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Created April 21, 2017 06:58
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Add custom DDNS provider for Namecheap on Synology NAS - ( The horrors )
#!/usr/bin/php -d open_basedir=/usr/syno/bin/ddns
<?php
/*
Usage Instructions ( Obviously your domain has to be hosted on Namecheap )
1) Copy this file to /usr/syno/bin/ddns/namecheap.php
2) Add the following entry in /etc.defaults/ddns_provider.conf
[Custom - Namecheap]
modulepath=/usr/syno/bin/ddns/namecheap.php
queryurl=dynamicdns.park-your-domain.com
3) In Synology External Access > DDNS
Hostname = subdomain.domain.com OR domain.com
Username = put-random-string-here-for-validation-purpose
Password = Namecheap DDNS Token (Accounts > Domain List > Advanced DNS)
*/
if ($argc !== 5) {
echo 'badparam';
exit();
}
$account = (string)$argv[1];
$pwd = (string)$argv[2];
$hostname = (string)$argv[3];
$ip = (string)$argv[4];
// check the hostname contains '.'
if (strpos($hostname, '.') === false) {
echo 'badparam';
exit();
}
// only for IPv4 format
if (!filter_var($ip, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_IPV4)) {
echo "badparam";
exit();
}
$array = explode('.', $hostname);
if (count($array) >= 3) {
$domain = implode('.', array_slice($array, 1));
$hostname = implode('.', array_slice($array, 0, 1));
} else {
$domain = implode('.', $array);
$hostname = '@';
}
$url = 'https://dynamicdns.park-your-domain.com/update?host='.$hostname.'&domain='.$domain.'&password='.$pwd.'&ip='.$ip;
$req = curl_init();
curl_setopt($req, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($req, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$res = curl_exec($req);
curl_close($req);
/*
Success response:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<interface-response>
<Command>SETDNSHOST</Command>
<Language>eng</Language>
<IP>%ip-address%</IP>
<ErrCount>%error-count%</ErrCount>
<ResponseCount>%response-count%</ResponseCount>
<Done>true</Done>
<debug><![CDATA[]]></debug>
</interface-response>
%ip-address% = IP address
%error-count% = 0
%response-count% = 0
Failure response:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<interface-response>
<Command>SETDNSHOST</Command>
<Language>eng</Language>
<ErrCount>%error-count%</ErrCount>
<errors>
<Err1>%error-message%</Err1>
</errors>
<ResponseCount>%response-count%</ResponseCount>
<responses>
<response>
<ResponseNumber>%response-number%</ResponseNumber>
<ResponseString>%response-message%</ResponseString>
</response>
</responses>
<Done>true</Done>
<debug><![CDATA[]]></debug>
</interface-response>
%error-count% = 1
%error-message% = Error message
%response-count% = 1
%response-number% = Code for response message
%response-message% = Response message (similar to %error-message%)
*/
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($res);
if ($xml->ErrCount > 0) {
$error = $xml->errors[0]->Err1;
if (strcmp($error, "Domain name not found") === 0) {
echo "nohost";
} elseif (strcmp($error, "Passwords do not match") === 0) {
echo "badauth";
} elseif (strcmp($error, "No Records updated. A record not Found;") === 0) {
echo "nohost";
} else {
echo "911 [".$error."]";
}
} else {
echo "good";
}
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I still get the same error, the IP is updated but I get an error, someone if it works by updating the IP and without any error?

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