Question
Is it possible to manage Plesk via REST API?
Answer
Starting from Plesk Onyx 17.8, it is possible to use REST API for managing Plesk.
Besides this, REST API has the ability to call CLI utilities using CLI gate. The full list of supported utilities can be found using following request:
# curl -k -u admin:password -X GET “https://plesk.example.com:8443/api/v2/cli/commands/”
Find several examples of using REST API in the examples below:
Using REST API methods
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To list all domains:
# curl -k -X GET -u admin:password -H “Content-Type: application/json” -H “Accept: application/json” “https://203.0.113.2:8443/api/v2/domains”
[
{
“id”: 1,
“created”: “2018-12-17”,
“name”: “example.com,
“ascii_name”: “example.com”,
“guid”: “4e0da092-de42-4048-9459-989b5cb942f2”,
“hosting_type”: “virtual”
},
{
“id”: 2,
“created”: “2018-12-17”,
“name”: “example.org”,
“ascii_name”: “example.org”,
“guid”: “f1b6e826-c884-4fa2-832b-5813c09002d3”,
“hosting_type”: “virtual”
},
{
“id”: 3,
“created”: “2018-12-17”,
“name”: “example.net”,
“ascii_name”: “example.net”,
“guid”: “03f62600-db70-4a94-9818-ab12a57a1425”,
“hosting_type”: “virtual”
} -
To create a mailbox:
# curl -k -X POST -u admin:password “https://203.0.113.2:8443/api/v2/cli/mail/call” -H “accept: application/json” -H “Content-Type: application/json” -d “{ “params”: [ “–create”, “[email protected]”,”-mailbox”, “true”, “-passwd”, “[email protected]” ]}”
{
“code”: 0,
“stdout”: “SUCCESS: Creation of mailname ‘[email protected]’ complete”,
“stderr”: “”
Using REST API to call CLI utilities
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Show the information about the subscription:
# curl -k -X POST -u admin:password “https://203.0.113.2:8443/api/v2/cli/subscription/call” -H “accept: application/json” -H “Content-Type: application/json” -d ‘{ “params”: [“–info”, “example.com”]}’
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Show help for
mail.phpmethod:# curl -k -X POST -u admin:password “https://203.0.113.2:8443/api/v2/cli/mail/call” -H “accept: application/json” -H “Content-Type: application/json” -d ‘{ “params”: [ “–help” ]}’
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Use CLI gate to check spamassassin status for the mailbox:
# curl -k -X POST -u admin:password “https://203.0.113.2:8443/api/v2/cli/spamassassin/call” -H “accept: application/json” -H “Content-Type: application/json” -d ‘{ “params”: [ “–info”, “[email protected]” ]}’
