GetDNSStatus

Usage

Use this command to determine what DNS this domain uses. The query returns values only if the domain uses eNom servers.

Availability

All resellers have access to this command.

Implementation on eNom.com

This command is not implemented on enom.com.

Constraints

The query must meet the following requirements:

The login ID and password must be valid.
The domain name must belong to this account.

Input Parameters

Build the query string using this syntax:

https://resellertest.enom.com/interface.asp?
command=nameofcommand&uid=yourloginid&pw=yourpassword
&paramname=paramvalue&nextparamname=nextparamvalue

Input Parameter	Status	Description	Max Size
UID	Required	Account login ID	20
PW	Required	Account password	20
SLD	Required	Second-level domain name (for example, enom in enom.com)	63
TLD	Required	Top-level domain name (extension)	15
ResponseType	Optional Format of response.	Permitted values are Text (default), HTML, or XML.	4

Returned Parameters and Values

Output Parameter	Description
UseDNS	Which name servers a domain is using. Default indicates our name servers.
HostsNumLimit	Maximum number of host records permitted for this domain, of types A, AAAA, CNAME, URL, and FRAME
Command	Name of command executed
ErrCount	The number of errors if any occurred. If greater than 0 check the Err(1 to ErrCount) values.
ErrX	Error messages explaining the failure. These can be presented as is back to the client.
Done	True indicates this entire response has reached you successfully.

Notes

The default response format is plain text. To receive the response in HTML or XML format, send ResponseType=HTML or ResponseType=XML in your request.
Check the return parameter ErrCount. If greater than 0 the transaction failed. The parameter Err(ErrCount) can be presented to the client. Otherwise process the returned parameters as defined above.

Example

The following query requests the DNS status of resellerdocs.com -- that is, whether the domain uses its registrar’s servers, and sends the response in XML, HTML, or Text format.

https://resellertest.enom.com/interface.asp?
command=GetDNSStatus&uid=resellid&pw=resellpw
&sld=resellerdocs&tld=com&ResponseType=XML

https://resellertest.enom.com/interface.asp?
command=GetDNSStatus&uid=resellid&pw=resellpw
&sld=resellerdocs&tld=com&ResponseType=html

https://resellertest.enom.com/interface.asp?
command=GetDNSStatus&uid=resellid&pw=resellpw
&sld=resellerdocs&tld=com&ResponseType=text

The response is as follows:

<interface-response>
 <UseDNS>default</UseDNS>
 <NSStatus>Yes</NSStatus>
 <HostsNumLimit>15</HostsNumLimit>
 <Command>GETDNSSTATUS</Command>
 <Language>eng</Language>
 <ErrCount>0</ErrCount>
 <ResponseCount>0</ResponseCount>
 <MinPeriod>1</MinPeriod>
 <MaxPeriod>10</MaxPeriod>
 <Server>SJL21WRESELLT01</Server>
 <Site>eNom</Site>
 <IsLockable>True</IsLockable>
 <IsRealTimeTLD>True</IsRealTimeTLD>
 <TimeDifference>+08.00</TimeDifference>
 <ExecTime>0.141</ExecTime>
 <Done>true</Done>
 <RequestDateTime>12/8/2011 4:03:39 AM</RequestDateTime>
 <debug></debug>
</interface-response>

;URL Interface
;Machine is SJL0VWRESELL_T1
;Encoding Type is utf-8
UseDNS: default
NSStatus: Yes
HostsNumLimit: 15
Command: GETDNSSTATUS
APIType: API
Language: eng
ErrCount: 0
ResponseCount: 0
MinPeriod: 1
MaxPeriod: 10
Server: SJL0VWRESELL_T1
Site: eNom
IsLockable: True
IsRealTimeTLD: True
TimeDifference: +08.00
ExecTime: 0.063
Done: true
RequestDateTime: 2/3/2015 5:11:16 PM

;URL Interface
;Machine is SJL0VWRESELL_T
;Encoding Type is utf-8
UseDNS=default
NSStatus=Yes
HostsNumLimit=15
Command=GETDNSSTATUS
APIType=API
Language=eng
ErrCount=0
ResponseCount=0
MinPeriod=1
MaxPeriod=10
Server=SJL0VWRESELL_T
Site=eNom
IsLockable=True
IsRealTimeTLD=True
TimeDifference=+08.00
ExecTime=0.063
Done=true
RequestDateTime=2/3/2015 5:11:41 PM

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