Introduction
cPanel API 1 accesses information from the cPanel interface.
Warning:
cPanel API 1 is deprecated. We strongly recommend that you use cPanel API 2 or UAPI instead.
Note:
You cannot call this API's functions via another API's call methods. For more information, read the API method distinctions section below.
Basic usage
LiveAPI PHP Class
$cpanel
=
new
CPANEL();
// Connect to cPanel - only do this once.
$your_variable
=
$cpanel
->api1(
'Module'
,
'function'
,
array
(
'parameter'
,
'parameter'
,
'parameter'
) );
// Call the function.
LiveAPI Perl Module
my
$cpliveapi
= Cpanel::LiveAPI->new();
# Connect to cPanel - only do this once.
my
$your_variable
=
$cpliveapi
->api1(
'Module'
,
'function'
, [
'parameter'
,
'parameter'
,
'parameter'
] );
# Call the function.
Template Toolkit
Note:
Currently, individual function documentation does not include Template Toolkit examples.
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[%- USE Api1; SET myvariable = execute( 'Module', 'function', { 'parameter' => 'value', 'parameter' => 'value', 'parameter' => 'value', } ); %] |
cPanel Tag System (Deprecated)
Warning:
In cPanel & WHM version 11.30 and later, cPanel tags are deprecated.
We strongly recommend that you only use the LiveAPI system to call the cPanel APIs.
<cpanel Module="Module::function( $FORM('parameter','parameter','parameter') )"> |
Command Line
cpapi1 --user=username --output=type Module function parameter=value parameter=value |
Note:
cPanel & WHM introduced the command line feature in version 56.
cPanel API 1 calls through the command line consist of the following basic parts:
Part |
Description |
Command |
This value is always cpapi1 for calls to cPanel API 1. |
Output Type |
The API output type that you wish to receive.
Note: This parameter defaults to --output=yaml. |
Module |
The cPanel API 1 module name. |
Function |
The cPanel API 1 function. |
User |
The cPanel account-level username. |
Input parameters and values |
The function's input parameters and their values.
Note: The term "Boolean" in our documentation refers to parameters that accept values of 1 or 0. cPanel & WHM APIs do not support the literal values of true and false. |
Note:
For more information about this feature, run the following command:
cpapi1 --help |
These examples use the following variables:
Variable |
Description |
Example |
Module |
The module for the function that you wish to use. |
|
function |
The cPanel API 1 function that you wish to use. |
addpop |
parameter |
Input parameters that you pass to the function. Important:
Note: The term "Boolean" in our documentation refers to parameters that accept values of1 or 0. cPanel & WHM APIs do not support the literal values of true and false.
|
example.com |
Warning:
Do not attempt to use the URL of a cPanel or WHM interface in order to perform actions in custom code. You must call the appropriate API functions in order to perform the actions of cPanel & WHM's interfaces.
For example, do not pass values to .html
pages, as in the following example:
http: //example .com:2082 /frontend/x3/mail/doaddpop .html /email =name&domain=user.com |
While this unsupported method sometimes worked in previous versions of cPanel & WHM, we strongly discourage its use and do not guarantee that it will work in the future. Instead, the correct method to perform this action is to call the appropriate API function.
Call cPanel API 1 from the WHM API
Warning:
Unless you call this API via the WHM API, you cannot call this API via WHM's ports (2086
or 2087
).
You can use the WHM API to call cPanel API functions. For more information, read our Use WHM API to Call cPanel API & UAPI documentation.
Important:
Because some cPanel API 1 functions return HTML output, this method will cause parsing errors in most XML parsers. We strongly recommend that you use cPanel API 2 instead.
API method distinctions
cPanel, Inc. produces four current and two deprecated APIs, and they all include separate sets of functions. Make certain that the function and module that you call exist in the API version that your code uses.
Important:
API calls must use the correct port:
2082
— Unsecure calls to cPanel's APIs.2083
— Secure calls to cPanel's APIs.2095
— Unsecure calls to cPanel's APIs via a Webmail session.2096
— Secure calls to cPanel's APIs via a Webmail session.2086
— Unsecure calls to WHM's APIs, or to cPanel's APIs via the WHM API.2087
— Secure calls to WHM's APIs, or to cPanel's APIs via the WHM API.
Otherwise-correct calls will return Permission denied
or Function not found
errors if they use an incorrect port number.