Domains API

List All Domains

Returns the domains registered in your account, 25 per page. The list has no filters.

Required permission: domains:list

Example Request

curl -X GET "https://admin.vps.org/api/v1/domains/" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"

import requests

url = "https://admin.vps.org/api/v1/domains/"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
for domain in response.json()["results"]:
    print(domain["domain_name"], domain["status"], domain["expiration_date"])

const response = await fetch('https://admin.vps.org/api/v1/domains/', {
  headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' }
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data.results);

Example Response

{
  "count": 1,
  "next": null,
  "previous": null,
  "results": [
    {
      "uuid": "e4b7a2c9-1d3f-4e5a-8b6c-7d8e9f0a1b2c",
      "domain_name": "example.com",
      "status": "active",
      "registrar": "dynadot",
      "registration_date": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z",
      "expiration_date": "2027-01-15T10:30:00Z",
      "days_until_expiration": 122,
      "is_expired": false,
      "needs_renewal_soon": false,
      "auto_renew": true,
      "renewal_period_years": 1,
      "registration_price": "12.64",
      "renewal_price": "12.64",
      "whois_privacy": true,
      "nameserver1": "ns1.vps.org",
      "nameserver2": "ns2.vps.org",
      "nameserver3": "ns3.vps.org",
      "nameserver4": null,
      "transfer_lock": true,
      "created_at": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-09-01T08:12:40Z"
    }
  ]
}

Response Fields

Get Domain Details

Returns one domain object with the fields above.

Required permission: domains:list

curl -X GET "https://admin.vps.org/api/v1/domains/e4b7a2c9-1d3f-4e5a-8b6c-7d8e9f0a1b2c/" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"

Response Status Codes

Search Domain Availability

Checks whether a name is available across about 20 popular extensions (com, net, org, io, dev, co, app, ai and more), plus the extension you typed if it is not among them. Results start with the exact match, then available names, then taken ones.

Required permission: domains:search

Request Body Parameters

Example Request

curl -X POST "https://admin.vps.org/api/v1/domains/search/" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain": "mysite.com"}'

import requests

url = "https://admin.vps.org/api/v1/domains/search/"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json={"domain": "mysite.com"})
for result in response.json()["results"]:
    if result["available"]:
        print(result["domain"], result["registration_price"], result["renewal_price"])

Example Response

{
  "results": [
    {
      "domain": "mysite.com",
      "available": false,
      "price": null,
      "registration_price": null,
      "renewal_price": null,
      "tld": "com",
      "is_exact_match": true
    },
    {
      "domain": "mysite.dev",
      "available": true,
      "price": 17.24,
      "registration_price": 17.24,
      "renewal_price": 17.24,
      "tld": "dev",
      "is_exact_match": false
    }
  ],
  "base_domain": "mysite",
  "search_count": 20
}

Prices are numbers in USD for one year and are null for names that are not available. The prices shown are illustrative.

Response Status Codes

Register New Domain

Registers a domain and charges your saved payment method. Availability and price are checked with the registrar again right before the charge. The registrant contact details are taken from your account profile. If the registrar rejects the registration after the charge, the payment is refunded.

Required permission: domains:register (granted by domains:*)

Request Body Parameters

curl -X POST "https://admin.vps.org/api/v1/domains/register/" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain": "mysite.dev", "years": 1}'

Example Response

{
  "success": true,
  "domain_uuid": "e4b7a2c9-1d3f-4e5a-8b6c-7d8e9f0a1b2c",
  "domain_name": "mysite.dev",
  "message": "mysite.dev registered successfully!"
}

Response Status Codes

Renew a Domain

Renews the domain and charges its renewal_price for each year to your saved payment method.

Required permission: domains:renew

Request Body Parameters

curl -X POST "https://admin.vps.org/api/v1/domains/e4b7a2c9-1d3f-4e5a-8b6c-7d8e9f0a1b2c/renew/" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"years": 1}'

{
  "success": true,
  "domain_uuid": "e4b7a2c9-1d3f-4e5a-8b6c-7d8e9f0a1b2c",
  "new_expiration": "2028-01-15T10:30:00+00:00",
  "message": "example.com renewed successfully for 1 year(s)!"
}

Response Status Codes

Update Nameservers

Sets the domain's nameservers at the registrar and returns the updated domain object. To manage DNS with the DNS API, use ns1.vps.org, ns2.vps.org and ns3.vps.org and create a zone for the domain.

Required permission: domains:update

Request Body Parameters

curl -X PUT "https://admin.vps.org/api/v1/domains/e4b7a2c9-1d3f-4e5a-8b6c-7d8e9f0a1b2c/nameservers/" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"nameserver1": "ns1.vps.org", "nameserver2": "ns2.vps.org", "nameserver3": "ns3.vps.org"}'

Response Status Codes

Turn Auto-Renewal On or Off

Sets auto_renew and returns the updated domain object. Send enabled as a JSON boolean: any non-empty string, including the string false, turns auto-renewal on.

Required permission: domains:update

curl -X PUT "https://admin.vps.org/api/v1/domains/e4b7a2c9-1d3f-4e5a-8b6c-7d8e9f0a1b2c/auto-renew/" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"enabled": false}'

Response Status Codes

Notes

• The API cannot delete a domain, transfer a domain in, or change WHOIS privacy or the transfer lock. Transfers and deletion are available in the control panel at admin.vps.org.
• DNS records for a domain are managed with the DNS API. DNS Management API