API2 and delete files

Hi, I am having some issues deleting old backup of a site I created. Below is my code. Could anyone give me a hint where I am going wrong. Everything works except the unlink function. Basically, I am creating an array list of files in backup folder and if the file is older than 5 days delete it. If there is a better solution via cron, I am totally open to ideas.

password_auth($account, $password);
    $xmlapi->set_port(2083);
    $xmlapi->set_debug(1);

     $args = array(
        'checkleaf'     => '1',
        'dir'           => '/backup',
        'filelist'      => '0',
        'filepath-*'    => '',
        'needmime'      => '0',
        'showdotfiles'  => '0',
        'types'         => 'file',
       );

      $list = $xmlapi->api2_query($account, 'Fileman', 'listfiles', $args);

      $files = array();

       $delete_date = strtotime("-5 days");

        foreach ($list->data as $item) {
             $files[] = array($item->file, $item->mtime, $item->ctime, $item->fullpath, $item->humansize);
         }

        foreach ($files as $file) {
             if ($file[1] < $delete_date) {

              $args2 = array(
                'op'                => 'unlink',
                'sourcefiles'       => $file[0],
                'doubledecode'      => 0
                );

                $xmlapi = new xmlapi($server);
                $xmlapi->password_auth($account, $password);
                $xmlapi->set_port(2083);

                return $xmlapi->api2_query('Fileman', 'fileop', $args2);

           }
         }

?>

antonbiz

December 11, 2015 12:10

I think I answered my question again. The API2 code seems to be
return $xmlapi->api2_query($account, 'Fileman', 'fileop', $args2);
Once I added the account it started deleting old files. I think someone should update the API docs.

cPanelMichael

December 11, 2015 16:20

Hello :) I am happy to see you were able to address the issue. Could you let us know which specific document is not providing the correct information? Thank you.

December 12, 2015 03:48

Hi. So I am basically following this doc. cPanel API 2 Functions - Fileman::fileop - Software Development Kit - cPanel Documentation Maybe I misread it or I am not using the function the same way. But nowhere does it say you need to specify the account before Fileman.

February 02, 2016 18:47

Please keep in mind that cPanel API 2 is deprecated. You may want to consider switching to UAPI: UAPI Functions - Fileman::list_files - Software Development Kit - cPanel Documentation Some functionality may not yet exist, but you could likely develop code that manually handles certain file operations (e.g. generate a list of files to delete or unlink and handle it through a cron job). Thank you.

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