State/Province of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingStateProvinceChoice String 50 No StateProvinceChoice of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingPostalCode String  50 Yes PostalCode of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingCountry String  50 Yes Country of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingPhone String  50 Yes Phone number in the format +NNN.NNNNNNNNNN
AuxBillingPhoneExt String  50 No PhoneExt of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingFax String  50 No Fax number in the format +NNN.NNNNNNNNNN
AuxBillingEmailAddress String 255 Yes Email address of the AuxBilling user
Extended attributes String Yes   Required for .us, .ca, .co.uk, .org.uk TLDs only

Example Request 1

https://api.namecheap.com/xml.response?ApiUser=apisample&ApiKey=a0936a701e8b4789820301235080105&
UserName=apisample&Command=namecheap.domains.setContacts&ClientIp=192.168.1.109&DomainName=domain1.com
&AuxBillingFirstName=Daisy&AuxBillingLastName=Smith&AuxBillingAddress1=8939%20S.cross%20Blvd&
AuxBillingCity=califonia&AuxBillingOrganizationName=Org1&AuxBillingStateProvince=CA&AuxBillingPostalCode
=90045&AuxBillingCountry=US&AuxBillingPhone=+1.6613102107&AuxBillingEmailAddress=john@gmail.com&
TechFirstName=Daisy&TechLastName=Smith&TechAddress1=8939%20S.cross%20Blvd&TechStateProvince=CA&TechCity=
california&TechPostalCode=90045&TechOrganizationName=Org1&TechCountry=US&TechPhone=+1.6613102107&TechEmailAddress
=john@gmail.com&AdminFirstName=Daisy&AdminLastName=Smith&AdminAddress1=8939%20S.cross%20Blvd&AdminStateProvince=CA
&AdminPostalCode=90045&AdminOrganizationName=org1&AdminCountry=US&AdminPhone=+1.6613102107&AdminCity=california&
AdminEmailAddress=john@gmail.com&RegistrantFirstName=Daisy&RegistrantLastName=Smith&RegistrantAddress1=
8939%20S.cross%20Blvd&RegistrantStateProvince=CA&RegistrantPostalCode=90045&RegistrantCountry=US&
RegistrantPhone=+1.6613102107&RegistrantEmailAddress=john@gmail.com&RegistrantCity=california&
RegistrantOrganizationName=Org1

Example Request 2

https://api.namecheap.com/xml.response?ApiUser=apiexample&ApiKey=56b4c87ef4fd49cb96d915c0db68194&
UserName=apiexample&Command=namecheap.domains.setContacts&ClientIp=192.168.1.109&
DomainName=domain1.us&AuxBillingFirstName=Dan&AuxBillingLastName=Smith&
AuxBillingAddress1=8939%20S.cross%20Bl&AuxBillingStateProvince=CA&AuxBillingPostalCode=90045&
AuxBillingCountry=US&AuxBillingPhone=+1.6613102107&AuxBillingEmailAddress=john@gmail.com&
AuxBillingOrganizationName=NC&AuxBillingCity=California&TechFirstName=John&TechLastName=Smith&
TechAddress1=8939%20S.cross%20Bl&TechStateProvince=CA&TechPostalCode=90045&TechCountry=US&
TechPhone=+1.6613102107&TechEmailAddress=john@gmail.com&TechOrganizationName=NC&
TechCity=California&AdminFirstName=John&AdminLastName=Smith&AdminAddress1=8939%20S.cross%20Blvd
&AdminStateProvince=CA&AdminPostalCode=9009&AdminCountry=US&AdminPhone=+1.6613102107&
AdminEmailAddress=john@gmail.com&AdminOrganizationName=NC&AdminCity=California&
RegistrantFirstName=John&RegistrantLastName=Smith&RegistrantAddress1=8939%20S.cross%20Blvd&
RegistrantStateProvince=CS&RegistrantPostalCode=90045&RegistrantCountry=US
&RegistrantPhone=+1.6613102107&RegistrantEmailAddress=jo@gmail.com&RegistrantOrganizationName=NC
&RegistrantCity=California&RegistrantNexus=C11&RegistrantNexusCountry=In&RegistrantPurpose=P1

Example Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ApiResponse Status="OK" xmlns="http://api.namecheap.com/xml.response">
  <Errors />
  <RequestedCommand>namecheap.domains.setContacts</RequestedCommand>
  <CommandResponse Type="namecheap.domains.setContacts">
    <DomainSetContactResult Domain="domain1.com" IsSuccess="true" />
  </CommandResponse>
  <Server>SERVER-NAME</Server>
  <GMTTimeDifference>+5</GMTTimeDifference>
  <ExecutionTime>0.078</ExecutionTime>
</ApiResponse>

Error Codes

Specifies the error codes that might be returned from this method

Number Description
2019166 Domain not found
2030166 Edit permission for domain is not supported
2010324 Registrant contacts such as firstname, lastname etc are missing
2010325 Tech contacts such as firstname, lastname etc are missing
2010326 Admin contacts such as firstname, lastname etc are missing
2010327 AuxBilling contacts such as firstname, lastname etc are missing
2016166 Domain is not associated with your account
2011280 Cannot see the contact information for your TLD
4022323 Error retrieving domain Contacts
2011323 Error retrieving domain Contacts from Enom (Invalid errors)
3031510 Error From Enom when error count <>0
3050900 Unknown error from Enom

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