The renew command only applies to domain names. It has no meaning for other object types.

Domains

Renew commands will only be processed if the expiry date of the domain name is within 6 months.

<domain:renew> element

• An optional domain:period element exists that specifies the registration period in years (y) or months (m). This may currently only be set to 2y or 24m. 
• The current expiry date of the domain must be provided in the domain:curExpDate element.

Examples

Example of a domain renew command 

    <?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>
        <renew>
          <domain:renew
	   xmlns:domain="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:domain-1.0"
      	   xsi:schemaLocation="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:domain-1.0 
           domain-1.0.xsd">
            <domain:name>example.co.uk</domain:name>
            <domain:curExpDate>2009-04-07</domain:curExpDate>
            <domain:period unit="y">2</domain:period>
      	  </domain:renew>
        </renew>
        <clTRID>ABC-12345</clTRID>
      </command>
    </epp>

Example successful domain renew response

    <?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>
        <resData>
          <domain:renData
           xmlns:domain="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:domain-1.0"
           xsi:schemaLocation="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:domain-1.0 
           domain-1.0.xsd">
            <domain:name>example.co.uk</domain:name>
            <domain:exDate>2010-12-12T13:04:46</domain:exDate>
          </domain:renData>
        </resData>
        <trID>
          <clTRID>EPP-ABC-12345</clTRID>
          <svTRID>112642</svTRID>
        </trID>
      </response>
    </epp>