UAPI Functions - Mysql::set_privileges_on_database

Description

This function sets a MySQL® database user's privileges.

Examples 


 cPanel or Webmail Session URL

https://hostname.example.com:2083/cpsess##########/execute/Mysql/set_privileges_on_database?user=dbuser&database=mydb&privileges=DELETE%2CUPDATE%2CCREATE%2CALTER

 LiveAPI PHP Class

$cpanel new CPANEL(); // Connect to cPanel - only do this once.
  
// Set the dbuser user's privileges for the mydb database.
$set_dbuser_privs $cpanel->uapi(
    'Mysql''set_privileges_on_database',
    array(
        'user'       => 'dbuser',
        'database'   => 'mydb',
        'privileges' => 'DELETE,UPDATE,CREATE,ALTER',
    )
);

 LiveAPI Perl Module

my $cpliveapi = Cpanel::LiveAPI->new(); # Connect to cPanel - only do this once.
  
# Set the dbuser user's privileges for the mydb database.
my $set_dbuser_privs $cpliveapi->uapi(
    'Mysql''set_privileges_on_database',
    {
        'user'       => 'dbuser',
        'database'   => 'mydb',
        'privileges' => 'DELETE,UPDATE,CREATE,ALTER',
    }
);

 cPanel Template Toolkit

<!-- Update the dbuser's privileges. -->
[% execute('Mysql', 'set_privileges_on_database', { name => 'dbuser', database => 'mydb', privileges => 'DELETE,UPDATE,CREATE,ALTER' } ) %]

 Command Line

uapi --user=username Mysql set_privileges_on_database user=dbuser database=mydb privileges=DELETE,UPDATE,CREATE,ALTER

 

Notes:

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

 Output (JSON)

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

 

Note:

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

 

Parameters

 Parameter 

Type

Description

Possible values

Example

user

string

Required

The database user's name.

A MySQL user on the cPanel account.

Important:

 If database prefixing is enabled, you must prefix this value with the account prefix and an underscore (_). 

For example, for the dbuser user on the user cPanel account, pass in a value of user_dbuser. 

dbuser

database

string

Required

The database's name.

A MySQL database on the cPanel account.

mydb

privileges

 string 

A list of privileges.

Note:

 This list replaces, rather than adds to, the existing privilege list. 

  • ALL PRIVILEGES
  • A comma-separated list of one or more of the following individual privileges:
    • ALTER
    • ALTER ROUTINE
    • CREATE
    • CREATE ROUTINE
    • CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES
    • CREATE VIEW
    • DELETE
    • DROP
    • EVENT
    • EXECUTE
    • INDEX
    • INSERT
    • LOCK TABLES
    • REFERENCES
    • SELECT
    • SHOW VIEW
    • TRIGGER
    • UPDATE

Note:

In browser-based calls, separate multiple values with %2C. 

 DELETE,UPDATE,CREATE,ALTER 

 

Returns

This function only returns metadata.

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