GoDaddy Proxy

Google cloud function for GoDaddy queries. To be used in conjunction with Name Hacker

What does it do?

All this function does is to query the GoDaddy for domain availability. GoDaddy requires an Authorization key to make this query hence I made this cloud function to keep the key private. Also GoDaddy servers have CORS disabled so anyways you can't make this query from a proper browser. Although meant to be deployed as a Google Cloud Function you can easily port the code to run on an Express server with minimal changes.

Setting the Authorization Key

1. Register at GoDaddy Developer and create an API key
2. Clone this repository
3. Create a .env file in the root of the repository and add the following entry GODADDY_API_KEY=<your API key>

Deploying the Function

Check this tutorial for a step-by-step guide to writing and deploying cloud functions. Here I'll quickly walk you through the steps:

1. Register for Google Cloud
2. Create a new project and enable Cloud-Functions + Billing
3. Install and initialize the Google Cloud SDK
4. Install gloud Beta components
5. Create a Cloud Storage Bucket to host the function. Note the name.
6. Navigate to the root of the cloned repository and run the following command:

  gcloud beta functions deploy godaddyProxy --stage-bucket <your bucket name> --trigger-http

7. The function will be deployed and the corresponding URL will be shown on the terminal

Testing the function

You can use cURL to make a query to the endpoint:

curl <cloud-url>?domain=terriblenames.com

You will get a json response like (the same response returned from GoDaddy):

{"available":true,"domain":"terriblenames.com","definitive":false,"price":7490000,"currency":"USD","period":1}

Restricting Calls

If you want to restrict calls to this function from a specific domain (browser only) you can set the following in the .env file:

ALLOWED_DOMAIN=https://mysite.com

This will basically set the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header to your domain