cPanel API 2 Functions - DiskUsage::fetchdiskusagewithextras

Warning:

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

Description

This function retrieves the account's disk space usage data.

The results include content outside of the home directory, such as databases, mailing lists, and mail archives.

Warning:

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

Important:

When you disable the File Storage role, the system disables this function.


Examples


WHM API (JSON)

https://hostname.example.com:2087/cpsess##########/json-api/cpanel?cpanel_jsonapi_user=user&cpanel_jsonapi_apiversion=2&cpanel_jsonapi_module=DiskUsage&cpanel_jsonapi_func=fetchdiskusagewithextras
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.

// Report the raw disk usage
$report_diskusage = $cpanel->api2(
    'DiskUsage', 'fetchdiskusagewithextras'
);
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.

# Report the raw disk usage
my $report_diskusage = $cpliveapi->api2(
    'DiskUsage', 'fetchdiskusagewithextras',
);
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 DiskUsage fetchdiskusagewithextras
Notes:
  • You must URI-encode values.
  • username represents your account-level username.
  • You must include 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": "fetchdiskusagewithextras",
    "data": [
      {
        "quotaused": 16383592,
        "pgsql": 27095040,
        "skipmailman": "1",
        "homedir": {
          "owner": "example",
          "usage": 4096,
          "name": "\/home\/example",
          "contents": [
            {
              "owner": "example",
              "usage": 4096,
              "name": ".autorespond",
              "contents": 0,
              "user_contained_usage": 8192,
              "contained_usage": 8192,
              "type": "dir",
              "traversible": 1
            },
            {
              "owner": "example",
              "usage": 4096,
              "name": ".cpaddons",
              "contents": 1,
              "user_contained_usage": 16384,
              "contained_usage": 16384,
              "type": "dir",
              "traversible": 1
            },
            {
              "owner": "example",
              "usage": 4096,
              "name": ".cpanel",
              "contents": 3,
              "user_contained_usage": 2019328,
              "contained_usage": 2019328,
              "type": "dir",
              "traversible": 1
            },
            {
              "owner": "example",
              "usage": 4096,
              "name": ".gem",
              "contents": 1,
              "user_contained_usage": 2035712,
              "contained_usage": 2035712,
              "type": "dir",
              "traversible": 1
            },
            {
              "owner": "example",
              "usage": 4096,
              "name": ".htpasswds",
              "contents": 1,
              "user_contained_usage": 16384,
              "contained_usage": 16384,
              "type": "dir",
              "traversible": 1
            },
            {
              "owner": "example",
              "usage": 4096,
              "name": ".razor",
              "contents": 0,
              "user_contained_usage": 24576,
              "contained_usage": 24576,
              "type": "dir",
              "traversible": 1
            },
            {
              "owner": "example",
              "usage": 4096,
              "name": ".spamassassin",
              "contents": 0,
              "user_contained_usage": 4096,
              "contained_usage": 4096,
              "type": "dir",
              "traversible": 1
            },
            {
              "owner": "example",
              "usage": 4096,
              "name": ".sqmailattach",
              "contents": 0,
              "user_contained_usage": 0,
              "contained_usage": 0,
              "type": "dir",
              "traversible": 1
            },
            {
              "owner": "example",
              "usage": 4096,
              "name": ".sqmaildata",
              "contents": 0,
              "user_contained_usage": 16384,
              "contained_usage": 16384,
              "type": "dir",
              "traversible": 1
            },
            {
              "owner": "example",
              "usage": 4096,
              "name": ".trash",
              "contents": 0,
              "user_contained_usage": 0,
              "contained_usage": 0,
              "type": "dir",
              "traversible": 1
            },
            {
              "owner": "example",
              "usage": 4096,
              "name": "cpanel3-skel",
              "contents": 2,
              "user_contained_usage": 8192,
              "contained_usage": 8192,
              "type": "dir",
              "traversible": 1
            },
            {
              "owner": "example",
              "usage": 4096,
              "name": "etc",
              "contents": 1,
              "user_contained_usage": 90112,
              "contained_usage": 90112,
              "type": "dir",
              "traversible": 1
            },
            {
              "owner": "example",
              "usage": 4096,
              "name": "logs",
              "contents": 0,
              "user_contained_usage": 0,
              "contained_usage": 0,
              "type": "dir",
              "traversible": 1
            },
            {
              "owner": "example",
              "usage": 4096,
              "name": "mail",
              "contents": 7,
              "user_contained_usage": 1110016,
              "contained_usage": 1110016,
              "type": "dir",
              "traversible": 1
            },
            {
              "owner": "example",
              "usage": 4096,
              "name": "public_ftp",
              "contents": 1,
              "user_contained_usage": 4096,
              "contained_usage": 4096,
              "type": "dir",
              "traversible": 1
            },
            {
              "owner": "example",
              "usage": 4096,
              "name": "public_html",
              "contents": 4,
              "user_contained_usage": 1994752,
              "contained_usage": 1998848,
              "type": "dir",
              "traversible": 1
            },
            {
              "owner": "example",
              "usage": 4096,
              "name": "rails_apps",
              "contents": 1,
              "user_contained_usage": 598016,
              "contained_usage": 598016,
              "type": "dir",
              "traversible": 1
            },
            {
              "owner": "example",
              "usage": 4096,
              "name": "ruby",
              "contents": 3,
              "user_contained_usage": 700416,
              "contained_usage": 700416,
              "type": "dir",
              "traversible": 1
            },
            {
              "owner": "example",
              "usage": 4096,
              "name": "ssl",
              "contents": 3,
              "user_contained_usage": 45056,
              "contained_usage": 45056,
              "type": "dir",
              "traversible": 1
            },
            {
              "owner": "example",
              "usage": 4096,
              "name": "thumbs",
              "contents": 1,
              "user_contained_usage": 7225344,
              "contained_usage": 7225344,
              "type": "dir",
              "traversible": 1
            },
            {
              "owner": "example",
              "usage": 4096,
              "name": "tmp",
              "contents": 1,
              "user_contained_usage": 8192,
              "contained_usage": 8192,
              "type": "dir",
              "traversible": 1
            }
          ],
          "user_contained_usage": 16060416,
          "contained_usage": 16064512,
          "type": "dir",
          "traversible": 1
        },
        "mysql": 0,
        "quotalimit": null,
        "mailarchives": null,
        "mailman": 142952
      }
    ],
    "event": {
      "result": 1
    },
    "module": "DiskUsage"
  }
}
Note:

