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Transfer Domain

Transfer Domain

The transfer action is used to send a transfer command to the registrar.

API Endpoint

The endpoint for transferring a domain is:

POST /order/domains/transfer

Request Parameters

The following parameters are required for the transfer request:

Name Type Required? Description
domain text Yes Domain name
eppcode text Yes EPP code of the domain to be transferred
regperiod numeric Yes Registration period
addons array No Enables DNS management, email forwarding, and/or ID protection for this domain
nameservers array Yes Nameservers for the domain (nameserver1 and nameserver2 are required; nameserver3, nameserver4, nameserver5 are optional)
contacts array Yes Contact details for registrant, tech, billing, and admin

Contact Details Structure

The contact details should include the following fields for each contact type:

  • firstname: text
  • lastname: text
  • fullname: text
  • companyname: text
  • email: text
  • address1: text
  • address2: text
  • city: text
  • state: text
  • zipcode: text
  • country: text
  • phonenumber: text

Sample Transfer Domain Request

Here is a sample request for transferring a domain:


$endpoint = "https://my.nabtech.co/modules/addons/DomainsReseller/api/index.php";
$action = "/order/domains/transfer";
$params = [
    "domain" => "example.com",
    "eppcode" => "123GJE4",
    "regperiod" => "1",
    "nameservers" => [
        "ns5.nabtechonlineng.net",
        "ns6.nabtechonlineng.net",
    ],
    "contacts" => [
        "registrant" => [
            "firstname" => "james",
            "lastname" => "andrew",
            "fullname" => "james andrew",
            "companyname" => "jamescompany",
            "email" => "[email protected]",
            "address1" => "76 Osaru st",
            "address2" => "",
            "city" => "Ben",
            "state" => "Benin",
            "zipcode" => "300251",
            "country" => "Nigeria",
            "phonenumber" => "+234.812343459"
        ],
        "tech" => [
            "firstname" => "james",
            "lastname" => "andrew",
            "fullname" => "james andrew",
            "companyname" => "jamescompany",
            "email" => "[email protected]",
            "address1" => "76 Osaru st",
            "address2" => "",
            "city" => "Ben",
            "state" => "Benin",
            "zipcode" => "300251",
            "country" => "Nigeria",
            "phonenumber" => "+234.812343459"
        ],
        "billing" => [
            "firstname" => "james",
            "lastname" => "andrew",
            "fullname" => "james andrew",
            "companyname" => "Jamescompany",
            "email" => "[email protected]",
            "address1" => "76 Osaru st",
            "address2" => "",
            "city" => "Ben",
            "state" => "Benin",
            "zipcode" => "300251",
            "country" => "Nigeria",
            "phonenumber" => "+234.812343459"
        ],
        "admin" => [
            "firstname" => "james",
            "lastname" => "andrew",
            "fullname" => "james andrew",
            "companyname" => "jamescompany",
            "email" => "[email protected]",
            "address1" => "76 Osaru st",
            "address2" => "",
            "city" => "Ben",
            "state" => "Benin",
            "zipcode" => "300251",
            "country" => "Nigeria",
            "phonenumber" => "+234.812343459"
        ],
    ]
];
$headers = [
    "username: [email protected]",
    "token: " . base64_encode(hash_hmac("sha256", "1234567890QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM", "[email protected]:".gmdate("y-m-d H")))
];
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, "{$endpoint}{$action}");
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($params));
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);

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