Upcoming TLDs / .api
Can you register a .api domain?
Source: ICANN 2026 round applications, checked November 1, 2026. Not in the IANA root zone as of October 31, 2026.
What .api would mean
In their own words, from the public part of each application (question 118):
The applied-for string, 'api', is an acronym for Application Programming Interface, referring to protocols and tools for building software and enabling secure integration between applications.
Application Programming Interface -- a set of protocols and tools that allows different software applications to communicate with each other. It is a standard technical term in software development.
A set of rules that allows different software systems to communicate and exchange data.
Api commonly refers to an application programming interface that enables software applications or systems to communicate with one another.
A set of functions and procedures allowing the creation of applications that access the features or data of an operating system, application, or other service
application programming interface
A common initialism for application programming interface.
"API" is the common abbreviation for "application programming interface," a defined set of rules and protocols that allows one piece of software to request and exchange data or functions with another.
Acronym for Application Programming Interface
API stands for Application Programming Interface: a set of rules that lets software talk to software, exchange data and get things done. The Internet’s most productive conversation.
Who applied for .api
Google Registry
Charleston Road Registry Inc., US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
Charleston Road Registry Inc. dba Google Registry (Charleston Road Registry), a company wholly owned by Google, provides registry services to the public. Google is a technology leader focused on improving how millions of users connect with information. In line with Google’s mission, we make information accessible by extending the utility of the Domain Name System while enhancing the performance, security, and stability of the Internet. The primary purpose of the applied-for gTLD is to provide a dedicated, recognizable, and trusted space where registrants can enact second-level domains that …
ECHO Domain Co L.L.C.
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
The .api gTLD will provide a namespace for organizations offering APIs, developer tools, and integration services. Registrations will be open to anyone.
Elegant Leader Limited
HK, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
Elegant Leader Limited, is applying for .API as a dedicated namespace associated with Artificial Intelligence and associated software development.
Heir Superiority, LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
The mission of .API is to provide a namespace associated with the concept of api as an application programming interface that enables software applications or systems to communicate with one another. The .API gTLD is intended to serve a broad range of registrants and users, including individuals, businesses, organizations, communities, projects, and other entities that identify with, relate to, or wish to be associated with the concept represented by the applied-for string.
Internet Naming Company
KY, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
The mission and purpose of .api is to give developers, companies, and platform providers a dedicated namespace for publishing, documenting, and accessing application programming interfaces. Registration under .api signals a machine-to-machine integration point, distinguishing programmatic endpoints and developer resources from human-facing web content within the same organization or brand.
Link Freedom Group / LFG
Link Freedom Group Ltd, MT, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
Link Freedom Group (LFG) aspires to become a best-in-class, vertically integrated domain name registration authority, see linkfreedomgroup.link. This TLD is part of a carefully curated portfolio of strings that LFG intends to pursue in ICANN’s 2026 New gTLD Program. In assembling this portfolio, LFG focused on securing meaningful, memorable, and commercially compelling strings that resonate strongly with end users and offer long-term growth potential.
ShortDot (Ireland) Limited
IE, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
The mission of .api is to provide a dedicated namespace for developers, software platforms, integrations, technical documentation, tools and API-related services.
Registry Services, LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
1. Mission and Purpose of the Applied-for gTLD
OPEN DEVELOPMENT CAMBODIA
KH, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing, ICANN applicant support
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is an NGO initiated to support the open data movement understanding that data collected for the public good should be made publicly available, freely available, and technically digestible through APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) so that any human and systems can both use and disseminate that data to facilitate research and communication between the public, private companies, civil society, and government institutions. In alignment with ODC’s vision, the .api gTLD is intended to be an open general-purpose domain.
Application ODC2534-T66083 on ICANN · opendevelopmentcambodia.net
XYZ.COM LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
1. Mission and purpose. This gTLD will be operated as an open, unrestricted generic top-level domain. Its purpose is to expand naming choice in the DNS by making this term available at the top level for any lawful use chosen by the registrant. Registrations will be available to all registrants on a first-come, first-served basis through ICANN-accredited registrars, subject only to the Registry Agreement, ICANN Consensus Policies, and applicable law. The applicant will not operate this gTLD on an exclusive basis.
What happens next
- April 30, 2026: Application window opened (done)
- August 12, 2026: Application window closed (done)
- October 7, 2026: Reveal Day: ICANN published every applied-for string (done)
- October 21, 2026: Replacement period ended (applicants could switch to a backup string) (done)
- November 17, 2026: String Confirmation Day: the final list of applied-for strings
- March 16, 2027: Community input and objections period ends
Dates from ICANN’s Reveal Day announcement, checked October 27, 2026. We re-check the applications every day and this page changes when they do.
When will .api be available?
ICANN has not set a date. The final list of applied-for strings comes on String Confirmation Day (November 17, 2026), community input and objections run until March 16, 2027, and ICANN processes applications after a prioritization draw in 2027. Registration opens only after ICANN delegates .api and its registry announces launch dates.