# Get name auction

`GET https://api.unique.domains/v1/names/{name}/auction`

The open auction of one name, if any: venue, deadline, bid and the first-year cost.

`data` is null without an open listing. The venue is named by id and label; the first-year cost only when the venue's rule is verified; `bidsJumped` when the bid count rose in the last 24 hours.

- Access: No key. Limited per address; a key adds the paid fields.
- Billing: One call.
- Formats: JSON
- API: Domain Check API

## Request

| Field | Type | Needs | Where | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | string | Required | Path | A full domain name on an ending the catalog holds, lowercased, IDN as punycode. A bare word, a subdomain, an e-mail address or an unknown ending answers 400 `validation_failed` with `reason` and `suggestion`. |
| `fields` | string | Optional | Query | Comma-separated top-level keys to keep; an unknown key answers 400 `unsupported_field`. |

## Sample request

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.unique.domains/v1/names/get.plumbing/auction"
```

## Response

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `venue` | string |  |
| `venueLabel` | string |  |
| `endsAt` | string |  |
| `bid` | number \| null |  |
| `bidCount` | integer \| null |  |
| `currency` | string |  |
| `firstYear` | number \| null |  |
| `bidsJumped` | boolean |  |

## Errors

| Code | Status | What it means |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [`validation_failed`](https://unique.domains/api/problems/validation_failed) | 400 | A value is not valid |
| [`rate_limited`](https://unique.domains/api/problems/rate_limited) | 429 | Too many requests |
| [`internal`](https://unique.domains/api/problems/internal) | 500 | Unexpected error |

## Example answer

200, application/json

```json
{
  "data": {
    "venue": "dynadot",
    "venueLabel": "Dynadot",
    "endsAt": "2026-11-06T18:00:00.000Z",
    "bid": 145,
    "bidCount": 9,
    "currency": "USD",
    "firstYear": 157.99,
    "bidsJumped": true
  },
  "meta": {
    "asOf": null,
    "cursor": null,
    "limit": null
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.unique.domains/v1/names/get.plumbing/auction",
    "next": null,
    "register": null,
    "product": null,
    "dataset": null
  }
}
```

API status: https://uniquedomains.instatus.com

Full reference: https://unique.domains/api