Gandi

Gandi is a domain name registrar and web hosting provider. The Gandi v5 Public API exposes domain management, LiveDNS, certificates, email, organization, billing, and hosting capabilities for programmatic use.

Gandi publishes 17 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Authorization API, Availability API, DNSSEC API, and 14 more. Tagged areas include DNS, Domains, Domain Registrar, Email, and Hosting.

The Gandi catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Gandi’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, sandbox, engineering blog, and 9 more developer resources.

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29.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 19/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent Heartbeat 100/100 alive Full breakdown ↓
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2 published contracts

DNS Domains Domain Registrar Email Hosting Certificates

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 29.0/100 · thin

Contract Quality 9.6 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 4.7 / 15

Access Clarity 0.8 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.8 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 4.3 / 8

Regulatory Posture 2.6 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 19/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Education & Research regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 5.3 — up to +18.9 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 31.0 — up to +13.8 composite points
Contract Quality scores 51.2 — up to +12.2 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Domains and DNS (registrars, registries, DNS)	mixed	41.7	-	1
Network Edge (CDN, networking, peering, edge compute)	mixed	41.7	-	1
Raycast Store Extensions (first-party publishers + community-wrapped products)	mixed	41.7	-	1

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

DNS

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 17

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Gandi Certificate API

The Gandi Certificate API allows you to manage SSL/TLS certificates.

Gandi Email API

The Gandi Email API allows you to manage email accounts and mailboxes.

Gandi Billing API

The Gandi Billing API allows you to manage account billing information.

Gandi Organization API

The Gandi Organization API allows you to manage organizations and users.

Gandi Web Hosting API

The Gandi Web Hosting API allows you to manage Simple Hosting instances.

Gandi Cloud VPS API

The GandiCloud VPS API allows you to manage virtual private servers.

Gandi Authorization API

Manage domain authorization codes.

Gandi Availability API

Check domain name availability and pricing.

Gandi DNSSEC API

Manage DNSSEC keys for a domain.

Gandi Domains API

Manage domains.

Gandi Ownership API

Domain ownership changes.

Gandi Records API

Manage DNS records for a domain.

Gandi Renewal API

Manage automatic renewal.

Gandi Trademark API

Trademark claim information.

Gandi TSIG API

Manage TSIG keys for zone transfers.

Gandi Utilities API

Utility endpoints for record types.

Gandi Zone Transfers API

Manage AXFR zone transfer settings.

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Open Collections 11

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Gandi Domain Authorization API

OPEN COLLECTION

Gandi Domain Authorization Availability API

OPEN COLLECTION

Gandi Domain Authorization DNSSEC API

OPEN COLLECTION

Gandi Domain Authorization Domains API

OPEN COLLECTION

Gandi Domain Authorization Ownership API

OPEN COLLECTION

Gandi Domain Authorization Records API

OPEN COLLECTION

Gandi Domain Authorization Renewal API

OPEN COLLECTION

Gandi Domain Authorization Trademark API

OPEN COLLECTION

Gandi Domain Authorization TSIG API

OPEN COLLECTION

Gandi Domain Authorization Utilities API

OPEN COLLECTION

Gandi Domain Authorization Zone Transfers API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Gandi API pricing

Not yet checked against Gandi's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-05 from www.gandi.net/en/pricing; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Domain Registration usage-based	$11.00 per .com registration · $38.38 per .com renewal
Public API (LiveDNS / Domain / Billing) freemium	Free

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Public API per-IP limit: 1000 requests per minute

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Gandi's documentation. Rate-limit details →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Gandi Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Gandi Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Gandi

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Gandi Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Gandi API Rules

55 rules · 49 errors 5 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Gandi Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Gandi Authentication

apiKey/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Gandi Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Gandi Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Gandi Agentic Access

