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NAME

API::DirectAdmin - interface to the DirectAdmin Hosting Panel API ( http://www.directadmin.com )

SYNOPSIS

my %auth = (
auth_user => 'admin_name',
auth_passwd => 'admin_passwd',
host => '11.22.33.44',
);
# init
my $da = API::DirectAdmin->new(%auth);
### Get all panel IP
my $ip_list = $da->ip->list();
unless ($ip_list && ref $ip_list eq 'ARRAY' && scalar @$ip_list) {
die 'Cannot get ip list from DirectAdmin';
}
my $ip = $ip_list->[0];
my $dname = 'reg.ru';
my $user_name = 'user1';
my $email = 'user1@example.com';
my $package = 'newpackage';
my $client_creation_result = $da->user->create( {
username => $user_name,
passwd => 'user_password',
passwd2 => 'user_password',
domain => $dname,
email => $email,
package => $package,
ip => $ip,
});
# Switch off account:
my $suspend_result = $da->user->disable( {
select0 => $user_name,
} );
if ( $suspend_result->{error} == 1 ) {
die "Cannot suspend account $suspend_result->{text}";
}
# Switch on account
my $resume_result = $da->user->enable( {
select0 => $user_name,
} );
if ( $resume_result->{error} == 1 ) {
die "Cannot Resume account $resume_result->{text}";
}
# Delete account
my $delete_result = $da->user->delete( {
select0 => $user_name,
} );
if ( $delete_result->{error} == 1 ) {
die "Cannot delete account $delete_result->{text}";
}
# Custom request
my %params = (
action => 'package',
package => 'package_name',
user => 'username',
);
my $responce = $da->query(
command => 'CMD_API_MODIFY_USER',
method => 'POST',
params => \%params,
allowed_fields => 'action
package
user',
);

PUBLIC METHODS

API::DirectAdmin::User

list

Return list of users in array ref.

Example:

my $users_list = $da->users->list();
create

Create a new user in DirectAdmin panel.

Example:

my $result = $da->user->create( {
username => 'username',
passwd => 'user_password',
passwd2 => 'user_password',
domain => 'example.com',
email => 'email@example.com',
package => 'package_name',
ip => 'IP.ADD.RE.SS',
});
delete

Delete DirectAdmin user and all user's data

Note: Some DirectAdmin's API methods required parameter "select0" for choose value from list. Like list of users, databases, ip, etc.

Example:

my $result = $da->user->delete( {
select0 => 'username',
} );
disable/enable

Two different methods for disable and enable users with same params.

Example:

my $disable_result = $da->user->disable( {
select0 => 'username',
} );
my $enable_result = $da->user->enable( {
select0 => 'username',
} );
change_password

Change password for user

Example:

my $result = $da->user->change_password( {
username => 'username',
passwd => 'new_password',
passwd2 => 'new_password',
} );
change_package

Change package (tariff plan) for user

Example:

my $result = $da->user->change_package( {
username => 'username',
package => 'new_package',
} );
show_packages

Return list of available packages.

Note: If you created packages through administrator user - you must use admin's login and password for authorisation. Obviously, if packages was created by reseller user - use reseller authorisation.

Example:

my $packages = $da->user->show_packages();
show_user_config

Return all user settings.

Example:

my $user_config = $da->user->show_user_config({ user => 'username' });

API::DirectAdmin::Domain

list

Return list of domains on server.

Example:

my $domains = $da->domain->list();
add

Add new domain to user through you connect to server.

Note: For adding domains for customers and you don't khow their password use: auth_user = 'admin_name|customer_name' in auth hash.

Example:

my %auth = (
auth_user => 'admin_name|customer_name',
auth_passwd => 'admin_passwd',
host => '11.22.33.44',
);
# init
my $da = API::DirectAdmin->new(%auth);
$result = $da->domain->add({
domain => 'newdomain.com',
php => 'ON',
cgi => 'ON',
});

API::DirectAdmin::Mysql

Control users mysql databases

list

List of databases from user. Return empty array if databases not found.

Example:

print $da->mysql->list();
adddb

Add database to user. Prefix "username_" will be added to 'name' and 'user';

Example:

my %auth = (
auth_user => 'admin_name|customer',
auth_passwd => 'admin_passwd',
host => '11.22.33.44',
);
# init
my $da = API::DirectAdmin->new(%auth);
my $result = $da->mysql->adddb( {
name => 'default', # will be 'customer_default'
user => 'default', # will be 'customer_default'
passwd => 'password',
passwd2 => 'password',
} );
deldb

Delete selected database from user.

Example:

my $result = $da->mysql->deldb({ select0 => 'database_name' });

API::DirectAdmin::Ip

list

Return array reference of list ip adresses;

Example:

my $ip_list = $da->ip->list();
add

Add IP address to server config

Example:

my $result = $da->ip->add({
ip => '123.234.123.234',
status => 'server',
});
remove

Remove ip from server

Example:

my $result = $da->ip->remove({
select0 => '123.234.123.234',
});

API::DirectAdmin::DNS

Show zones, add and remove records.

dumpzone

Return zone structure for domain

Example:

$da->dns->dumpzone( {domain => 'domain.com'} );
add_record

Add zone record to dns for domain. Available types of records: A, AAAA, NS, MX, TXT, PTR, CNAME, SRV

Example:

my $result = $da->dns->add_record({
domain => 'domain.com',
type => 'A',
name => 'subdomain', # will be "subdomain.domain.com." in record
value => '127.127.127.127',
});

Example with MX record:

my $result = $da->dns->add_record( {
domain => 'domain.com',
type => 'MX',
name => 'mx1',
value => 10,
} );
remove_record

Remove record from domain zone

Example:

my $result = $da->dns->remove_record({
domain => 'domain.com',
type => 'A',
name => 'subdomain',
value => '127.127.127.127',
});

Example with MX record:

my $result = $da->dns->remove_record({
domain => 'domain.com',
type => 'mx',
name => 'mx1',
value => 10,
});

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules and libraries: Modern::Perl LWP::UserAgent HTTP::Request URI Carp Data::Dumper

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2012-2013 by Andrey "Chips" Kuzmin <chipsoid@cpan.org>

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.10.1 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.