Technical Integration Guide - Afnic

TECHNICAL INTEGRATION GUIDE – February 25th, 2013 543.4.8. Checking a domain availabilityThe command allows to check the availability of one orseveral domain names, up to 7 by command. Any request containing moredomain names than the authorized limit will get an error message.The answer from the server indicates for each domain, with the help of aboolean type attribute if the domain can be created and if it can't, indicates thereason why. Here is a list of the messages sent in case a domain name cannot becreated:MessageIn useZone not openedZone unknownBad syntaxRegistry bad syntaxEquivalent name in useForbidden nameDetailsThe domain name already exists (whatever itsstatus, a domain name, pending deletion forexample, is not free).The domain name is free, but belongs to azone managed by AFNIC not opened forregistrations.The domain name is not in a zone managedby AFNIC.The argument indicated in the parameter isnot a domain name.The argument indicated in the parameter is adomain name but does not respect one of thesyntaxic rules imposed by AFNIC (forexample: only one letter in the gender labelx.fr, …).An « equivalent » domain name already existsand blocks the registration of this domainname.The domain name is part of list of forbiddendomain names.In order to differenciate « reserved » names that can be registered with anauthorization code from the forbidden names that cannot be registered, we havedecided to indicate this information in an extension.The element contains the domain name and the "reserved"attribute or "forbidden" attribute of this element. These attributes indicate thatthe domain name requested belongs indeed to the old list of reserved orforbiddens names. Since July 1st, 2011, this list is treated in a homogeneousway and all these terms can be subject to prior review (with a authorizationcode).If the domain name is « reserved », a element must bepresent to indicate why it is categorized that way. It is the same with thepresence of a element. We can imagine that a reservedAssociation Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération | www.afnic.fr | contact@afnic.frTwitter : @AFNIC | Facebook : afnic.frTechnical Integration Guide- 54 -November 2009