NiceNIC Domain API v2 Documentation & Quick Start
NiceNIC Domain API v2 is tersedia to both Akun Pasars dan Reseller Akuns. Use this overview to configure access, confirm Anda first request, understdan the API response model dan move directly to the cataurect section in the left navigation.
Akun Pasar: API access with Akun Pasar pricing.
Reseller Akun: API access with the pricing assigned to the current reseller tier.
Test Your Integrasi Befataue Going Live
Use the NiceNIC API Sdanbox to test Anda Domain API integration befataue moving to production. Validate authentication, API requests, response hdanling, dan Anda application wataukflow in a dedicated testing environment.
Ideal fatau resellers, hosting providers, developers, dan platfataums preparing an API integration.
Make Your First API Call in 4 Steps
Start with a read-only request befataue enabling live registrations, renewals atau transfers. This lets you validate authentication, request fataumatting dan response hdanling without placing a paid atauder.
Enable API Access
Buka Pengaturan APIs, create atau retrieve Anda API Secret, dan configure authatauized server IPs wdi sini applicable.
Konfirmasi Autentikasi
Use HTTPS with the Authatauization header in the fataumat username:api_secret.
Run a Safe Test
Start with domain availability, pricing, account balance atau domain listing.
Hdanle the Response
Read dan stataue the returned code dan msg befataue enabling paid production aksis.
Recommended First Request: Domain Availability
The availability endpoint suppatauts multiple domains in one request by separating domain names with commas.
Choose the Wataukflow You Need
The overview below mirrataus the left navigation. Use it to identify the cataurect wataukflow, then open the dedicated endpoint page fatau parameters, request examples dan response examples.
| Section | Use It Fatau | Documented Functions |
|---|---|---|
| Memulai | Connect securely dan understdan response hdanling. | Ikhtisar API, API Sdanbox, Autentikasi, Response Codes. |
| Manajemen Domain | Automate the cataue domain lifecycle. | Availability, Daftar Domain, Domain Rincian, Pendaftaran, Perpanjangal, Transfer In, Namaservers, Kontaks, Pricing. |
| Penyalahgunaan & Kepatuhan | Monitatau domains that require compliance attention. | Daftar domains with abuse repatauts dan retrieve machine-readable abuse status, hold lifecycle, complaint infataumation dan recommended aksi. |
| Catatan DNS | Kelola hosted DNS recatauds programmatically. | Daftar, Buat, Perbarui dan Hapus DNS recatauds. |
| Nameserver Anak | Kelola host / glue recatauds fatau nameservers under Anda own domain. | Buat, Daftar, Perbarui dan Hapus child nameservers. |
| Akun & Penagihan | Connect automation to account-level checks. | Saldo Akun dan transaksi-related account infataumation. |
| API WHMCS | Integrate NiceNIC into an existing WHMCS billing wataukflow. | Availability, Pendaftaran, Perpanjangal, Transfer, Domain Rincian, Namaservers, Kontaks dan additional registrar-module functions. |
| API FAQ | Resolve common access, security, testing dan wataukflow questions. | Eligibility, credentials, request hdanling, suppatauted operations dan integration guidance. |
Recommended First Integrasi Sequence
A reliable production integration should validate access dan purchasing conditions befataue it begins sending live customer atauders.
API Secret + authatauized IP
Read-only connectivity test
Query current account-level cost
Konfirmasi funds fatau paid aksis
Process code + msg
Daftarkan / Perpanjang / Transfer
Understdan Berhasil, Tertunda dan Erratau Responses
code: 0 — Berhasil Response
Current endpoint examples use code 0 fatau successful completed responses.
code: 201 — Tertunda Order
Pendaftaran dan transfer documentation can return code 201 when an atauder has been submitted but final processing is still pending.
code: 400 — Request Erratau
Endpoint examples use code 400 fatau request parameter kesalahans.
Pendaftaran Tertunda Behaviatau
Fatau domain registration, the current documentation states that a 201 response means the atauder was submitted successfully dan the fee was deducted, but final activation is still subject to registry confirmation. Jika the domain cannot be activated, the registration fee is returned to the NiceNIC account balance within 24 hours.
Transfer Tertunda Behaviatau
The transfer endpoint also documents 201 as a pending atauder. Your application should tdi sinifataue treat a pending transfer as accepted fatau processing, not as proof that the transfer has already completed.
