cpanel api error please help

[andylee]

I am use perl Cpanel::PublicAPI and get the following error message

The server was not able to find the document (./-api/cpanel) you requested.
Please check the url and try again. You might also want to report this
error to your web hosting provider.

may I ask what is actually wrong with this

Great Thanks

[cPanelDavidN]

Hi Andy,

Since all remote API calls to cPanel start either as json-api/cpanel or xml-api/cpanel, I assume is misconfigured in your code. Or it's possible that you've found a bug in Cpanel::PublicAPI. Please provide an example so we can pinpoint the problem.

Best Regards,
-DavidN

[sirdopes]

Basically, u just need to set the output to xml, like the following:

my $xml_add_database = $cp->cpanel_api1_request('cpanel', { 'module' => 'Mysql', 'func' => 'adddb' }, [ "$db_name" ], 'xml');



It doesn't have a return type set by default so it is not using xml-api as part of the url and just trying to use -api.

[andylee]

here is my code :
just copy from the instruction
=====================================

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use lib ("test");
use cPanel::PublicAPI;
my $cp = cPanel::PublicAPI->new('user' => 'waylinks', 'pass' => 'np55cg55');
$cp->cpanel_api1_request('cpanel',
{
'module' => 'Mysql',
'func' => 'adduserdb',
},
[ 'waylinks_db', 'waylinks_ttttt', 'ALL' ]
);

[andylee]

I found the error there should be a 'xml' follow the parameters

Great tks

[gatorheel]

Since all remote API calls to cPanel start either as json-api/cpanel or xml-api/cpanel, I assume is misconfigured in your code. Or it's possible that you've found a bug in Cpanel::PublicAPI.

It's either a bug in the module or in the documentation. The latter states in cpanel_api1_request():

$format - The format for the xml-api to respond in. The valid values here are “xml�, “json� or “ref� (perl hash reference). This will default to returning a perl hash reference when the value is undef.

If no $format is specified, it appears the mod should default to JSON (by looking at sub _init_serializer) and hashes. But, in PublicAPI.pm, line 437, $CFG{'serializer'} is used before it's initialized (in line 440), so instead of being defaulted it's left blank. Looks like someone didn't check their code with warnings enabled.

So, either swap the order (preferred) or change the docs to make $format required.

Matt