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namecheap.whoisguard.changeemailaddress

Changes domain privacy email address.

Example Request

http://api.namecheap.com/xml.response?apiuser=demo&apikey=d41474b94e7d4536baabb074a09c96bd&username=demo&Command=Namecheap.Whoisguard.changeemailaddress&ClientIp=192.168.1.109&whoisguardid=5924316

Request Parameters

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

Name	Type	MaxLength	Required?	Description
WhoisguardID	Number	10	Yes	The unique domain privacy ID that you wish to change

Example Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ApiResponse xmlns="http://api.namecheap.com/xml.response" Status="OK">
  <Errors />
  <Warnings />
  <RequestedCommand>namecheap.whoisguard.changeEmailAddress</RequestedCommand>
  <CommandResponse Type="namecheap.whoisguard.changeEmailAddress">
    <WhoisguardChangeEmailAddressResult ID="5924316" IsSuccess="true" WGEmail="668be12b85d043cf98189a1379eceb12.protect@whoisguard.com" WGOldEmail="d3898bfc391e4f92bae0aa2032c4c00e.protect@whoisguard.com" />
  </CommandResponse>
  <Server>API02</Server>
  <GMTTimeDifference>--5:00</GMTTimeDifference>
  <ExecutionTime>0.92</ExecutionTime>
</ApiResponse>

Response Parameters

Name	Description
ID	The unique integer value that represents domain privacy subscription.
IsSuccess	Indicates whether the domain privacy email address was changed successfully.
WGEmail	The new domain privacy email address.
WGOldEmail	The old domain privacy email address.

Error Codes

Specifies the error codes that might be returned from this method

Number	Description
2011331	Domain privacy does not exists (or) domain privacy is not associated with any domain (or) domain privacy is not associated with this user

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