The Unlock command is used to reverse a domain name or account lock.
<domain:unlock> element
The <domain:unlock> element contains the following sub-elements:
- A <domain:name> element giving the domain name to unlock
and the following attribute:
- A type attribute of value "investigation".
<account:unlock> element
The <account:unlock> element contains the following sub-elements:
Either
- An <account:roid> element giving the account to unlock
or
- An <account:domain-name> element giving the name of a domain name on the account to unlock.
The element also has the following attribute:
- A 'type' attribute which may be "investigation" or "opt-out".
Example of a domain unlock operation
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<epp xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp-1.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp-1.0 epp-1.0.xsd">
<command>
<update>
<domain:unlock
xmlns:domain="http://www.nominet.org.uk/epp/xml/nom-domain-2.0"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.nominet.org.uk/epp/xml/nom-domain-2.0
nom-domain-2.0.xsd" type="investigation">
<domain:name>epp-example.co.uk</domain:name>
</domain:unlock>
</update>
<clTRID>ABC-12345</clTRID>
</command>
</epp>
Example of an account unlock operation
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<epp xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp-1.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp-1.0 epp-1.0.xsd">
<command>
<update>
<account:unlock
xmlns:account="http://www.nominet.org.uk/epp/xml/nom-account-1.3"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.nominet.org.uk/epp/xml/nom-account-2.0
nom-account-1.3.xsd"
type="opt-out">
<account:roid>12345678</account:roid>
</account:unlock>
</update>
<clTRID>ABC-123</clTRID>
</command>
</epp>
Example of a successful response to an unlock operation
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<epp xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp-1.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.nominet.org.uk/epp/xml/epp-1.0
epp-1.0.xsd">
<response>
<result code="1000">
<msg>Command completed successfully</msg>
</result>
<trID>
<clTRID>EPP-ABC-12345</clTRID>
<svTRID>10012531</svTRID>
</trID>
</response>
</epp>