EPP Reference Manual

This document provides a reference of XML-formatted requests and replies in the EPP protocol which has been implemented in the FRED with extensions to suit FRED particularities.

Target audience

Developers, testers

Purpose

Have reference information for implementing and debugging a custom EPP client.

Prerequisites

You should have a basic understanding of XML terminology and principles.

Terms & definitions

Terms and definitions can be found in the glossary.

Chapters

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. General workflow
  • 1.2. Conventions for describing XML structures
• 2. Protocol basics
  • 2.1. Introduction to the EPP
  • 2.2. Generic message structure
  • 2.3. Service discovery
  • 2.4. Commands & responses
  • 2.5. FRED protocol extension
  • 2.6. FRED command & response extensions
• 3. Managed objects
  • 3.1. Common object attributes
  • 3.2. Domains
  • 3.3. Contacts
  • 3.4. Nssets
  • 3.5. Keysets
• 4. Namespaces & schemas
• 5. Command & response structure
  • 5.1. Login
  • 5.2. Logout
  • 5.3. Check
  • 5.4. Info
  • 5.5. Polling
  • 5.6. Create
  • 5.7. Update
  • 5.8. Transfer
  • 5.9. Delete
  • 5.10. Renew domain
  • 5.11. Credit info
  • 5.12. Send AuthInfo
  • 5.13. Listing
• 6. Policies & rules of disclosure
  • 6.1. Data collection policy
  • 6.2. Server disclosure policy
  • 6.3. Contact disclosure preference
  • 6.4. Hiding address
  • 6.5. Examples of behaviour
• 7. Appendixes
  • 7.1. Result codes & messages
  • 7.2. Error reasons
  • 7.3. FRED-defined data types
  • 7.4. EPP-defined data types
  • 7.5. XMLSchema-defined data types