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Operations Overview
The Automaton uses the operations below to view and manipulate domains on your tag. Our object based data structure may allow you to apply an operation to a domain, account, contact or nameserver object directly.
Operation list
|
Operation
|
Description
|
|---|---|
| Create |
The create operation is used to register a new domain name. |
| Delete |
The delete operation is used to delete a domain name that was registered in error. |
| Fork |
The fork operation allows a number of domain names on an account to be moved to a copy of that account. |
| List |
The list operation is used to obtain a list of details of the domain names on your tag. |
| Lock |
The lock operation can be used to lock down a domain name preventing further operations from being performed. |
| Modify |
The modify operation is used to make changes to domains, accounts, contacts or name servers after registration. |
| Query |
The query operation is used to obtain full details of a domain name, account, contact or nameserver registered on your tag. |
| Receive |
The receive operation is used as part of the registrar change handshake mechanism to either accept or reject a domain moving onto your tag. |
| Release |
The release operation is used to release control of a domain name on your tag to another tag. |
| Renew |
The renew operation is used to renew a domain name. |
| Tag list |
The Tag list operation is used to obtain a list of all tags that will accept tag changes. |
| Unlock |
The unlock operation is used to reverse a locked domain name. |
| Unrenew |
The unrenew operation is used to reverse a domain name renewal request. |
| Bulk |
The bulk operation is used to carry out a bulk modification or query on some or all of the domain names on your tag. It uses a programmer-friendly syntax that gives you a high degree of control over those changes. |
More pages
- Acceptable Use Policy
- Automaton Options
- Deprecated Fields
- Error Messages
- Field definitions
- FAQ
- Email notifications
- Operations Overview
- ~ Create
- ~ Delete
- ~ Fork
- ~ List
- ~ Modify
- ~ Query
- ~ Receive
- ~ Release
- ~ Renew
- ~ Tag list
- ~ Lock - investigation
- ~ Lock - opt-out
- ~ Unlock
- ~ Unrenew
- ~ Bulk
- DNSSEC Operations
- PGP Key
- Responses
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