danstreeter/20i-domain-check repository overview

⁠20i Domain Check

A Docker image to utilise the 20i Domain Check API and return domain availability. Runs a domain availability check against the 20i reseller API and returns an order link if the domain is available, or the expiry date if already registered.

⁠Motivation

To speed up the checking of domain name availability, ideally from the command line with little 'up front' requirements to perform and get a rapid and easy to read reply.

⁠Requirements

• An active 20i Reseller Account
• Your 20i API Key
• Docker
• (Although the script could be used without Docker if needed)

⁠Getting Started

⁠20i API Key

API keys can be retrieved from https://my.20i.com/reseller/api⁠. The key required is the 'General API Key'.

### Environment Variable This image relies on an environment variable of your API key being present to work. Adding the following to your system profile file, .bash_profile or .oh-my-zsh in my case.

export TWENTYIAPIKEY="api_key_from_20i"

This then allows you to run the container as an alias on your system, pulling in your API key from env vars.

⁠Quick Run

Once the environment variable is set, you can now run the container with the following:

docker run --rm danstreeter/20i-domain-check domainname.co.uk

⁠Alias Setup

To make this even easier, the following alias can be added to your .bash_alias or equivelant file:

alias domaincheck='docker run --rm danstreeter/20i-domain-checker $TWENTYIAPIKEY '