Fileman::upload_files error

Hello, I am attempting to get uapi Fileman::upload_files to work. I get this error no matter what I use in the file-1 or dir key fields:

You must specify at least one file to upload.

My request looks like this:

Code:

$request = "/xml-api/cpanel?api.version=1&cpanel_xmlapi_user=test&cpanel_xmlapi_module=Fileman&cpanel_xmlapi_func=uploadfiles&cpanel_xmlapi_version=3&dir=" . urlencode('testdir') . "&file-1=" . urlencode("test.txt");

I have attempted urlencoding the entire request, just the key/value, and just the values. I have attempting using the xml-api php library as well as the WHM API 1 (the request above). I have also attempted using the API 2 (including using the correct key format) instead of the UAPI.

I should also point out that the above request is for WHM API 1, and when cpanel_xmlapi_verison is set to 3 upload_files does not work (as it is documented) vs uploadfiles which does work.

Has anyone had this issue before and fixed it? Thank you.

 

Code:

<?php
// Log everything during development.
// If you run this on the CLI, set 'display_errors = On' in php.ini.
error_reporting(E_ALL);
// Declare your username and password for authentication.
$username = 'test';
$password = 'test123';
// Define the API call.
$cpanel_host = 'localhost';
$request_uri = "https://$cpanel_host:2083/execute/Fileman/upload_files";
// Define the filename and destination.
$upload_file = realpath("/home/test/public_html/test/test.html");
$destination_dir = "public_html";
// Set up the payload to send to the server.
if( function_exists( 'curl_file_create' ) ) {
  $cf = curl_file_create($upload_file);
} else {
  $cf = "@/".$upload_file;
}
$payload = array(
  'dir'  => urlencode( $destination_dir ),
  'file-1' => $cf
);
// Set up the cURL request object.
$ch = curl_init( $request_uri );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $username . ':' . $password );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false );
// Set up a POST request with the payload.
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POST, true );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $payload );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
// Make the call, and then terminate the cURL caller object.
$curl_response = curl_exec( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );
// Decode and validate output.
$response = json_decode( $curl_response );
if( empty( $response ) ) {
  echo "The cURL call did not return valid JSON:\n";
  die( $response );
} elseif ( !$response->status ) {
  echo "The cURL call returned valid JSON, but reported errors:\n";
  die( $response->errors[0] . "\n" );
}
// Print and exit.
die( print_r( $response ) );
?>

I get the same error no matter how i manipulate the request.

 

I get

Code:

The cURL call did not return valid JSON:

with that php script. I have display_errors enabled for my current PHP binary. The perl script gives me a 500 error when run in my cgi-bin. I used the exact code from the tutorial, only changing the login details. in my apache error_log I got:

Code:

malformed JSON string, neither tag, array, object, number, string or atom, at character offset 0 (before "Can't connect to loc...") at test.pl line 61.
 End of script output before headers: test.pl

 

No problem: ticket #: 7569841

 

Code:

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);

$username = 'user';
$password = 'pass';

$cpanel_host = 'hostip';
$request_uri = "https://$cpanel_host:2083/execute/Fileman/upload_files";

$upload_file = realpath("/path/to/file.txt");
$destination_dir = "some/dir";

if( function_exists( 'curl_file_create' ) ) {
  $cf = curl_file_create( $upload_file );
} else {
  $cf = "@/".$upload_file;
}
$payload = array(
  'dir'  => $destination_dir,
  'file-1' => $cf
);

$ch = curl_init( $request_uri );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $username . ':' . $password );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false );

curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POST, true );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $payload );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );

$curl_response = curl_exec( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );

$response = json_decode( $curl_response );
if( empty( $response ) ) {
  echo "The cURL call did not return valid JSON:\n";
  die( $response );
} elseif ( !$response->status ) {
  echo "The cURL call returned valid JSON, but reported errors:\n";
  die( $response->errors[0] . "\n" );
}

die( print_r( $response ) );
?>

So this script works after fixing a few issues, one being the ipv6 issue from the support ticket. I will leave this here for anyone that ever comes across this issue.

However, I am still stuck with my original issue, needing this to work with hash instead of password. I have written a script to connect and use the WHM xml-api however I always get the specify file error. I am completely stuck now. Do I need to submit a POSTFIELD request with the WHM api? Or do I send it in the URI? If so, how? Like I said, any documentation on how to do this would be great!

EDIT: FWIW here is my xml-api code that uses the cpanel php class:

Code:

          $upload_file = realpath("/home/account/public_html/host.txt");
           $destination_dir = "public_html/test";

           if( function_exists( 'curl_file_create' ) ) {
            $cf = curl_file_create( $upload_file );
           } else {
            $cf = "@/".$upload_file;
           }
           $payload = array(
            'dir'  => $destination_dir,
            'file-1' => $cf
           );

           $upload_file = $cpanel->uapi_query($account, 'Fileman', 'upload_files', array('file-1' => $cf, 'dir' => $destination_dir));
           $upload_file = simplexml_load_string($upload_file);
           var_dump($upload_file);

I understand the curl operation is probably useless, I have tried using many different formats without the curl function.

This gives the same error, but it creates the "test" directory.

 

I can make every API1/API2/UAPI call using WHM without issue with the exception of file_uploads, I get the must select a file error when I go through WHM. The script that works through 2083 is using a curl post, does the same thing need to happen with WHM? If I use an absolute path it doesn't do anything :/. Is there a way to view the Fileman functions? I can't find anything in the /usr/local/cpanel/Cpanel/API directory. If all else fails (pretty much has) I'll just resort to a custom UAPI module.