Contact validations when creating a registered domain
This article outlines field validations for the contacts object in the
Create Registered Domain
call.
What Wix checks
Wix checks only formal requirements of each field, such as the maximum number of characters. See the table at the end of the article for a complete list of formal requirements that Wix checks.
What Wix doesn't check
Wix doesn't check whether the actual domain registrar has additional requirements, for example that the postal code is valid in the specified country.
Therefore it's important to confirm the following points before calling Create Registered Domain:
- Phone number belongs to the country.
- Email address is valid.
- Postal code belongs to the country.
What happens when the external checks fail
If there is such a mismatch between the request and the registrar's requirements, the Create Registered Domain call succeeds, but the registration process can't succeed.
Then, you aren't immediately notified that the domain
can't be delivered and Wix tries to register the domain several times.
It may take up to 48 hours before the domain's status changes to
"FAILED_REGISTRATION".
Formal requirements in Create Registered Domain
Wix performs the following validations as part of the Create Registered Domain call:
Field Name | Supported Characters and Format | Formal requirements |
|---|---|---|
firstName | Alphanumerical | Min: 2 characters Max: 64 characters |
lastName | Alphanumerical | Min: 2 characters Max: 64 characters |
company | Alphanumerical | Min: 2 characters Max: 64 characters |
phone | Alphanumerical | Min: 2 characters Max: 20 characters |
email | Alphanumerical and @ | Must include a single @ Min: 3 characters Max: 128 characters (64 before @ and 63 after @) |
address | Alphanumerical | Min: 2 characters Max: 64 characters |
countryCode | Alphanumerical in ISO-3166 alpha-2 format. | Min: 2 characters Max: 32 characters |
city | Alphanumerical | Min: 2 characters Max: 64 characters |
subdivisionCode | Alphanumerical in ISO-3166 alpha-2 format. | Required for these countries: ”AE", "AR", "AT", "AU", "BE", "BR", "CA", "CH", "CL", "CO", "CR", "CZ", "DE", "DK", "ES", "FI", "FR", "GR", "IE", "IN", "IT", "JP", "KR", "MX", "MY", "NL", "NO", "NZ", "PE", "PL", "PT", "RU", "SE", "SG", "TH", "TR", "TW", "UA", "US", ”ZA”. Min: 2 characters Max: 32 characters |
postalCode | Alphanumerical | Min: 2 characters Max: 16 characters |