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Contents 1 Module Domain > Transfer 2 Examples 2.1 Using PHP class 2.2 Raw XML

Module Domain > Transfer

Module	domain
Command name	transferDomainRequest
Use	Used to start or schedule domain transfer
Input	domain period authCode ownerHandle adminHandle techHandle billingHandle resellerHandle nsGroup ('nameserver group', use dns-openprovider if you want to use our nameservers. Mandatory field only if nameServers field is empty) nsTemplateName (name of the template to use to automatically create DNS zone on the domain; only applicable if nsGroup is dns-openprovider) nameServers (mandatory field only if nsGroup field is empty) autorenew ( on | off | default ) isDnssecEnabled (0 (default) or 1 - Only accepted when nameservers of Openprovider are used) dnssecKeys (when using your own nameservers) useDomicile (0 (default) or 1) at (format: yyyy-mm-dd) promoCode acceptPremiumFee (required in case when domain is premium, value is the price returned in the response for transferDomainRequest without acceptPremiumFee. e.g. <acceptPremiumFee>33</acceptPremiumFee>) acceptQuarantineFee (0 (default) or 1. Required in case when the domain is under quarantine with another registrar, value is a boolean, and it is to get consent to accept quarantine domain transfer fee) importContactsFromRegistry (0 (default) or 1) - Imports contacts data from registry and creates handles during the transfer. Allows to skip adminHandle, billingHandle, ownerHandle, resellerHandle and techHandle parameters. importNameserversFromRegistry (0 (default) or 1) - Imports nameservers from registry during the transfer. Allows to skip nsGroup and nsTemplateName parameters (Limited to .nl and .ie extensions at the moment).
Output	expirationDate (available only in case of a succeeded realtime domain transfer) expirationDateOpenprovider (Same as renewalDate.Available only in case of a succeeded realtime domain transfer) renewalDate (Date when a domain expires at Openprovider. This date should be referred for domain expiration and renewals.)

Examples

Using PHP class

$request = new OP_Request;
$request->setCommand('transferDomainRequest')
  ->setAuth(array('username' => 'username', 'password' => 'password'))
  ->setArgs(array(
    'ownerHandle' => 'SR003891-NL',
    'adminHandle' => 'SR003891-NL',
    'techHandle' => 'SR003891-NL',
    'billingHandle' => 'SR003891-NL',
    'domain' => array(
      'name' => 'domain',
      'extension' => 'com'
    ),
    'period' => '1',
    'authCode' => 'asd79SAD(8sd',
    'nameServers' => array(
      array(
        'name' => 'ns1.yourdomain.com',
        'ip' => '100.1.2.3',
        'ip6' => '2a01:d078:0:147:94:198:153:68',
      ),
      array(
        'name' => 'ns2.yourdomain.com',
        'ip' => '100.1.2.6',
        'ip6' => '20f1:610:0:800d::15',
      ),
    ),
    'dnssecKeys' => array(
      array(
        'flags' => 256,
        'alg' => 8,
        'pubKey' => 'AwEAA{...}VNfPps3=',
      ),
      array(
        'flags' => 257,
        'alg' => 8,
        'pubKey' => 'AwEAA{...}TK5f9fs=',
      ),
    ),
  ));

Raw XML

Please note that newlines and leading spaces are added only for readability. Those whitespaces should be excluded from your XML command before sending it to Openprovider.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<openXML>
  <credentials>
    <username>username</username>
    <password>password</password>
  </credentials>
  <transferDomainRequest>
    <ownerHandle>SR003891-NL</ownerHandle>
    <adminHandle>SR003891-NL</adminHandle>
    <techHandle>SR003891-NL</techHandle>
    <billingHandle>SR003891-NL</billingHandle>
    <domain>
      <name>this-domain-is-registered</name>
      <extension>com</extension>
    </domain>
    <period>1</period>
    <authCode>asd79SAD(8sd</authCode>
    <nameServers>
      <array>
        <item>
          <name>ns1.yourdomain.com</name>
          <ip>100.1.2.3</ip>
          <ip6>2a01:d078:0:147:94:198:153:68</ip6>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>ns2.yourdomain.com</name>
          <ip>100.1.2.6</ip>
          <ip6>20f1:610:0:800d::15</ip6>
        </item>
      </array>
    </nameServers>
    <dnssecKeys>
      <array>
        <item>
          <flags>256</flags>
          <alg>8</alg>
          <pubKey>AwEAA{...}VNfPps3=</pubKey>
        </item>
        <item>
          <flags>257</flags>
          <alg>8</alg>
          <pubKey>AwEAA{...}TK5f9fs=</pubKey>
        </item>
      </array>
    </dnssecKeys>
  </transferDomainRequest>
</openXML>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<openXML>
  <reply>
    <code>0</code>
    <desc></desc>
  </reply>
</openXML>