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This operation registers a domain. Domains are registered either by Amazon Registrar (for .com, .net, and .org domains) or by our registrar associate, Gandi (for all other domains). For some top-level domains (TLDs), this operation requires extra parameters.

When you register a domain, Amazon Route 53 does the following:

  • Creates a Route 53 hosted zone that has the same name as the domain. Route 53 assigns four name servers to your hosted zone and automatically updates your domain registration with the names of these name servers.

  • Enables auto renew, so your domain registration will renew automatically each year. We'll notify you in advance of the renewal date so you can choose whether to renew the registration.

  • Optionally enables privacy protection, so WHOIS queries return contact information either for Amazon Registrar (for .com, .net, and .org domains) or for our registrar associate, Gandi (for all other TLDs). If you don't enable privacy protection, WHOIS queries return the information that you entered for the administrative, registrant, and technical contacts.

    You must specify the same privacy setting for the administrative, registrant, and technical contacts.

  • If registration is successful, returns an operation ID that you can use to track the progress and completion of the action. If the request is not completed successfully, the domain registrant is notified by email.

  • Charges your Amazon Web Services account an amount based on the top-level domain. For more information, see Amazon Route 53 Pricing.

post/#X-Amz-Target=Route53Domains_v20140515.RegisterDomain

Headers

X-Amz-Target'Route53Domains_v20140515.RegisterDomain' required

Request body

DomainNamestring required
<p>The domain name that you want to register. The top-level domain (TLD), such as .com, must be a TLD that Route 53 supports. For a list of supported TLDs, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/registrar-tld-list.html">Domains that You Can Register with Amazon Route 53</a> in the <i>Amazon Route 53 Developer Guide</i>.</p> <p>The domain name can contain only the following characters:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Letters a through z. Domain names are not case sensitive.</p> </li> <li> <p>Numbers 0 through 9.</p> </li> <li> <p>Hyphen (-). You can't specify a hyphen at the beginning or end of a label. </p> </li> <li> <p>Period (.) to separate the labels in the name, such as the <code>.</code> in <code>example.com</code>.</p> </li> </ul> <p>Internationalized domain names are not supported for some top-level domains. To determine whether the TLD that you want to use supports internationalized domain names, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/registrar-tld-list.html">Domains that You Can Register with Amazon Route 53</a>. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/DomainNameFormat.html#domain-name-format-idns">Formatting Internationalized Domain Names</a>. </p>
IdnLangCodestring

Reserved for future use.

DurationInYearsinteger required
<p>The number of years that you want to register the domain for. Domains are registered for a minimum of one year. The maximum period depends on the top-level domain. For the range of valid values for your domain, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/registrar-tld-list.html">Domains that You Can Register with Amazon Route 53</a> in the <i>Amazon Route 53 Developer Guide</i>.</p> <p>Default: 1</p>
AutoRenewboolean
<p>Indicates whether the domain will be automatically renewed (<code>true</code>) or not (<code>false</code>). Auto renewal only takes effect after the account is charged.</p> <p>Default: <code>true</code> </p>
PrivacyProtectAdminContactboolean
<p>Whether you want to conceal contact information from WHOIS queries. If you specify <code>true</code>, WHOIS ("who is") queries return contact information either for Amazon Registrar (for .com, .net, and .org domains) or for our registrar associate, Gandi (for all other TLDs). If you specify <code>false</code>, WHOIS queries return the information that you entered for the admin contact.</p> <note> <p>You must specify the same privacy setting for the administrative, registrant, and technical contacts.</p> </note> <p>Default: <code>true</code> </p>
PrivacyProtectRegistrantContactboolean
<p>Whether you want to conceal contact information from WHOIS queries. If you specify <code>true</code>, WHOIS ("who is") queries return contact information either for Amazon Registrar (for .com, .net, and .org domains) or for our registrar associate, Gandi (for all other TLDs). If you specify <code>false</code>, WHOIS queries return the information that you entered for the registrant contact (the domain owner).</p> <note> <p>You must specify the same privacy setting for the administrative, registrant, and technical contacts.</p> </note> <p>Default: <code>true</code> </p>
PrivacyProtectTechContactboolean
<p>Whether you want to conceal contact information from WHOIS queries. If you specify <code>true</code>, WHOIS ("who is") queries return contact information either for Amazon Registrar (for .com, .net, and .org domains) or for our registrar associate, Gandi (for all other TLDs). If you specify <code>false</code>, WHOIS queries return the information that you entered for the technical contact.</p> <note> <p>You must specify the same privacy setting for the administrative, registrant, and technical contacts.</p> </note> <p>Default: <code>true</code> </p>

Response

Success

OperationIdstring

Identifier for tracking the progress of the request. To query the operation status, use <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/APIReference/API_domains_GetOperationDetail.html">GetOperationDetail</a>.