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


Parameters

This function does not accept parameters.

Returns

Return Type Description Possible values Example
quotaused integer The account's disk space usage. A positive integer, in bytes. 16383592
pgsql integer The account's PostgreSQL® disk space usage. A positive integer, in bytes. 27095040
skipmailman Boolean Whether to skip Mailman for statistics.
  • 1 — Skip Mailman.
  • 0 — Do not skip Mailman.
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homedir hash A hash of the home directory's contents. A hash that contains the owner, usage, name, contents, user_contained_usage, contained_usage, type, and transversible returns.

owner

string

The file object's owner.

The function returns this value in the homedir hash.

A valid string. example

usage

integer

The file object's size.

The function returns this value in the homedir hash.

A positive integer, in bytes. 4096

name

string

The file object's name.

The function returns this value in the homedir hash.

A valid string. .autorespond

contents

integer

The count of this file object's contents.

The function returns this value in the homedir hash.

A non-negative integer. 0

user_contained_usage

integer

The file object's size, in bytes.

The function returns this value in the homedir hash.

A positive integer, in bytes. 8192

contained_usage

integer

The size of file objects that this file object contains.

The function returns this value in the homedir hash.

A positive integer, in bytes. 8192

type

string

The file object's type.

The function returns this value in the homedir hash.

dir is the only possible value.

dir

traversible

Boolean

Whether the file object is traverisble.

The function returns this value in the homedir hash.

  • 1 — Traversible.
  • 0Not traversible.
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mysql integer The account's MySQL® disk space usage. A positive integer, in bytes. 0
quotalimit integer The account's disk space usage limit. A positive integer, in bytes. null
mailarchives integer The account's mail archive disk space usage. A positive integer, in bytes. null
mailman integer The account's Mailman disk space usage. A positive integer, in bytes. 142952
reason string

A reason for failure.

This function only returns a reason value if it failed.

A string that describes the error.

This is an error message.
result Boolean

Whether the function succeeded.

  • 1 — The function succeeded.
  • 0 — The function failed.
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