Add domain

POST

https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/domain

Use this endpoint to add a domain and associate it with an organization.

You must specify at least one validation type for the domain. Use the Get validation types endpoint to get available validation types.

cURL

curl -X POST \
  https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/domain \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-DC-DEVKEY: {{api_key}}' \
  -d '{
    "name": "example.com",
    "organization": {
        "id": 112233
    },
    "validations": [
        {
            "type": "ov"
        },
        {
        	"type": "ev"
        }
    ],
    "dcv_method": "email"
}'

Python

import requests

url = "https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/domain"

payload = "{\n    \"name\": \"example.com\",\n    \"organization\": {\n        \"id\": 112233\n    },\n    \"validations\": [\n        {\n            \"type\": \"ov\"\n        },\n        {\n        \t\"type\": \"ev\"\n        }\n    ],\n    \"dcv_method\": \"email\"\n}"
headers = {
    'X-DC-DEVKEY': "{{api_key}}",
    'Content-Type': "application/json"
    }

response = requests.request("POST", url, data=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/domain"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n    \"name\": \"example.com\",\n    \"organization\": {\n        \"id\": 112233\n    },\n    \"validations\": [\n        {\n            \"type\": \"ov\"\n        },\n        {\n        \t\"type\": \"ev\"\n        }\n    ],\n    \"dcv_method\": \"email\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-DC-DEVKEY", "{{api_key}}")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

NodeJS

var request = require("request");

var options = { method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/domain',
  headers: 
   { 'Content-Type': 'application/json',
     'X-DC-DEVKEY': '{{api_key}}' },
  body: 
   { name: 'example.com',
     organization: { id: 112233 },
     validations: [ { type: 'ov' }, { type: 'ev' } ],
     dcv_method: 'email' },
  json: true };

request(options, function (error, response, body) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);

  console.log(body);
});

201 Created (email)

{
    "id": 123356,
    "validation_emails": {
        "name_scope": "example.com",
        "base_emails": [
            "postmaster@example.com",
            "administrator@example.com",
            "hostmaster@example.com",
            "admin@example.com",
            "webmaster@example.com"
        ],
        "whois_emails": [
            "it@example.com"
        ]
    }
}

201 Created (dns-txt-token)

{
    "id": 123356,
    "dcv_token": {
        "token": "{{random_token}}",
        "status": "pending",
        "expiration_date": "2019-03-02T17:21:39+00:00"
    }
}

201 Created (dns-cname-token)

{
    "id": 123356,
    "dcv_token": {
        "token": "{{random_token}}",
        "status": "pending",
        "expiration_date": "2019-03-02T17:22:05+00:00",
        "verification_value": "dcv.digicert.com"
    }
}

201 Created (http-token)

{
    "id": 671903,
    "dcv_token": {
        "token": "{{random_token}}",
        "status": "pending",
        "expiration_date": "2019-03-02T17:22:48+00:00",
        "http_token_url": "http://example.com/.well-known/pki-validation/{{random_filename}}.txt"
    }
}

Request parameters

Name	Req/Opt	Type	Description
name	required	string	Domain name to submit
organization	required	object	The organization of the domain.
.. id	required	int	Organization ID.
validations	required	array	List of validation types for the domain.
.. type	required	string	Validation type identifier. See Glossary – Validation types
dcv_method	optional	string	Domain control validation method to use. See Glossary – DCV methods

Response parameters

Name	Type	Description
id	int	ID of the added domain.
validation_emails	object	Email addresses used when sending DCV emails. Only returned for `email` DCV method.
.. name_scope	string	Domain scope used for for WHOIS record and constructed email addresses.
.. base_emails	array	List of constructed email addresses.
.. whois_emails	array	List of email addresses on WHOIS record.
dcv_token	object	DCV token details. Only returned for `dns-txt-token`, `dns-cname-token`, and `http-token` DCV methods.
.. token	string	Random value to use for DCV validation.
.. status	string	DCV status. Possible values: `pending`, `active`
.. expiration_date	string	Timestamp for when the token expires. Format: UTC timezone and ISO 8601 date
.. http_token_url	string	Filename of the text file and where is should be placed on the web server. Only returned for `http-token` DCV method.

Request parameters

Response parameters

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