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Responses use standard HTTP status codes. Success responses return data directly (no envelope wrapper). Error responses return an error field.

Success

json
// 200 OK
{ "domain": "example.com", "status": "active", "expiry_date": "2027-03-03" }

// 201 Created
{ "id": "550e8400-...", "name": "www", "type": "A", "content": "1.2.3.4", "ttl": 3600 }

// 200 OK, a collection
[{ "domain": "example.com", "status": "active" }, { ... }]

Errors

json
// 4xx/5xx
{ "error": "Insufficient credit balance.", "balance": 5.00, "required": 12.95 }

// 422, validation
{ "message": "The given data was invalid.", "errors": { "domain": ["The domain field is required."] } }

Status Codes

Code Meaning
200 Success
201 Resource created
400 Bad request / operation failed
401 Unauthorized (bad key, disabled, IP blocked)
402 Payment required (insufficient credit)
403 Forbidden (scope restriction, or a domain change on an account with High-Profile Protection)
404 Not found
422 Validation error
500 Server error

When Each Error Happens

Status When
401 Invalid/missing API key, key disabled, IP not whitelisted, account inactive
402 Credit balance too low for register/renew/transfer
400 The registrar or server refused the operation, a plan limit was reached, or a filter value isn’t valid
403 API key doesn’t have the required scope for the operation, or the account has High-Profile Protection and the call changes a domain
404 Domain, record, or service not found (or not owned by client)
422 Request validation failed (missing/invalid fields)
500 Unexpected server error
502 The mail server or MXFilter didn’t answer; try again shortly

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