Amazon Route 53 Domains

{'Message': 'string'}

Checks whether a domain name can be transferred to Amazon Route 53.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.check_domain_transferability(
    DomainName='string',
    AuthCode='string'
)

type DomainName:

string

param DomainName:

[REQUIRED]

The name of the domain that you want to transfer to Route 53. The top-level domain (TLD), such as .com, must be a TLD that Route 53 supports. For a list of supported TLDs, see Domains that You Can Register with Amazon Route 53 in the Amazon Route 53 Developer Guide.

The domain name can contain only the following characters:

• Letters a through z. Domain names are not case sensitive.

• Numbers 0 through 9.

• Hyphen (-). You can't specify a hyphen at the beginning or end of a label.

• Period (.) to separate the labels in the name, such as the . in example.com.

type AuthCode:

string

param AuthCode:

If the registrar for the top-level domain (TLD) requires an authorization code to transfer the domain, the code that you got from the current registrar for the domain.

rtype:

dict

returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'Transferability': {
        'Transferable': 'TRANSFERABLE'|'UNTRANSFERABLE'|'DONT_KNOW'|'DOMAIN_IN_OWN_ACCOUNT'|'DOMAIN_IN_ANOTHER_ACCOUNT'|'PREMIUM_DOMAIN'
    },
    'Message': 'string'
}

Response Structure

• (dict) --

  The CheckDomainTransferability response includes the following elements.

  • Transferability (dict) --

    A complex type that contains information about whether the specified domain can be transferred to Route 53.

    • Transferable (string) --

      Whether the domain name can be transferred to Route 53.

      Valid values:

      TRANSFERABLE

      The domain name can be transferred to Route 53.

      UNTRANSFERRABLE

      The domain name can't be transferred to Route 53.

      DONT_KNOW

      Reserved for future use.

      DOMAIN_IN_OWN_ACCOUNT

      The domain already exists in the current Amazon Web Services account.

      DOMAIN_IN_ANOTHER_ACCOUNT

      The domain exists in another Amazon Web Services account.

      PREMIUM_DOMAIN

      Premium domain transfer is not supported.

  • Message (string) --

    Provides an explanation for when a domain can't be transferred.