Check nameserver delegation now

POST

/domains/{domain}/check-ns

const url = 'https://api.nsin.cloud/domains/example.com/check-ns';
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.nsin.cloud/domains/example.com/check-ns \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

Runs an immediate delegation check for a pending or moved managed domain instead of waiting for the background checker. On success the domain is activated right away.

Rate-limited to once per hour per domain, independently of the API key rate limit. Requires domain.settings.

Authorizations

bearerAuth
apiKeyAuth

Parameters

Path Parameters

domain

required

string

The domain name (for example example.com) — not a numeric id.

Example

example.com

Responses

200

Check result.

application/json

object

Whether the delegation matched an accepted set.

boolean

status

pending — managed domain waiting for its nameservers to point at NSIN.
unverified — external-DNS domain waiting for its TXT verification record.
active — serving.
moved — delegation has left NSIN; the domain keeps serving during a grace window.
disabled — not serving; re-enable with POST /domains/{domain}/enable.
banned — administratively blocked.

string

Allowed values: pending unverified active moved disabled banned

message

string

next_check_at

string format: date-time

nsin_ns

The nameservers the delegation is expected to match.

Array<string>

current_ns

The nameservers actually observed.

Array<string>

Example

{
  "status": "pending"
}

400

Not a managed domain, or the domain is not awaiting nameserver changes.

application/json

The error shape used by every endpoint. error is always present. code is present only on the failures that have one — do not require it, and do not parse error to recover it.

object

error

required

Human-readable description of what went wrong.

string

code

Stable machine-readable reason. Present on some failures only; the wording of error may change, this will not.

account_suspended — 403. The account behind the credential has been switched off, by an admin or by its provider. Every authenticated route answers this, so treat it as terminal rather than retrying.
domain_disabled — 409, not 403. You have every right to the operation; the domain is simply switched off and is not being served, so its configuration cannot change. It stays readable, and writes work again once it is enabled.
managed_by_reseller — 403. The account is a reseller’s client and this surface belongs to its provider. See If your account is managed by a reseller.
invite_email_mismatch — 403 from POST /invites/{token}/accept. The invitation was addressed to a different email; the body also carries invited_email, masked.

A panel session — not an API key — can additionally see session_check_failed on a 503, which means the session could not be verified, not that it is invalid. Retry it; do not discard the token.

string

Example

{
  "error": "read-only API key"
}

401

Missing, malformed, revoked or expired API key, or a key whose owning user row is gone. A key whose owning account has merely been deactivated is not this: that is 403 with code: account_suspended, because the credential itself is intact and re-issuing it changes nothing.

application/json

The error shape used by every endpoint. error is always present. code is present only on the failures that have one — do not require it, and do not parse error to recover it.

object

error

required

Human-readable description of what went wrong.

string

code

Stable machine-readable reason. Present on some failures only; the wording of error may change, this will not.

account_suspended — 403. The account behind the credential has been switched off, by an admin or by its provider. Every authenticated route answers this, so treat it as terminal rather than retrying.
domain_disabled — 409, not 403. You have every right to the operation; the domain is simply switched off and is not being served, so its configuration cannot change. It stays readable, and writes work again once it is enabled.
managed_by_reseller — 403. The account is a reseller’s client and this surface belongs to its provider. See If your account is managed by a reseller.
invite_email_mismatch — 403 from POST /invites/{token}/accept. The invitation was addressed to a different email; the body also carries invited_email, masked.

string

Examples

invalidKey

{
  "error": "invalid API key"
}

403

The key is read-only, your role on the domain lacks the required permission, the domain’s plan does not include the feature, or the account that owns the key has been deactivated — that last one carries code: account_suspended and can arrive on any endpoint, including ones that document no 403 of their own.

application/json

The error shape used by every endpoint. error is always present. code is present only on the failures that have one — do not require it, and do not parse error to recover it.

object

error

required

Human-readable description of what went wrong.

string

code

Stable machine-readable reason. Present on some failures only; the wording of error may change, this will not.

account_suspended — 403. The account behind the credential has been switched off, by an admin or by its provider. Every authenticated route answers this, so treat it as terminal rather than retrying.
domain_disabled — 409, not 403. You have every right to the operation; the domain is simply switched off and is not being served, so its configuration cannot change. It stays readable, and writes work again once it is enabled.
managed_by_reseller — 403. The account is a reseller’s client and this surface belongs to its provider. See If your account is managed by a reseller.
invite_email_mismatch — 403 from POST /invites/{token}/accept. The invitation was addressed to a different email; the body also carries invited_email, masked.

string

Example

{
  "error": "read-only API key"
}

404

No such domain, or it is not visible to this account. Domains you cannot access are reported as not found rather than forbidden.

application/json

The error shape used by every endpoint. error is always present. code is present only on the failures that have one — do not require it, and do not parse error to recover it.

object

error

required

Human-readable description of what went wrong.

string

code

Stable machine-readable reason. Present on some failures only; the wording of error may change, this will not.

account_suspended — 403. The account behind the credential has been switched off, by an admin or by its provider. Every authenticated route answers this, so treat it as terminal rather than retrying.
domain_disabled — 409, not 403. You have every right to the operation; the domain is simply switched off and is not being served, so its configuration cannot change. It stays readable, and writes work again once it is enabled.
managed_by_reseller — 403. The account is a reseller’s client and this surface belongs to its provider. See If your account is managed by a reseller.
invite_email_mismatch — 403 from POST /invites/{token}/accept. The invitation was addressed to a different email; the body also carries invited_email, masked.

string

Example

{
  "error": "read-only API key"
}

429

Either the once-per-hour manual check limit or the API key rate limit was hit.

application/json

The error shape used by every endpoint. error is always present. code is present only on the failures that have one — do not require it, and do not parse error to recover it.

object

error

required

Human-readable description of what went wrong.

string

code

Stable machine-readable reason. Present on some failures only; the wording of error may change, this will not.

account_suspended — 403. The account behind the credential has been switched off, by an admin or by its provider. Every authenticated route answers this, so treat it as terminal rather than retrying.
domain_disabled — 409, not 403. You have every right to the operation; the domain is simply switched off and is not being served, so its configuration cannot change. It stays readable, and writes work again once it is enabled.
managed_by_reseller — 403. The account is a reseller’s client and this surface belongs to its provider. See If your account is managed by a reseller.
invite_email_mismatch — 403 from POST /invites/{token}/accept. The invitation was addressed to a different email; the body also carries invited_email, masked.

string

Example

{
  "error": "read-only API key"
}