WHM XML API authentication

[JamieD]

Hi,

Am I right in thinking that the only way to authenticate when using the XML API is to send the root username and password? Assuming you want root privileges for your commands of course.

Is there anything in place to use either an API key or a pre-encrypted password?

Thanks
Jamie

[cPanelDavidG]

Hi,

Am I right in thinking that the only way to authenticate when using the XML API is to send the root username and password? Assuming you want root privileges for your commands of course.

Is there anything in place to use either an API key or a pre-encrypted password?

Thanks
Jamie

There are two methods of authentication: user/pass and user/hash. The user can be root or any reseller account. All API commands will be processed with the privileges available to that user. So if you login as root, you will have root privileges.

To access the hash (also called the remote access key), go to the WHM interface and in the "Cluster/Remote Access" section click on "Setup Remote Access Key."

Here's a link to some sample code using the user/hash method of authenticating to the API: http://forums.cpanel.net/showpost.ph...38&postcount=6

[JamieD]

Thanks David, works great.