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GidiNET

GidiNET API credentials setup: generate GidiNET's separate API password and pair it with your normal account username for DNS and nameserver operations.

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GidiNET API credentials permissions

Credential type
Username and API password
Preview access
domainGetList, domainInfo, and recordGetList
Apply access
recordAdd, recordUpdate, recordDelete, and domainNameServersChange
API endpoint
DNSMigrator uses the provider's fixed API endpoint.

Additional access

GidiNET does not expose per-key scopes or DNSSEC through these SOAP APIs. Check access calls domainGetList only.

DNSControl id

creds.json TYPE
{
  "TYPE": "GIDINET"
}

Create credentials

Generate GidiNET's separate API password and pair it with your normal account username for DNS and nameserver operations.

Access you'll grant

Preview

domainGetList, domainInfo, and recordGetList

Apply

recordAdd, recordUpdate, recordDelete, and domainNameServersChange

GidiNET does not expose per-key scopes or DNSSEC through these SOAP APIs. Check access calls domainGetList only.

Before you start

  • A GidiNET account containing the active domains you want to manage.
  • API nameserver-change access on the account; this may require a reseller-enabled account.

Setup steps

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  1. Open the account password page

    Sign in to the GidiNET members' area, then open Configuration → Change password. Use the account's API-password control; the public page does not expose the authenticated form labels.

  2. Generate an API password

    Create a dedicated API password. It is separate from the password used to sign in to the control panel and can be replaced independently.

  3. Copy your account username

    Use the same account identifier you normally enter in GidiNET's Username field. Do not substitute a domain name or contact handle.

  4. Enter the API credentials

    Paste the account login into Username and the dedicated secret into API password, then check access.

Troubleshooting

GidiNET reports an authentication error

Use the normal account username together with the separate API password. Regenerate the API password if it was copied from the login-password field.

A domain is missing

The API lists active domains in this account. Confirm the domain is active and belongs to the username you connected.

A nameserver change is forbidden

The account may not have registrar API access. Ask GidiNET whether CoreAPI domainNameServersChange is enabled for the account.

DNSSEC cannot be changed

The GidiNET connection has no DS-record API. Handle DNSSEC in the registrar's control panel before or during cutover.

Official documentation

Guide checked against the official documentation on .

Credential fields

FieldRequirementWhere to find it
UsernameusernameRequiredYour normal GidiNET members-area username.
API passwordpasswordRequiredThe dedicated API password generated in the account, not the members-area login password.

Capabilities

Create zones
No
List zones
Yes
DNSSEC
Not available through this connection
Minimum TTL
60 seconds
Apex CNAME
No
Read only
No

Record types

  • A
  • AAAA
  • CNAME
  • MX
  • TXT
  • NS
  • SRV

Caveats

  • TTLs are limited to fixed steps (60 s to 2 days); other values are rounded up to the next allowed step.
  • CAA records are only available on the premium DNS service and aren't managed by DNSMigrator.
  • Apex NS records and read-only system records can't be changed through the API.

Troubleshooting

GidiNET reports an authentication error
Use the normal account username together with the separate API password. Regenerate the API password if it was copied from the login-password field.
A domain is missing
The API lists active domains in this account. Confirm the domain is active and belongs to the username you connected.
A nameserver change is forbidden
The account may not have registrar API access. Ask GidiNET whether CoreAPI domainNameServersChange is enabled for the account.
DNSSEC cannot be changed
The GidiNET connection has no DS-record API. Handle DNSSEC in the registrar's control panel before or during cutover.