cPanel API 2 Functions - Email::get_archiving_configuration

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 cPanel account's archiving configurations.

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=Email&cpanel_jsonapi_func=get_archiving_configuration&domain="example.com"&regex="addon"
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.

// Get archiving configs for example.com that contain "addon"
$list_archiving_configuration = $cpanel->api2(
    'Email', 'get_archiving_configuration',
    array(
        'domain'       => 'example.com',
        'regex'        => 'addon',
    )
);
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.

# Get archiving configs for example.com that contain "addon"
my $list_archiving_configuration = $cpliveapi->api2(
    'Email', 'get_archiving_configuration',
    {
        'domain'       => 'example.com',
        'regex'        => 'addon',
    }
);
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 Email get_archiving_configuration domain=example.com regex=addon
Notes:
  • You must URI-encode values.
  • username represents your account-level username.
  • You must run the --user=username command.
  • 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": "get_archiving_configuration",
    "data": [
      {
        "diskused": 135,
        "archive_mailman_retain_days": "14",
        "domain": "addon.example.com",
        "archive_incoming": 1,
        "archive_outgoing_retain_days": "7",
        "archive_incoming_retain_days": "21",
        "archive_mailman": 1,
        "has_archive": 1,
        "archive_outgoing": 1
      }
    ],
    "event": {
      "result": 1
    },
    "module": "Email"
  }
}
Note:

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


Parameters

Warning:

Make certain that you use the correct parameters when you call this function. The function does not return errors if you pass invalid parameters.


Parameter Type Description Possible values Example
domain string

The domain to query.

If you do not use this parameter, the function lists all of the account's domain's archiving configurations.

A valid domain on the cPanel account.

example.com
regex string

A Perl Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) that filters the results.

If you do not use this parameter, the function returns all of the account's domains.

A valid PCRE.

addon

Returns

Return Type Description Possible values Example
diskused integer The disk space that the domain's archived messages use.

A positive integer that represents the used disk space, in megabytes (MB).

135
archive_mailman_retain_days integer The mailing list message retention period.
  • A positive integer that represents the number of days to archive messages.
  • 0 or null — Archiving is disabled.
14
domain string The domain or subdomain.

A valid domain or subdomain on the cPanel account.

example.com
archive_incoming Boolean Whether archiving is enabled for incoming messages.
  • 1 — Enabled.
  • 0 — Disabled.
1
archive_outgoing_retain_days Boolean The outgoing message retention period.
  • A positive integer that represents the number of days to archive messages.
  • 0 or null — Archiving is disabled.
7
archive_incoming_retain_days Boolean The incoming message retention period.
  • A positive integer that represents the number of days to archive messages.
  • 0 or null — Archiving is disabled.
21
archive_mailman Boolean Whether archiving is enabled for mailing list messages.
  • 1 — Enabled.
  • 0 — Disabled.
1
has_archive Boolean Whether archiving is enabled.
  • 1 — Enabled.
  • 0 — Disabled.
1
archive_outgoing Boolean Whether archiving is enabled for outgoing messages.
  • 1 — Enabled.
  • 0 — Disabled.
1
reason string

A reason for failure.

Note:

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.
1