# Get TLD application string

`GET https://api.unique.domains/v1/tld-applications/{string}`

One applied-for string: its applications and its change history.

Applications A to Z by id, changes oldest first.

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

## Request

| Field | Type | Needs | Where | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `string` | string | Required | Path | The applied-for string, lowercased ASCII (an IDN as its A-label). |
| `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/tld-applications/studio"
```

## Response

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `string` | string |  |
| `applications` | object[] |  |
| `changes` | object[] |  |

## Errors

| Code | Status | What it means |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [`not_found`](https://unique.domains/api/problems/not_found) | 404 | Not found |
| [`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": {
    "string": "studio",
    "applications": [
      {
        "applicationId": "1-2026-0412",
        "string": "studio",
        "uLabel": null,
        "applicant": "Studio Registry LLC",
        "applicantCountryCode": "US",
        "type": "Standard",
        "status": "Initial Evaluation",
        "contentionSet": "STUDIO",
        "announcedOn": "2026-09-15",
        "wordPopularityBand": "high",
        "comparableSalesBand": "medium",
        "typeKey": "standard",
        "statusKey": "initial_evaluation",
        "setSize": 3,
        "applicantCount": 1,
        "inWordCorpus": true
      }
    ],
    "changes": [
      {
        "applicationId": "1-2026-0412",
        "string": "studio",
        "kind": "status",
        "before": "Received",
        "after": "Initial Evaluation",
        "seenAt": "2026-10-30T06:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "asOf": "2026-11-05T08:00:00Z",
    "cursor": null,
    "limit": null
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.unique.domains/v1/tld-applications/studio",
    "next": null,
    "register": null,
    "product": null,
    "dataset": null
  }
}
```

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