Modify DNS zone file with Cpanel Hooks Perl Module

[Murray Trainer]

Hi,

I need to list and modify DNS records within Cpanel Hook perl code. I assume I have to use Cpanel API's as it runs as the cpanel user and needs privilege escalation to modify the DNS zone files. I have tried various methods without success ....

Cpanel::API::execute( 'ZoneEdit', 'add_zone_record', { domain => $domain, name => 'autoconfig.' . $sub, type => 'CNAME', cname => $domain . '.' } ); #  didn't work

use Cpanel::ZoneEdit;
my %result = Cpanel::ZoneEdit::api2_fetchzone_records( { domain => $domain } );
my $filename = '/tmp/dumper.txt';
open(my $fh, '>', $filename) or die "Could not open file '$filename' $!";
use Data::Dumper qw(Dumper);
print $fh  Dumper \%result;
close $fh;   # this just returned undefined

What is the recommended method of doing this? A working example of listing zone records and modify one would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Murray

 

[cPanelMichael]

A working example of listing zone records and modify one would be greatly appreciated.

Hello,

You may find these examples helpful:

https://github.com/CpanelInc/xmlapi-php/blob/master/Examples/listzones_example.php
https://github.com/CpanelInc/xmlapi-php/blob/master/Examples/adddns_example.php

You may also find this thread helpful:

https://forums.cpanel.net/threads/xmlapi-add-srv-record.475061/

Thank you.

 

[Murray Trainer]

Hello,

You may find these examples helpful:

https://github.com/CpanelInc/xmlapi-php/blob/master/Examples/listzones_example.php
https://github.com/CpanelInc/xmlapi-php/blob/master/Examples/adddns_example.php

You may also find this thread helpful:

https://forums.cpanel.net/threads/xmlapi-add-srv-record.475061/

Thank you.

HI Michael,

thanks for the reply but our Hooks module is in perl so PHP code is not helpful to me.

Murray

 

[cPanelMichael]

HI Michael,

thanks for the reply but our Hooks module is in perl so PHP code is not helpful to me.

Murray

There's a useful thread for using our API within a Perl script at:

https://forums.cpanel.net/threads/tutorial-using-the-whm-api-a-practical-example.437432/

The example shows how to create a DNS Zone, but it's an easy example to modify if you want to list or edit DNS zones.

Thank you.