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PSA: GoDaddy gated their own API. DDNS users warned (loudwhisper.me)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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GoDaddy really lived up to its bad reputation and recently changed their API rules. The rules are simple: either you own 10 (or 50) domains, you pay $20/month, or you don't get the API. I personally didn't get any communication, and this broke my DDNS setup. I am clearly not the only one judging from what I found online. A company this big gating an API behind such a steep price... So I will repeat what many people said before me (being right): don't. use. GoDaddy.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

This is what NameCheap does too. It's freaking stupid. Domain registrations should not be managed by corporations.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I use porkbun but I don't know how they handle this situation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I also use porkbun, their API is not a masterpiece but it works and allows you to get, set and update records. In fact their API is now supported by some of the common ddns scripts out there.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

i switched to porkbun from godaddy specifically because of this.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Recommend cloudflare for DNS. I use it for DDNS via API and it works great.

You also basically pay the wholesale rate without markup for the domain.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Warning: Cloudflare does not allow you to change the nameservers of domains you register with them unless you pay for some insanely priced subscription. For many of us who register domains at various registrar's but want to be able to centrally manage DNS, hiding such basic functionality behind an extremely steep paywall makes Cloudflare a no-go.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Porkbun + cloudflare DNS + ddclient

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Avoid cloudflare

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sounds good. Better free DNS option with API support?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Desec.io is a good option. To be honest using cloudflare just for DNS is completely OK. It's not a service that allows spying on you or consolidates their monopoly.