How to make new email accounts for cPanel user, from PHP script

https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/SDK/UAPI+-+Email

The UAPI might well do what you need,

if i understand correctly, then specifically:
https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/SDK/UAPI+-+Email#UAPI-Email-add_forwarder
https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/SDK/UAPI+-+Email#UAPI-Email-delete_forwarder
https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/SDK/UAPI+-+Email#UAPI-Email-add_pop
https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/SDK/UAPI+-+Email#UAPI-Email-delete_pop

and you could use these to check if an email exists as a pop or forward:
https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/SDK/UAPI+-+Email#UAPI-Email-list_forwarders
https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/SDK/UAPI+-+Email#UAPI-Email-list_pops

I have also written a simple UAPI class (pretty much just handles connections and magic function calls) which might be of some help here:

https://github.com/N1ghteyes/cpanel-UAPI-php-class

There is an example for mysql databases in there, but it is the same principle. Set the scope to Email and then just call any UAPI functions like you would class methods.

e.g.

include "../cpaneluapi.class.php"; //include the class file
$uapi = new cpanelUAPI('cPuser', 'cPpass', 'cPanel.example.com'); //instantiate the object
$uapi->scope = 'Email'; //use the email module
//create an email address
$uapi->add_pop(array('email' => 'email@email.com', 'password' => 'password123', 'quota' => 0, 'domain' => 'email.com'));

simple as that . The class uses PHP magic functions inplace of methods, see:

PHP: Overloading - Manual

 

I am using your cpanelUAPI class to create an email account. It works except that it seems that add_pop is being called twice. The email address is created, but I get the error message of

'The account test@example.com already exists!'. The following is my code.

Code:

$uapi = new cpanelUAPI('user', 'password, 'server.com');
     
$uapi->scope = 'Email';
        $data = $uapi->add_pop(array('email' => '[EMAIL]test@example.com[/EMAIL]', 'password' => 'mypwd', 'quota' => 0, 'domain' => 'example.com'));
     

Is this a known problem with the cpanelUAPI class? Thank you for any help.

 

Hi Angela

It is a known bug, theres a fix waiting to be pushed to git, but in the mean time, change line 99 from $content = $this->curl_exec_follow($ch); to $content = $this->curl_exec_follow($ch, 0);

that should do it