DDNS documentation
The Simply.com DDNS-service emulates the DynDNS server protocol.
Generel
The following syntax can be used to call the DDNS Service.
https://api.simply.com/ddns.php?apikey=[APIKEY]&domain=[DOMAIN]&hostname=[HOSTNAME]&myip=[IP]
Arguments
| apikey | Required | The API key for the Simply.com account. Found in our controlpanel. |
|---|---|---|
| domain | Required | The name of the domain (product) you wish to update. Can be in punycode format. |
| hostname | Required | The name of the A record you wish to update. The domain should not be appended to this. Ie. use "home", not "home.example.com". |
| myip | Optional | The IP-address of the DNS record. If this field is not the provided, the IP of the client (REMOTE_ADDR) is automatically used instead. |
Responses
| dnserr | Something went wrong |
|---|---|
| nochg | The record is already set to the IP given. |
| badauth | Invalid login |
| abuse | The record has been updated/changed too many times in a given period. |
| good | The record has been updated |
Curl example Recommended
Use the following curl command to set home.example.com to the external IP of the requesting client:
# curl -s -L "https://api.simply.com/ddns.php?apikey=APIKEY&domain=example.com&hostname=home"
You can set this command to run in a crontab, on a local machine, every 15 minutes or so.
