cPanel API 2 Functions - Branding::gensprites

Warning:

The cPanel API 2 system is deprecated. We strongly recommend that you use UAPI instead of cPanel API 2.

Description

This function rebuilds the cPanel interface's sprites.

Sprites store the cPanel interface's icons as a single image to conserve bandwidth.

When you upload an icon, the system generates sprites automatically. You may need to generate sprites manually if your changes do not display correctly.

Note:

cPanel API 2's Branding module only modifies data for the x3 theme. We removed the x3 theme. For more information, read our cPanel Deprecation Plan documentation.

Warning:

We strongly recommend that you use UAPI instead of cPanel API 2. However, no equivalent UAPI function exists.

Examples

WHM API (JSON)

https://hostname.example.com:2087/cpsess###########/json-api/cpanel?cpanel_jsonapi_user=user&cpanel_jsonapi_apiversion=2&cpanel_jsonapi_module=Branding&cpanel_jsonapi_func=gensprites&method="snap_to_smallest_width"&subtype="img"&format="jpg"

Note:

For more information, read our Calls from the WHM API documentation.

LiveAPI PHP Class

$cpanel = new CPANEL(); // Connect to cPanel - only do this once.

// Generate sprite files.
$generate_sprites = $cpanel->api2(
    'Branding', 'gensprites',
        array(       
            'method'      => 'snap_to_smallest_width',
            'subtype'     => 'img',
            'format'      => 'jpg',
    )
 );

Note:

For more information, read our Guide to the LiveAPI System.

LiveAPI Perl Module

my $cpliveapi = Cpanel::LiveAPI->new(); # Connect to cPanel - only do this once.

# Generate sprite files.
my $generate_sprites = $cpliveapi->api2(
    'Branding', 'gensprites',
    {
            'method'      => 'snap_to_smallest_width',
            'subtype'     => 'img',
            'format'      => 'jpg',
    }
 );

Note:

For more information, read our Guide to the LiveAPI System.

cPanel Tag System (deprecated)

Warnings:

cPanel tags are deprecated . We strongly recommend that you only use the LiveAPI system to call the cPanel APIs. Examples are only present in order to help developers move from the old cPanel tag system to our LiveAPI .
cPanel API 2 calls that use cPanel tags vary in code syntax and in their output.
For more information, read our Deprecated cPanel Tag Usage documentation.

Command Line

cpapi2 --user=username Branding gensprites method=snap_to_smallest_width subtype=img format=jpg

Notes:

You must URI-encode values.
username represents your account-level username.
You must run the --user=username option.
For more information and additional output options, read our Guide to cPanel API 2 documentation or run the cpapi2 --help command.
If you run CloudLinux™, you must use the full path of the cpapi2 command:
```
/usr/local/cpanel/bin/cpapi2
```

Output (JSON)

{
  "cpanelresult": {
    "apiversion": 2,
    "func": "gensprites",
    "data": [
      {
        "count": ""
      }
    ],
    "event": {
      "result": 1
    },
    "module": "Branding"
  }
}

Note:

Use cPanel's API Shell interface (cPanel >> Home >> Advanced >> API Shell) to directly test cPanel API calls.

Parameters

Input	Type	Description	Possible values	Example
`method`	string	Required The method to use to generate sprites.	`only_filetype_gif` — Generate sprites for `.gif` images only. `skip_filetype_gif` — Generate sprites for all images except for `.gif` images. `snap_to_smallest_width` — Scale icons to the smallest possible width. `scale_60percent` — Scale icons to 60% of their size.	`only_filetype_gif`
`subtype`	string	The sprite type to generate. This parameter defaults to `img`.	`img` `bg` `compleximg`	`img`
`format`	string	The image format. This parameter defaults to `jpg`.	A valid image type.	`jpg`
`compression`	integer	The level of compression to use. This parameter defaults to `100`.	An integer value that represents the amount of compression to use.	`100`
`imgtype`	string	The image type.	If you use this parameter, you must supply a value of `icon`. The x3 theme does not support group images.	`icon`

Returns

Return	Type	Description	Possible values	Example
`result`	Boolean	Whether the function succeeded.	`1` — The function succeeded. `0` — The function failed.	`1`