Accessing CPanel UAPI from command line on Linux / Mac OS

chicagosky

• December 26, 2014 20:10

Hello I am trying to access the CPanel UAPI functions via command line on Mac OS and am doing so using the below syntax (am trying to add an email forwarder)
curl --user username:password -k https://160.1.254.120:2083/execute/Email/add_forwarder?email=temp_forward&domain=mydomain.com&fwdopt=pipe&pipefwd=php/piper.php&
The response I get for this is as below
{"messages":null,"errors":null,"status":1,"metadata":{"transformed":1},"data":[]}
But when I check the cPanel, the new forwarder has not been added. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks in advance

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  AndrewH.

  • December 31, 2014 17:33

  I tried running a similar command on my development box and got this response
  devserver:2083/execute/Email/add_forwarder?email=reseller%40reseller.tld&fwdopt=pipe&pipefwd=echo

{"messages":null,"errors":null,"status":1,"metadata":{"transformed":1},"data":[{"email":"reseller@reseller.tld","domain":"reseller.tld","forward":"|/home/reseller/echo"}]}
  I also did this command to match yours
  devserver:2083/execute/Email/add_forwarder?email=reseller&fwdopt=pipe&pipefwd=echo&domain=reseller.tld

{"messages":null,"errors":null,"status":1,"metadata":{"transformed":1},"data":[{"email":"reseller@reseller.tld","domain":"reseller.tld","forward":"|/home/reseller/echo"}]}
  and had success as well. Now when I tried an account that I didn't have access to I got this response
  devserver:2083/execute/Email/add_forwarder?email=reseller&fwdopt=pipe&pipefwd=echo&domain=notsomethingiown.tld

{"messages":null,"errors":["Error opening "/etc/valiases/notsomethingiown.tld" to write: Permission denied at /usr/local/cpanel/Cpanel/Email/Aliases.pm line 114.\n">,"status":0,"metadata":{},"data":null}
  At this point I'm unsure why success or failure data isn't being generated for you. I would recommend opening a ticket as our support team is amazing and should be able to help you out.

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