London – August 28th 2007. Dot TK, the Internet registry of .TK domain names, today announces the launch of the Dot TK API, which will be made freely available to developers worldwide. The Dot TK API allows developers to register domain names with the .TK extension, directly from their own application.
Unlike other domain name registries, such as .COM and .CO.UK, Dot TK is the only domain name registry that offers domain names for free. Using the Dot TK API, domain names with the .TK extension can be registered directly with a simple API call. In most cases this will happen as a background process, inside the application made by the developer.
“We’ve had many requests from our own user community to provide such piece of software,” explained CTO, Maurice van der Meer. “From our new London office we are proud to present this new service to developers worldwide. We welcome everyone to use the API and start registering domain names. The API is easy to use, plus we provide examples and support on our webpage. Currently we have examples in Java, Perl, PHP and Python available.”
Millions of users worldwide are currently using Dot TK. Currently there are 1.6 million active Dot TK domain names registered. Dot TK adds an average of 8,000 new domain names on a daily basis.
“With the introduction of the Dot TK API, we will make domain name registration available everywhere,” van der Meer continues. “Next to .TK domain name registrations, we hope the developer community picks up the API and create great new applications with it; applications we haven’t thought of yet!”
The Dot TK API is available for everyone at no charge at
www.dottkapi.tk. A free Dot TK account is required to start using this powerful tool. Each registration requires a domain name that is not used yet, and a web address (URL) to be renamed to the registered .TK domain. Domain name registrations made using the API work instantly on the Internet.
Dot TK is a joint venture of the Government of Tokelau, its communication company Teletok and Taloha, Inc., a privately held company. More information about Dot TK can be found at
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