Domain Management Automation

Operate your domains with precision and ease.

  • A great API

    We create parity between the functionality of our API and our Web UI. This means you can create scripts to regulate nearly every aspect of your domain management via DNSimple. Use webhooks to trigger events, or automatically create similar records for new domain purchases. Anything you can do manually, we want you to be able to do automatically with our API.

Real world examples

Chef.io

Our cookbook, available at the Chef Supermarket, is a great example of how you can support an automatic DNS configuration via our API.

Read more about our cookbooks

HashiCorp Terraform

Build, codify, and version your infrastructure with Terraform. With our API, you can automate all aspects of your domains.

Get started with Terraform and DNSimple

Caddy HTTP/2 Web Server

Caddy is a web server that's easy to configure and use. We adapted our API for use in Caddy to solve the ACME DNS challenge for SSL certificates.

See how to configure us with Caddy
  • Third-party integration

    You can integrate other services into your DNSimple experience for faster provisioning and greater functionality. Buy a domain with a single click. Automatically trigger an event when a domain is purchased. Instantly create a new Heroku instance that's automatically bound to your domain. Create a mailbox in Google Apps for Work with a new domain.

    The DNSimple platform is a huge stride towards domain management automation. Integrate your services into our API and web site and open up new possiblities.

Make it your own

Update your SSL certificate in Heroku

This gem provides an executable script to upload your SSL certificate from DNSimple to your Heroku application.

Check out the project

Automated request and installation of Let's Encrypt™ SSL Certificates

Unlimited, automated, free SSL Let's Encrypt™ certificates, cycled on a monthly basis.

Read the article
  • A vision for the future

    At DNSimple, we aim to make Domain Management Automation so easy, you won't even notice you're managing domains.

    We're experts in everything from DNS and registration to SSL certificates and whois privacy, so you don't have to be. No more feeling overwhelmed. No more lost hours on domain management. We do it all for you. Leave the hard parts to us, so you can focus on more important things.