Check domain availability on CLI using AWS Route53

Prerequisites

• AWS CLI https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/getting-started-install.html
• Active AWS access keys – access key ID and secret access key

Configure AWS CLI

Use command aws configure

aws configure

# AWS Access Key ID [****************MPLE]:
# AWS Secret Access Key [****************MPLE]:
# Default region name [us-east-1]:
# Default output format [None]:

Check domains using route53domains command

aws route53domains check-domain-availability --output=text --domain-name <example.com>

Example

aws route53domains check-domain-availability --output=text --domain-name [some.com](http://some.com/)

# UNAVAILABLE

Example

aws route53domains check-domain-availability --output=text --domain-name [random12345.com](http://random12345.com/)

# AVAILABLE

Create an alias to find domains quickly

Create an alias to map to the command seen above.

alias domain=’aws route53domains check-domain-availability --output=text --domain-name’

Use the alias instead of typing the whole command in the future.

domain some.com

# UNAVAILABLE

Similarly, you can create a shell function or script, or macro to run the entire command efficiently.