GetAccountValidation

Usage

Use this command to retrieve the authorization question and answer for a subaccount. Typically, you would use this command to validate the identity of a user before using the GetAccountPassword command to email their password to them.

Availability

All resellers have access to this command.

Constraints

The query must meet the following requirements:

The AuthQuestionAnswer value must be correct.
The subaccount must belong to this account.

Input Parameters

https://resellertest.enom.com/interface.asp?command=GetAccountValidation&uid=(Required)&LoginID=(Required)&responsetype=(Optional)

Input Parameter	Type	Status	Description
command	string	Required	GetAccountValidation
UID	string	Required	Your Account ID
PW	string	Required	Account password
LoginID	string	Required	Login ID of the subaccount
ResponseType	string	Optional	Format of response. Permitted values are Text (default) HTML * XML

Returned Parameters and Values

The default response format is plain text. To receive the response in HTML or XML format, send ResponseType=HTML or ResponseType=XML in your request.

Check the return parameter "ErrCount". If greater than 0 the transaction failed. The parameter "Err(ErrCount)" can be presented to the client. Otherwise, the process returns parameters as defined below.

Output Parameter	Type	Description
Command	string	Name of command executed
AuthQuestionType	string	Nature of the question used for identity verification. Permitted values are: smaiden mother’s maiden name sbirth city of birth ssocial last 4 digits of SSN shigh high school fteach favorite teacher fvspot favorite vacation spot fpet favorite pet fmovie favorite movie fbook favorite book
AuthQuestionAnswer	string	The answer to the authorization question for the subaccount
LoginID	string	The login ID of the subaccount
ErrCount	int	The number of errors if any occurred. If greater than 0 check the Err(1 to ErrCount) values.
ErrX	string	Error messages explaining the failure. These can be presented as is back to the client.
Done	boolian	"True" indicates this entire response has reached you successfully.

Example Output

The following query requests the account balance for account Login Id "resellid". The query also requests the response in XML, HTML, or Text format.

https://resellertest.enom.com/interface.asp?
command=getaccountvalidation&uid=resellid
&pw=resellpw&loginid=ichiro&responsetype=xml

https://resellertest.enom.com/interface.asp?
command=getaccountvalidation&uid=resellid
&pw=resellpw&loginid=ichiro&ResponseType=html

https://resellertest.enom.com/interface.asp?
command=getaccountvalidation&uid=resellid
&pw=resellpw&loginid=ichiro&ResponseType=text

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<interface-response>
 <GetAcctValidation>
  <AuthQuestionType>Mother's Maiden Name</AuthQuestionType>
  <AuthQuestionAnswer>Smith</AuthQuestionAnswer>
  <LoginID>ichiro</LoginID>
 </GetAcctValidation>
 <Command>GETACCOUNTVALIDATION</Command>
 <Language>en</Language>
 <ErrCount>0</ErrCount>
 <ResponseCount>0</ResponseCount>
 <MinPeriod />
 <MaxPeriod>10</MaxPeriod>
 <Server>RESELLERTEST</Server>
 <Site>enom</Site>
 <IsLockable />
 <IsRealTimeTLD />
 <TimeDifference>+0.00</TimeDifference>
 <ExecTime>0.0390625</ExecTime>
 <Done>true</Done>
 <debug>
  <![CDATA [ ] ]>
 </debug>
</interface-response>

;URL Interface<br>
;Machine is SJL0VWRESELL_T<br>
;Encoding Type is utf-8<br>
<HTML><BODY>
<STRONG>AuthQuestionType: </ STRONG>Mother's Maiden Name<br>
<STRONG>AuthQuestionAnswer: </ STRONG>jones<br>
<STRONG>LoginID: </ STRONG>ichiro<br>
<STRONG>Command: </ STRONG>GETACCOUNTVALIDATION<br>
<STRONG>APIType: </ STRONG>API<br>
<STRONG>Language: </ STRONG>eng<br>
<STRONG>ErrCount: </ STRONG>0<br>
<STRONG>ResponseCount: </ STRONG>0<br>
<STRONG>MinPeriod:</ STRONG><br>
<STRONG>MaxPeriod: </ STRONG>10<br>
<STRONG>Server: </ STRONG>SJL0VWRESELL_T1<br>
<STRONG>Site: </ STRONG>eNom<br>
<STRONG>IsLockable:</ STRONG><br>
<STRONG>IsRealTimeTLD:</ STRONG><br>
<STRONG>TimeDifference: </ STRONG>+0.00<br>
<STRONG>ExecTime: </ STRONG>0.422<br>
<STRONG>Done: </ STRONG>true<br>
<STRONG>RequestDateTime: </ STRONG>2/3/2015 4:10:50 PM<br>
</BODY></HTML>

;URL Interface
;Machine is SJL0VWRESELL_T1
;Encoding Type is utf-8
AuthQuestionType=Mother's Maiden Name
AuthQuestionAnswer=jones
LoginID=ichiro
Command=GETACCOUNTVALIDATION
APIType=API
Language=eng
ErrCount=0
ResponseCount=0
MinPeriod=
MaxPeriod=10
Server=SJL0VWRESELL_T1
Site=eNom
IsLockable=
IsRealTimeTLD=
TimeDifference=+0.00
ExecTime=0.047
Done=true
RequestDateTime=2/3/2015 4:11:16 PM

Related Commands

GetAccountPassword
GetSubAccounts
GetSubaccountsDetailList
SendAccountEmail