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Contents 1 Module nameserver object / hosts > Retrieve 2 Examples 2.1 Using PHP class 2.2 Raw XML

Module nameserver object / hosts > Retrieve

Module	Nameserver object / hosts
Command name	retrieveNsRequest
Use	Retrieves information about an existing nameserver object / host
Input	name
Output	name ip ip6

Examples

Using PHP class

$request = new OP_Request;
$request->setCommand('retrieveNsRequest')
  ->setAuth(array('username' => 'username', 'password' => 'password'))
  ->setArgs(array(
    'name' => 'glue-ns1.openprovider.com'
  ));

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>
  <retrieveNsRequest>
    <name>glue-ns1.openprovider.com</name>
  </retrieveNsRequest>
</openXML>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<openXML>
  <reply>
    <code>0</code>
    <desc></desc>
    <data>
      <name>glue-ns1.openprovider.com</name>
      <ip>93.180.69.5</ip>
      <ip6>2a00:f10:11f::5</ip6>
    </data>
  </reply>
</openXML>