# REST API Reference (https://developer.godaddy.com/en/docs/references/rest)

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title: REST API Reference
description: Complete REST API documentation with interactive examples
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## Domain Lifecycle

### Domains & DNS

Manage domain registrations, DNS records, privacy settings, and transfers. Operations span version namespaces: **v1** is the original REST API; **v2** added async processing (action queues, notifications, and status polling) in 2019; **v3** is the newest API with a quote-execute registration model. Machine-readable OpenAPI specs: [domains-v1.json](https://developer.godaddy.com/openapi/domains-v1.json) and [domains-v2.json](https://developer.godaddy.com/openapi/domains-v2.json).

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## Domain Marketplace & Aftermarket

### Aftermarket API

Auction-related actions exclusive to allowlisted reseller partners (list, bid on, and manage aftermarket domain listings. Auth: sso-key).

### Auctions API

Domain auction operations — retrieve active auctions, place bids, and manage auction state. Auth: sso-key.

### Transactions API

List and read store transactions, signatures, and reference data from the Transactions API v2.

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## Domain Monetization

### Parking API

Domain parking configuration — enable, disable, and manage monetized parked-page settings for domains. Auth: sso-key.

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## Customer & Identity

### Agreements API

Retrieve the legal agreements required for domain registration, transfers, and privacy changes. The `agreementKeys` returned here must be passed in the `consent` object when purchasing a domain. Auth: sso-key.

### Shoppers API

Manage shopper accounts, subaccounts, and authentication used by resellers acting on behalf of customers.

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## Security & Risk

### Abuse API

Report and manage domain abuse cases. Auth: sso-key.

### Certificates API

Manage SSL/TLS certificate orders, validation, reissuance, and domain verification. Auth: sso-key.

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## Platform & Integration

### ANS API

Agent Name Service (ANS) is a decentralized naming layer for registering, resolving, and managing ANS handles and identities. Auth: OAuth.

### Node.js Hosting API

Deploy and operate Node.js apps on GoDaddy's hosting platform. Manage apps, source uploads, deployments, secrets, and logs.

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## Reference Data

### Countries API

Country reference data — states and provinces, dialing codes, and country codes for use in contact and address fields. Auth: sso-key.