# Request Domain Ownership

{% hint style="info" %}
**Prerequisite:** Only contract administrators, owners, and users with `accessAndManageIamResources` privilege can create and manage Identity Providers (IDPs) through the API. You can also set user privileges in the DCD. For more information, see [<mark style="color:blue;">Set User Privileges for Identity and Access Management</mark>](/cloud/set-up-ionos-cloud/management/identity-access-management/iam-federation/how-tos/set-user-privileges-iam-dcd.md).
{% endhint %}

To request the ownership of a domain, perform a `POST` request.

## Endpoint

Use the following endpoint to request for domain ownership: `https://iam.ionos.com/federation/domains`.

## Request

```bash
curl --location \
--request POST 'https://iam.ionos.com/federation/domains' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
  "domain": "yourcompany.com"
}'
```

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Request Body Parameters" %}
Below is the list of mandatory body parameters:

| **Body Parameters** | **Type** | **Description**                                                  | **Example**       |
| ------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- |
| `domain`            | string   | Represents the domain to map the user email domains to the IDPs. | `yourcompany.com` |
| {% endtab %}        |          |                                                                  |                   |

{% tab title="Request Header Parameters" %}
To make authenticated requests to the API, the following fields are mandatory in the request header:

| **Header Parameters** | **Required** | **Type** | **Description**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| --------------------- | :----------: | :------: | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Authorization`       |      yes     |  string  | The Bearer token enables requests to authenticate using a JSON Web Token (JWT). From the DCD, [<mark style="color:blue;">Generate authentication token</mark>](/cloud/set-up-ionos-cloud/management/identity-access-management/token-manager.md#generate-authentication-token). |
| `Content-Type`        |      yes     |  string  | Set this to `application/json`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| {% endtab %}          |              |          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| {% endtabs %}         |              |          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

## Response

**202 Successful operation**

```bash
{
   "id":"5e6323da-8a45-5732-bec1-d7c29c1dc890",
   "type":"domain",
   "href":"/domain/5e6323da-8a45-5732-bec1-d7c29c1dc890",
   "metadata":{
      "createdDate":"2020-12-10T13:37:50+01:00",
      "createdBy":"ionos:identity:::users/87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
      "createdByUserId":"87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
      "lastModifiedDate":"2020-12-11T13:37:50+01:00",
      "lastModifiedBy":"ionos:identity:::users/87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
      "lastModifiedByUserId":"87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
      "resourceURN":"ionos:<product>:<location>:<contract>:<resource-path>"
   },
   "properties":{
      "token":"<your-api-token>",
      "domain":"yourcompany.com",
      "status":"REQUESTED",
      "message":"The token provided should be added to the TXT Domain Record, then request to verify the ownership. Important: This is the only time the token will be visible to you, so please take note of it now."
   }
}
```

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note:**

* The `token` value provided in the API response must be saved, as this will be the only time it is displayed. This token value must be added to the `TXT Domain Record` and proceed with the domain ownership verification.
* If you are using IONOS Cloud DNS, you can add the `TXT` Domain Record by following the steps in [<mark style="color:blue;">Create a TXT Domain Record</mark>](/cloud/set-up-ionos-cloud/management/identity-access-management/iam-federation/how-tos/create-txt-domain-record.md).
* If your organization uses any other domain provider, contact your provider to locate the DNS settings and add the `TXT` record value.
  {% endhint %}


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