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Learn how our customers use DNSimple to automate their companies' domain management — from registering domains and adding zone records, to reselling domains and managing cloud infrastructure.

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Open a free account in our Sandbox environment. Write, test, and verify your code before you move to production.

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Start by writing small scripts that explore how you can use the API. Writing a custom report is a good way to get exposure to different API endpoints and how you can combine those.

custom_report.go

// Print my domains with expiration date and associated SSL certificate if any.

domains, _ := client.Domains.ListDomains(
 context.Background(),
   accountID,
   nil,
)

for _, domain := range domains.Data {
   fmt.Printf("- %s: %s", domain.Name, domain.State)
   if domain.State == "registered" {
      fmt.Printf(" (expires on: %s)", domain.ExpiresAt)
   }
   certificates, _ := client.Certificates.ListCertificates(context.Background(), accountID, domain.Name, nil)
   if len(certificates.Data) > 0 {
      for _, certificate := range certificates.Data {
         fmt.Printf("    -%s: %s (years till expiry: %d",
            certificate.CommonName, certificate.State, certificate.Years)
         if certificate.AutoRenew {
            fmt.Print("but will auto-renew")
         }
         fmt.Print(")")
      }
   }
}

Managing domains with similar configurations can be error prone. Use the Go API to automate DNS changes across multiple domains with DNS templates.

In the script below, we've created a template to apply to any domain after registration.

apply_dns_template.go

// Point a domain to hosting after registration

attributes := Template{
    Name:        "Domain registration template",
    SID:         "after-domain-registration-template",
    Description: "Point a domain to hosting after registration",
 }
 template, _ := client.Templates.CreateTemplate(context.Background(), accountID, attributes)
 record := TemplateRecord{
    Name: "a",
    Type: "A",
    Content: "192.168.1.1",
    TTL: 600,
 }
 client.Templates.CreateTemplateRecord(context.Background(), accountID, template.Data.SID, record)

// To keep this example short, registering the domain is omitted.

// Apply the template to the domain
client.Templates.ApplyTemplate(accountId, template.Data.SID, domain)

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