cPanel API 2 Functions - Email::enablefilter
The cPanel API 2 system is deprecated. We strongly recommend that you use UAPI instead of cPanel API 2.
Description
This function enables a filter.
We strongly recommend that you use the following UAPI function instead of this function:
-
Email::enable_filter
— This function enables an email filter.
When you disable the Receive Mail 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=Email&cpanel_jsonapi_func=enablefilter&account="user@example.com"&filtername="coffee"
For more information, read our Calls from the WHM API documentation.
LiveAPI PHP Class
$cpanel = new CPANEL(); // Connect to cPanel - only do this once.
// Enable user@example.com's mail filter.
$enable_filter = $cpanel->api2(
'Email', 'enablefilter',
array(
'account' => 'user@example.com',
'filtername' => 'coffee',
)
);
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.
# Enable user@example.com's mail filter.
my $enable_filter = $cpliveapi->api2(
'Email', 'enablefilter',
{
'account' => 'user@example.com',
'filtername' => 'coffee',
}
);
For more information, read our Guide to the LiveAPI System.
cPanel Tag System (deprecated)
- 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 Email enablefilter filtername=coffee
For more information and additional output options, read our Guide to cPanel API 2 documentation or run the cpapi2 --help
command.
Output (JSON)
{
"cpanelresult": {
"apiversion": 2,
"func": "enablefilter",
"data": [
{
"filtername": "coffee",
"updated": 1
}
],
"event": {
"result": 1
},
"module": "Email"
}
}
Use cPanel's API Shell interface (cPanel >> Home >> Advanced >> API Shell) to directly test cPanel API calls.
Parameters
Parameter | Type | Description | Possible values | Example |
---|---|---|---|---|
account |
string | The filter's email address or the cPanel account username. Note: If you do not use this parameter, the function enables an account-level filter. |
|
user@example.com |
filtername |
string | Required The filter name. |
The name of a user-level or account-level filter. | coffee |
Returns
Return | Type | Description | Possible values | Example |
---|---|---|---|---|
error |
string | An error message. Note: The function only returns an |
A message that describes the error. | No filter named "filtername" exists. |
filtername |
string | The filter's name. | The |
|
|
Boolean | Whether the function succeeded. |
|
1 |
result |
Boolean | Whether the function succeeded. |
|
1 |