37 operations · 19 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

37 operations · 19 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Sandbox

Sandbox

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: gandi
name: Gandi
description: Gandi is a domain name registrar and web hosting provider. The Gandi v5 Public API exposes domain management,
  LiveDNS, certificates, email, organization, billing, and hosting capabilities for programmatic use.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/gandi.png
tags:
- DNS
- Domains
- Domain Registrar
- Email
- Hosting
- Certificates
created: '2025-02-09'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gandi/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: gandi:certificate
  name: Gandi Certificate API
  description: The Gandi Certificate API allows you to manage SSL/TLS certificates.
  humanURL: https://api.gandi.net/docs/certificate/
  tags:
  - Certificates
  - SSL
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/certificate/
- aid: gandi:email
  name: Gandi Email API
  description: The Gandi Email API allows you to manage email accounts and mailboxes.
  humanURL: https://api.gandi.net/docs/email/
  tags:
  - Email
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/email/
- aid: gandi:billing
  name: Gandi Billing API
  description: The Gandi Billing API allows you to manage account billing information.
  humanURL: https://api.gandi.net/docs/billing/
  tags:
  - Billing
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/billing/
- aid: gandi:organization
  name: Gandi Organization API
  description: The Gandi Organization API allows you to manage organizations and users.
  humanURL: https://api.gandi.net/docs/organization/
  tags:
  - Organization
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - Organization
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/organization/
- aid: gandi:simplehosting
  name: Gandi Web Hosting API
  description: The Gandi Web Hosting API allows you to manage Simple Hosting instances.
  humanURL: https://api.gandi.net/docs/simplehosting/
  tags:
  - Hosting
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/simplehosting/
- aid: gandi:gandicloud
  name: Gandi Cloud VPS API
  description: The GandiCloud VPS API allows you to manage virtual private servers.
  humanURL: https://api.gandi.net/docs/gandicloud/
  tags:
  - Cloud
  - VPS
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/gandicloud/
- aid: gandi:gandi-authorization-api
  name: Gandi Authorization API
  description: Manage domain authorization codes.
  humanURL: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  baseURL: https://api.gandi.net/v5/domain
  tags:
  - Authorization
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gandi-authorization-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/livedns/
- aid: gandi:gandi-availability-api
  name: Gandi Availability API
  description: Check domain name availability and pricing.
  humanURL: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  baseURL: https://api.gandi.net/v5/domain
  tags:
  - Availability
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gandi-availability-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/livedns/
- aid: gandi:gandi-dnssec-api
  name: Gandi DNSSEC API
  description: Manage DNSSEC keys for a domain.
  humanURL: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  baseURL: https://api.gandi.net/v5/domain
  tags:
  - DNSSEC
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gandi-dnssec-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/livedns/
- aid: gandi:gandi-domains-api
  name: Gandi Domains API
  description: Manage domains.
  humanURL: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  baseURL: https://api.gandi.net/v5/domain
  tags:
  - Domains
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gandi-domains-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/livedns/
- aid: gandi:gandi-ownership-api
  name: Gandi Ownership API
  description: Domain ownership changes.
  humanURL: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  baseURL: https://api.gandi.net/v5/domain
  tags:
  - Ownership
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gandi-ownership-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/livedns/
- aid: gandi:gandi-records-api
  name: Gandi Records API
  description: Manage DNS records for a domain.
  humanURL: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  baseURL: https://api.gandi.net/v5/domain
  tags:
  - Records
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gandi-records-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/livedns/
- aid: gandi:gandi-renewal-api
  name: Gandi Renewal API
  description: Manage automatic renewal.
  humanURL: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  baseURL: https://api.gandi.net/v5/domain
  tags:
  - Renewal
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gandi-renewal-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/livedns/
- aid: gandi:gandi-trademark-api
  name: Gandi Trademark API
  description: Trademark claim information.
  humanURL: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  baseURL: https://api.gandi.net/v5/domain
  tags:
  - Trademarks
  tags_raw:
  - Trademark
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gandi-trademark-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/livedns/
- aid: gandi:gandi-tsig-api
  name: Gandi TSIG API
  description: Manage TSIG keys for zone transfers.
  humanURL: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  baseURL: https://api.gandi.net/v5/domain
  tags:
  - TSIG
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gandi-tsig-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/livedns/
- aid: gandi:gandi-utilities-api
  name: Gandi Utilities API
  description: Utility endpoints for record types.
  humanURL: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  baseURL: https://api.gandi.net/v5/domain
  tags:
  - Utilities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gandi-utilities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/livedns/
- aid: gandi:gandi-zone-transfers-api
  name: Gandi Zone Transfers API
  description: Manage AXFR zone transfer settings.
  humanURL: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  baseURL: https://api.gandi.net/v5/domain
  tags:
  - Zone Transfers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gandi-zone-transfers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/domains/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/livedns/
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/gandi-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/gandi-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/gandi-finops.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/gandi-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/gandi-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/gandi-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/gandi-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Gandi
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gandi
- type: Website
  url: https://www.gandi.net/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api.gandi.net/docs/reference/
- type: Sandbox
  url: https://api.sandbox.gandi.net/docs/
- url: https://news.gandi.net/en/feed
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Gandi API — frequently asked questions

Does Gandi have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 17 APIs from Gandi, including Gandi Certificate API, Gandi Email API and Gandi Billing API, and 14 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Gandi API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 11 OpenAPI specifications for Gandi, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Gandi API?

Gandi uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey/http · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Gandi Authentication.

How much does the Gandi API cost?

APIs.io lists 2 pricing plans for Gandi, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Gandi API ready for AI agents?

Gandi has a Kin Score of 29.0 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 18.6 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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