Connect with DNS providers

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Quickstart

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1. Set up the Entri Modal

The first step to getting up and running with Entri Connect is configuring Entri..

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2. Launch the Entri modal window

Call the showEntri method with your configuration object to trigger the Entri modal to appear.

Note that this is a basic example, and you’re free to structure your application code however you’d like.

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3. Listen for the onEntriClose callback event

When a user closes the Entri pop-up modal, Entri sends a callback event that you can listen for. It includes information from the session such as the domain added, whether or not the user completed the setup, and the type of DNS set up for that user (automatic, manual or shared login).

function handleOnEntriClose(event) {
  console.log('onEntriClose', event.detail);
}
window.addEventListener('onEntriClose', handleOnEntriClose, false);

Here’s an example of the returned event data:

{
  domain: "example.com", // Domain that the user entered. Can be null if the user exits before entering a domain.
  success: true, // Was the setup of the domain completed?
  setupType: "automatic", // Type of DNS setup. Can be "automatic", "manual", "sharedLogin" or null if the user didn't reach the set up stage. Additionally, semiautomatic may be returned if the user selected a provider manually that supports automatic set up.
  provider: "Provider name" // Provider name used to configure the domain or "unknown" if it was not detected.
  lastStatus: "IN_PROGRESS" // lastStatus can be used if you want more information about where the user dropped off
 // See all potential values for lastStatus here: https://developers.entri.com/api-reference#onentriclose-callback-event-data
}

If your product experience requires more context on where a user exited the Entri modal, you can use thelastStatus field. For a full description of all lastStatus fields, see here: https://developers.entri.com/api-reference#onentriclose-callback-event-datalaststatus-fields

When you receive the callback event you can display a success message in your application or move the user to a next step—whatever works best in your flow.

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Advanced Usage

Here are a few examples of extra features to get even more out of your Entri installation.

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Launch Entri with a prefilled domain

If you’d like to use a prefilled domain and bypass the domain input screen on the Entri modal, you can send a domain directly to Entri as part of the configuration object:

const config = {
  applicationId: "12345",
  token: mySavedToken,
  prefilledDomain: "example.com",
  dnsRecords: [...],
};

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Add a userId to track events via Entri webhooks

Entri uses webhooks to notify you when a user has added a domain and when the new DNS records have been propagated. In order to correlate the webhook event with the user that triggered it, add a userId to the configuration object. This should be the same ID that the backend of your application uses.

const config = {
  applicationId: "12345",
  token: mySavedToken,
  userId: "user12345",
  dnsRecords: [...],
};

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Check if Entri supports automatic setup for a domain

You can check if a domain is eligible for automatic setup directly using the checkDomain method. This will tell you in advance whether the process fully automatic for your users or if they’ll be asked to handle the DNS setup manually.

It takes two arguments:

• The domain (string) to be checked
• Your Entri configuration object (the same one used for launching the Entri modal window)

This is an asynchronous function, so you should consider handling the promise with then() or using the await operator—whatever works best in your application.

const domainCheckResult = await entri.checkDomain("http://mydomain.com", config);

console.log(domainCheckResult);

This will return an object, for example:

{
  "provider": "Namecheap",
  "setupType": "Automatic",
  "NSSupport": {
    "root": true,
    "subdomains": true
  }
}

The NSSupport object specifies whether Entri is able to execute Nameserver changes at the root and/or subdomains levels.

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Dynamic configuration variables based on the user-inputted domain

You can insert dynamic variables into the dnsRecords section of your configuration object using {} syntax.

For example, if the user sets up blog.example.com, the following variables will be available:

• {DOMAIN} = example.com
• {SUBDOMAIN} = blog
• {SLD} = example
• {TLD} = com

You could then create the following configuration object:

const config = {
  applicationId: "12345",
  token: mySavedToken,
  dnsRecords: [
    {
      type: "CNAME",
      host: "{SUBDOMAIN}.xyz.example.com", // blog.xyz.example.com
      value: "custom-proxy.leadpages.net",
      ttl: 300,
    },
    {
      type: "TXT",
      host: "@",
      value: "{SLD}-{TLD}", // example-com
      ttl: 300,
    },
    {
      type: "MX",
      host: "host",
      value: "mailhost1.{DOMAIN}", // mailhost1.example.com
      priority: 10,
      ttl: 300,
    },
  ],
};

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Email Provider SPF

DNS configurations support the variable {emailProviderSPF} for email provider SPF records. It outputs different values depending on the provider:

• If the provider is Google, it equals include:_spf.google.com
• If the provider is Microsoft, it equals include:spf.protection.outlook.com
• If the provider is Zoho Mail, it equals include:zoho.com
• If the provider is unknown, it equals nothing (empty string)

For example, if you include this string in an SPF record and the customer-provided email provider is Google Workspace:

v=spf1 {emailProviderSPF} ~all

The value will be:

 v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all

If Entri is unable to detect an email provider the value will be:

v=spf1 ~all

For more information on SPF, see Handling DKIM, SPF, and DMARC Records.

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Launch the Entri modal window with a CustomEvent

In addition to using the entri.showEntri() method, you can launch the Entri modal using a CustomEvent:

const showEntri = new CustomEvent('showEntri', {
  detail: {
    applicationId: "12345",
    token: "12345",
    dnsRecords: [...],
  },
});

document.dispatchEvent(showEntri);