Get Registration Status

GET/accounts/{account_id}/registrar/registrations/{domain_name}/registration-status

Returns the current status of a domain registration workflow.

Use this endpoint to poll for completion when the POST response returned 202 Accepted. The URL is provided in the links.self field of the workflow status response.

Poll this endpoint until the workflow reaches a terminal state or a state that requires user attention.

Terminal states: succeeded and failed are terminal and always have completed: true.

Non-terminal states:

action_required has completed: false and will not resolve on its own. The workflow is paused pending user intervention.
blocked has completed: false and indicates the workflow is waiting on a third party such as the extension registry or losing registrar. Continue polling while informing the user of the delay.

Use increasing backoff between polls. When state: blocked, use a longer polling interval and do not poll indefinitely.

A naive polling loop that only checks completed can run indefinitely when state: action_required. Break explicitly on action_required:

let status;
do {
  await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 2000));
  status = await cloudflare.request({
    method: 'GET',
    path: reg.result.links.self,
  });
} while (
  !status.result.completed &&
  status.result.state !== 'action_required'
);

if (status.result.state === 'action_required') {
  // Surface context.action and context.confirmation_sent_to to the user.
  // Do not re-submit the registration request.
}

Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: string

Identifier

maxLength32

domain_name: string

Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) including the extension (e.g., example.com, mybrand.app). The domain name uniquely identifies a registration — the same domain cannot be registered twice, making it a natural idempotency key for registration requests.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

errors: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional { pointer }

pointer: optional string

messages: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional { pointer }

pointer: optional string

result: WorkflowStatus { completed, created_at, links, 4 more }

Status of an async registration workflow.

completed: boolean

Whether the workflow has reached a terminal state. true when state is succeeded or failed. false for pending, in_progress, action_required, and blocked.

created_at: string

formatdate-time

links: { self, resource }

self: string

URL to this status resource.

resource: optional string

URL to the domain resource.

state: "pending" or "in_progress" or "action_required" or 3 more

Workflow lifecycle state.

pending: Workflow has been created but not yet started processing.
in_progress: Actively processing. Continue polling links.self. The workflow has an internal deadline and will not remain in this state indefinitely.
action_required: Paused — requires action by the user (not the system). See context.action for what is needed. An automated polling loop must break on this state; it will not resolve on its own without user intervention.
blocked: The workflow cannot make progress due to a third party such as the domain extension’s registry or a losing registrar. No user action will help. Continue polling — the block may resolve when the third party responds.
succeeded: Terminal. The operation completed successfully. completed will be true. For registrations, context.registration contains the resulting registration resource.
failed: Terminal. The operation failed. completed will be true. See error.code and error.message for the reason. Do not auto-retry without user review.

One of the following:

"pending"

"in_progress"

"action_required"

"blocked"

"succeeded"

"failed"

updated_at: string

formatdate-time

context: optional map[unknown]

Workflow-specific data for this workflow.

The workflow subject is identified by context.domain_name for domain-centric workflows.

error: optional { code, message }

Error details when a workflow reaches the failed state. The specific error codes and messages depend on the workflow type (registration, update, etc.) and the underlying registry response. These workflow error codes are separate from immediate HTTP error errors[].code values returned by non-2xx responses. Surface error.message to the user for context.

code: string

Machine-readable error code identifying the failure reason.

message: string

Human-readable explanation of the failure. May include registry-specific details.

success: true

Whether the API call was successful

Get Registration Status

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/registrar/registrations/$DOMAIN_NAME/registration-status \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "completed": false,
    "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "links": {
      "self": "/accounts/{account_id}/registrar/registrations/example.com/registration-status",
      "resource": "/accounts/{account_id}/registrar/registrations/example.com"
    },
    "state": "in_progress",
    "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "context": {
      "foo": "bar"
    },
    "error": {
      "code": "registry_rejected",
      "message": "Registry rejected the request."
    }
  },
  "success": true
}

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 10000,
      "message": "No workflow found for example.com"
    }
  ],
  "messages": [],
  "result": null,
  "success": false
}

Returns Examples

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "completed": false,
    "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "links": {
      "self": "/accounts/{account_id}/registrar/registrations/example.com/registration-status",
      "resource": "/accounts/{account_id}/registrar/registrations/example.com"
    },
    "state": "in_progress",
    "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "context": {
      "foo": "bar"
    },
    "error": {
      "code": "registry_rejected",
      "message": "Registry rejected the request."
    }
  },
  "success": true
}

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 10000,
      "message": "No workflow found for example.com"
    }
  ],
  "messages": [],
  "result": null,
  "success": false
}