Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

RetrieveDomainAuthCode

This operation returns the authorization code for the domain. To transfer a domain to another registrar, you provide this value to the new registrar.

Request Syntax


{
   "DomainName": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

DomainName

The name of the domain that you want to get an authorization code for.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 255.

Required: Yes

Response Syntax


{
   "AuthCode": "string"
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

AuthCode

The authorization code for the domain.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 1024.

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

InvalidInput

The requested item is not acceptable. For example, for APIs that accept a domain name, the request might specify a domain name that doesn't belong to the account that submitted the request. For AcceptDomainTransferFromAnotherAwsAccount, the password might be invalid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UnsupportedTLD

Amazon Route 53 does not support this top-level domain (TLD).

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

RetrieveDomainAuthCode Example

This example illustrates one usage of RetrieveDomainAuthCode.

Sample Request


POST / HTTP/1.1
host:route53domains.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
x-amz-date:20140711T205230Z
authorization:AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
              Credential=AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE/20140711/us-east-1/route53domains/aws4_request,
              SignedHeaders=content-length;content-type;host;user-agent;x-amz-date;x-amz-target,
              Signature=[calculated-signature]
x-amz-target:Route53Domains_v20140515.RetrieveDomainAuthCode
user-agent:aws-sdk-java/1.8.3 Linux/2.6.18-164.el5PAE Java_HotSpot (TM )_Server_VM/24.60-b09/1.7.0_60
content-type:application/x-amz-json-1.1
content-length:[number of characters in the JSON string]
{
   "DomainName":"example.com"
}

Sample Response


HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Length:[number of characters in the JSON string]
{
   "AuthCode":"rqL3*REjYH"
}