UAPI Functions - ExternalAuthentication::add_authn_link

This function adds an External Authentication authorization link to an account.


 cPanel or Webmail Session URL

https://hostname.example.com:2083/cpsess##########/execute/ExternalAuthentication/add_authn_link?username=example&provider_id=google&subject_unique_identifier=123456789012345678901&preferred_username=Example

 LiveAPI PHP Class

$cpanel new CPANEL(); // Connect to cPanel - only do this once.
  
// Adds external authentication links to the current account.
$add_links $cpanel->uapi(
    'ExternalAuthentication''add_authn_links',    array(
        'username'                     => 'example',
        'provider_id'                  => 'google',
        'subject_unique_identifier'    => '123456789012345678901'
        'preferred_username'           => 'Example'
     )
);

 LiveAPI Perl Module

my $cpliveapi = Cpanel::LiveAPI->new(); # Connect to cPanel - only do this once.
  
# Adds external authentication links to the current account.
my $add_links $cpliveapi->uapi(
    'ExternalAuthentication''add_authn_link'(
        'username'                     => 'example',
        'provider_id'                  => 'google',
        'subject_unique_identifier'    => '123456789012345678901'
        'preferred_username'           => 'Example'
     )
);

 cPanel Template Toolkit

<!-- Adds external authentication links to the current account. -->
[% data = execute( 'ExternalAuthentication', 'add_authn_link','username' => 'example', 'provider_id' => 'google', 'subject_unique_identifier' => '123456789012345678901', 'preferred_username' => 'Example'); %]

 Command Line

uapi --user=username ExternalAuthentication add_authn_link username=example provider_id=google subject_unique_identifier=123456789012345678901 preferred_username=Example

 

Notes:

  • You must URI-encode values.
  • username represents your account-level username.

 Output (JSON)

   "messages":null,
   "errors":null,
   "status":1,
   "metadata":{ 
 
   },
}

 

Note:

Use cPanel's API Shell interface (Home >> Advanced >> API Shell) to directly test cPanel API calls.

   

Parameter

Type

Description

Possible Values

Example

username

 string 

Required

The username.

 A valid cPanel username on the server. 

example

provider_id

string

Required

The name of the identity provider.

A valid string.

google

 subject_unique_identifier 

string

Required

The unique identifier for the user at the identity provider.

A valid string.

 123456789012345678901 

preferred_username

string

Required

 The preferred username of the account on the identity provider. 

A valid string.

Example

 

 

This function only returns metadata.

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