AFAIK you can check a transfer until it's completed, once it's completed there's nothing to check. I'll attempt to verify tomorrow with the dev parts that wrote the API code.
Charles Daminato TUCOWS Product Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, William X Walsh wrote: > > I'm developing a new automated way for customers who are transferring > names to get setup for web forwarding or hosting,etc, and have the > nameservers updated automatically, etc. > > To do this, what I've decided to do is to have a script where they > would enter their domain name, and it would query the transfer status > of the domain like the API docs provide for: > > $cmd = array( > 'action' => 'check_transfer', > 'object' => 'domain', > 'attributes' => array( > 'domain' => "$in[domain]", > 'affiliate_id' => '' > ) > ); > $result = $O->send_cmd($cmd); > > (Doing this in php obviously, thanks to Mark's excellent class) > > My question is how long are you able to check the status of completed > transfers using this method? > > I know it is not indefinitely, or even more than a week, since I just > tested it with a domain I transferred that completed on October 31st. > > I know I can also check by using my "login to RWI" using curl method > and checking to see if the domain is my reseller profile, but I'd > prefer to use an all API method if possible. I'm beginning to think I > will have to use a combination of those methods, however. > > > -- > Best regards, > William X Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- > Webcertificates.info > SSL Certificates for resellers from $49ea > -- > >