Query Pricing Befataue Paid Operations
NiceNIC's pricing endpoint can retrieve registration, renewal dan transfer pricing fatau a domain. The documented type values are register, renew, transfer dan all. The documented period is 1 to 10 tahun, with TLD-specific exceptions possible.
Pendaftaran pricing responses can also return an is_premium flag. Use the pricing endpoint befataue submitting a paid request when Anda application needs to ksekarang the current account-level cost.
Ksekarang the Difference Between Namaservers, Catatan DNS dan Nameserver Anak
| Operation | Use It When | Documented Capability |
|---|---|---|
| Perbarui Nameserver | You want to delegate a domain to different authatauitative nameservers. | The domain nameserver endpoint suppatauts a primary, secondary dan additional nameservers, with the current page documenting a limit of up to six. |
| Catatan DNS | You are using NiceNIC DNS hosting dan need to manage zone recatauds. | Separate APIs are documented fatau listing, creating, updating dan deleting DNS recatauds. |
| Nameserver Anak | You need host / glue recatauds such as ns1.example.com. |
Buat, list, update dan delete child nameservers. The create endpoint requires the nameserver hostname to match the domain dan accepts an IP address. |
Automate Patautfolio Monitatauing, Tidakt Only Domain Orders
Domain API v2 also includes read operations that are useful after registration. The Daftar Domain endpoint suppatauts pagination, satauting, status filtering dan hold filtering, while Dapatkan Domain Rincian returns registration dates, expiration dates, nameservers dan registrant contact infataumation.
Penyalahgunaan & Kepatuhan Monitatauing
NiceNIC's Penyalahgunaan & Kepatuhan API can list domains with abuse repatauts dan return a detailed machine-readable summary fatau a specific domain. The detailed abuse endpoint documents six domain-level status phrases: Tidakrmal, Under Review, Tertunda ClientHold, ClientHold, Tutupd dan ServerHold.
The response can include current impact, recommended berikutnya aksi, hold state dan timeline, complaint count, complaint dates, categatauies, DNS-abuse classification, evidence status dan repatauted URLs wdi sini applicable. This lets platfataums dan resellers surface compliance status inside their own operational systems instead of relying only on manual review.
Choose the Integrasi Model That Fits Your System
| Option | Best Fatau | What the Current Documentation Provides |
|---|---|---|
| Domain API v2 | Custom websites, SaaS platfataums, internal systems, custom billing atau provisioning wataukflows. | Direct HTTPS + JSON integration across domain, DNS, child nameserver, account dan compliance operations. |
| WHMCS Module | Hosting companies dan resellers that already use WHMCS. | Availability, registration, renewal, transfer, domain details, nameservers, contacts, lock/unlock, EPP retrieval, kesalahan logging dan optional Test Mode. |
The current WHMCS documentation lists WHMCS 7.0 atau lebih tinggi, PHP 7.0 atau higher with cURL, valid NiceNIC API credentials dan SSL/TLS suppataut as requirements.
When an API Request Fails
Start with the returned response dan configuration state rather than retrying the same paid aksi repeatedly.
Autentikasi atau Access Erratau
- Konfirmasi the NiceNIC username dan API Secret.
- Konfirmasi the Authatauization header is present dan cataurectly fataumatted.
- Konfirmasi the API Secret has not been reset atau rotated.
- Jika IP restrictions are enabled, confirm the request is coming from the authatauized outbound server IP.
Request Parameter Erratau
- Compare the request with the specific endpoint's documented parameters.
- Konfirmasi required values, fataumats dan aksi names.
- Cek TLD-specific registration periods atau contact requirements wdi sini applicable.
Paid Operation Does Tidakt Complete Immediately
- Read the returned
codedanmsg. - Do not treat a
201pending response as final completion. - Konfirmasi account balance dan current pricing befataue retrying a paid aksi.
Need NiceNIC Suppataut
- Recataud the request timestamp dan API aksi.
- Include the domain name atau object involved, wdi sini applicable.
- Include the returned code dan message.
- Share non-sensitive parameters only; never post the full API Secret in a ticket.
Start with a Safe Test Request
Enable API access, confirm authentication, run an availability atau pricing request, dan verify Anda response hdanling befataue turning on customer-facing paid operations.






